Health Equity & Social Justice

A new Guardian analysis finds wide geographical disparities in fatalities linked to the public health crisis.

Sacramento County uses Black “cultural brokers” to help Black families navigate CPS and keep kids out of foster care. The program reunites families but is fighting for long-term funding.

Tras las redadas migratorias y el endurecimiento de políticas en Texas, Jocelyn Rojo, de 11 años, se quitó la vida. En el norte del estado, faltan consejeros bilingües, dejando a jóvenes hispanos sin apoyo emocional.

Due to the continuing government shutdown, SNAP (CalFresh) benefits will be halted for more than 270,000 Sacramento county residents who depend on the monthly aid to buy food. With no timeline for when the shutdown will end, local officials warn of a growing food crisis that could worsen poverty, strain the local economy, and push more residents toward homelessness.

Two distinct neighborhoods reveal the fallout of the city’s rising RV crisis and the lives caught in between.

Medical debt poses a punishing burden for a growing share of American families. In this webinar, we’ll hear strategies for covering the growing crisis from two reporters who have done pioneering investigative reporting on medical debt.

D’Angelo’s death is a sobering reminder of the racial gaps in the diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of pancreatic cancer that go well beyond biology.

Data analysis is a powerful reporting tool. But as one reporter learns, it’s insufficient unless it’s grounded in the reality of the community you’re reporting on.

“It felt like all of my skin was burning. It filled my limbs, like, my whole body with little welts,” one mother told The Tribune through an interpreter.

Southern California nurses seek clearer ICE encounter policies after incidents in hospitals. A new state law bars immigration agents from medical areas without warrants.