Healthcare Systems & Policy

The resurgence in the Louisville business community’s interest in socially responsible companies is evident in the popularity of Canopy, a new initiative to foster businesses that do good as an integral part of their overall mission.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Food and Nutrition

About two years ago today, the Kroger Co. announced its decision to close the only full-service grocery store in downtown Louisville. Overnight, thousands of Louisvillians —many of them struggling with limited resources — were left without a place nearby to purchase basic necessities.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Food and Nutrition

“I have to meet this guy and have sex with him. If I don’t, then he and his friends are going to rape my little sister,” a student at Frank Ballou High School in Ward 8’s Congress Heights told her teacher.

Environmental Health, Mental Health

Today, nearly 37 years later, the call seems exceptionally ordinary: Investigate a noise complaint from a resident at an apartment building at North 10th and West Walnut streets.

James E. Causey’s reporting on this project was completed with the support of a USC Annenberg Center for H

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety

An inaccurate census would deprive vulnerable communities of vital public and private resources, writes civil rights advocate LaGloria Wheatfall.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Immigrant and Migrant Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Health Insurance and Costs, Mental Health, Housing and Homeslessness, Chronic Disease, Food and Nutrition

It wasn’t yet Christmas morning, but it may as well have been for Cindy Barrientes and her children. More than 10 people stood outside, bearing dozens of presents, new mattresses, household supplies and food for their family.

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics