Health Equity & Social Justice

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Unequal Health Systems: Anti-Black Racism and the Threat to American Health

 Racial and ethnic minorities in America experience a lower quality of health services, and are less likely to receive even routine medical procedures than are white Americans, a seminal report led by Brian Smedley, Ph.D., concluded in 2003. Nearly two decades since that damning Institute of Medicin

El corazón del centro de South Bethlehem se ubica en las calles Third y Fourth, que están divididas por New Street, una importan

La lucha por el corazón de una comunidad del sur de Bethlehem

This article was produced as part of a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 National Fellowship, which provided training, mentoring, and funding to support this project....

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Housing and Homeslessness
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Capitol & Scott: The Great Delta Divide

In 2021, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reporter Stephen Simpson won a grant from the University of Southern California’s Center for Health Journalism to work on a series about health disparities in the Arkansas Delta.

Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Mental Health, Chronic Disease, Food and Nutrition
Anne and Craig Evans have lived in their Montclair Avenue home in South Bethlehem since 1980. “We are not willing to give up thi

A blueprint for coexistence

It's a pattern that continues to play out on Southside streets in Bethlehem, Pennsyvlania: an investor snatches up some homes and the domino falls.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Housing and Homeslessness
DesiDost Project

The Desi Dost Project: Impact Reporting At India Currents

While the success of South Asians in the Silicon Valley tech sector gets a lot of ink, not much is written or known about the spouses of these tech workers who come on dependent visas. Two journalists set out to change that.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Women's and Maternal Health, Domestic Violence, Patient Safety and Ethics