Communities of color and low-income communities have long faced disproportionate exposure to highways, power plants and other sources of industrial pollution.

When Gloria Caballero, 52, started experiencing knee pain four years ago, her sister in Los Angeles suggested a natural remedy that a coworker had sworn by: a supplement called Artri King. Following ...

This story was produced as part of a larger project led by Maria Alesia Sosa and Érika Carrillo, participants in the 2018 National Fellowship. Three days earlier, Adianet Galván González, 30, had ...

Fancying myself to be a Black movie and TV connoisseur, I often incorporate a line – or two – from a classic or a hidden gem into my speech when appropriate. One of my favorites comes from the 2002 ...

Over the summer, the Los Angeles Times spoke with the Thai community in Los Angeles about mental health challenges and access to care. Reporters observed a self-defense class for massage students at ...

Her patient was moments from death, suffering from a severe brain infection, yet adamant that he’d rather leave the emergency room than be treated by a Black doctor. By her. Dr. Kara Toles recognized ...

Throughout the summer, record breaking heat has gripped Southern California. In July, multiple excessive heat warnings were issued across Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Temperatures in the ...

CROW RESERVATION — When doctors in Billings told Ursula Rides Horse-Russell she had Stage 2 breast cancer, her mind went blank. She had buried her 34-year-old son two days earlier. She couldn’t ...

"Why do people put their parents in nursing homes when there are so many problems in them?" It was not the first time my mom had asked this question. This time, it came after yet another report of an ...

South Dakota is one of the most sparsely populated states in the nation, which puts many remote residents at the mercy of the open road and a strained rural health care system in order to maintain ...

Los Angeles County is among the least affordable places in the United States, particularly for seniors on a fixed income. A market-rate studio apartment in Chinatown rents for about $2,000 a month, ...

City Councilwoman Adriana Rocha Garcia felt bittersweet relief when COVID-19 vaccines became available. The breakthrough came too late for the seven family members she lost to the coronavirus, but it ...