Young people have seen their lives upended during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, these young people also acutely feel the weight of our nation's reckoning with systemic racism and police violence.
Mental Health & Trauma
New programs were beginning to address the traumatic foundation of Humboldt County's health problems. Then came COVID-19.
Therapists in California Want to Provide Affordable Mental Health Care. Here's What's Stopping Them.
California has the highest rate of unmet mental health treatment needs in the country.
The need for mental health services in the Vietnamese community is high, but there’s a strong stigma attached to mental health in the community, and members aren’t always able to access the type of services they need.
Are our identities and backgrounds liabilities or strengths in journalism? A reporter shares her takeaways from interviewing immigration advocates.
A Florida sheriff created a futuristic program to stop crime before it happens. It monitors and harasses families across the county.
“In a weird and dark way, it’s a good time to be a health reporter," one freelancer said.
A focus on these three key areas could go a long way toward achieving health equity.
As the Navajo Nation continues its fight against COVID-19, chronic substance abuse is complicating the effort.
Paris Hilton is speaking out publicly about what she says was abuse she endured while at a “troubled teen” facility in Utah in the 1990s.