About 2% of the country’s 15,000 licensed midwives are Black. In Southern California, there are about 120 licensed midwives, but only seven of them are Black.
Mental Health & Trauma
Many of LA County’s programs focus on addressing the consequences of intergenerational racism on the health of Black women.
More than 100 anti-transgender bills were introduced in state legislatures this year, many targeting children and teens. Arkansas became the first state to ban gender-affirming care for minors, overriding the governor’s veto, and 19 other states have taken up similar measures. Eight states now bar t
As part of an 11Alive investigative series, this story examines the gaps in Georgia's system to help children with mental and developmental disabilities.
“We are still trying to understand how it manifests and how it happens,” said Dr. Emnet Gammada, a clinical geriatric neuro-psychology fellow at the UCLA Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior. “What surprises me is how much we know and how much we don’t know.”
This is the second in a series of articles produced by Darlene Donloe, a 2021 California Fellow, on the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on the Black community in Los Angeles.
A review of thousands of records showed the state program struggles to reach survivors in need, and paid out claims in less than half of all cases.
The state's Crime Victim Compensation Program reimburses victims of violent crime for costs related to injury and loss.
Less than 40% of applicants are compensated, but many more never apply in the first place.
Most stories about violence focus on neighborhoods with extremely high murder rates. Residents of Roseland experience shootings at a more typical pace.