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

It’s back to school this fall for the Presidential Fitness Test, a Trump administration initiative to measure children’s strength, endurance, speed and agility. But here’s the important question: What ...

The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 12 to 19 million households struggle to afford water. But there are no federal or state programs to help low-income people pay their bills. “To state ...

An alarming number of Black LGBTQ+ young people tried to end their lives in the past year. According to a national survey by The Trevor Project, 19% of Black LGBTQ+ youth reported attempting suicide ...

The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism is pleased to announce the selection of 18 talented journalists to participate in the 2026 National Fellowship, which will explore the well-being of ...

In Chicago, the L train is the zigzag of public rail that connects the city. So for a recent reporting project on life expectancy, I decided to use this familiar feature to help explain a vast ...

Tens of millions of Americans have been denied coverage for a treatment prescribed by their doctor. That’s anywhere from 20% to 70% of people with health insurance, according to various surveys. And ...

For more than 20 years, Adela León, originally from Putla in Oaxaca, Mexico, has worked in agricultural fields across Washington State and California’s Central Valley. “In grapes, peaches, apricots, ...

The rapid expansion of supersize data centers to power AI may not seem like a big story for health journalists. The growing public backlash has focused on the environmental impact: the massive use of ...

Every moment in sports has become a wager, and not just on who will win the Super Bowl or how many strikeouts a pitcher will throw. With a quick tap on your phone, you can bet on what color Gatorade ...

"I'm scared for my parents to walk out there, to walk out their house, because I might not be able to say goodbye to them if they go to work,” says sixteen-year-old Manny Chavez, in a video that went ...

Journalists have covered the many ways that racial injustices fuel health care disparities. We’ve looked at the impact of neighborhood segregation, discrimination and the violence of poverty. Now, a ...