Health Equity & Social Justice

Pacific Islanders Can’t Return Home During COVID-19 — Even To Bury Their Loved Ones

Indigenous burial traditions were already threatened by economic pressures and changing cultures. Then the pandemic struck.

Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics

Nursing home workers like Eyvette Diane Pascascio are among the most vulnerable and arguably most overlooked heroes of this pandemic.

Poverty and Class, Health Insurance and Costs, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Patient Safety and Ethics, Aging

"For vulnerable populations, the needs are pressing given the intersection of economics and race."

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Patient Safety and Ethics

Chuukese, Marshallese and Samoan residents have been getting the deadly virus at the highest rates.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Patient Safety and Ethics

Are you staring down a daunting list of public records requests? Here are a few tips that can help.

Mental Health, Community Safety

Two WBEZ education reporters share how a family and a teacher are coping with remote learning.

Poverty and Class, Mental Health

It makes a list based on records so sensitive, they’re protected by state and federal law.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Community Safety