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

J Vasquez spent 25 years incarcerated for gang violence rooted in childhood trauma. Now 49, he's healed, works as CURYJ's Policy Director, and helps writes laws to help others come home.

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 ...

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 ...

Renatto Guerrero has lived with HIV for 15 years. “It was three days before I turned 33, and I didn’t know much about it. The first things that came to mind were fatalistic thoughts: what’s going to ...

Desirae Barragan hugs her program co-directors on stage at the Blue Lake Rancheria Casino, smiling into a sea of faces and a swell of cheers. Across her shoulders – and those of her fellow graduates ...

In October of 2024, at a local Investigative Reporters & Editors meetup in Chicago, Hannah Harris Green and I got into a conversation about an unusual trend happening in America: Drug overdose deaths ...

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 ...

Last September, I visited the Department of Motor Vehicles to obtain a temporary disabled tag for my car, since I had surgery scheduled for a hip replacement. While I waited for my number to be called ...

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 ...

On a cool Wednesday morning, 77-year-old Luong Nguyen steadies himself along the walkway of Giac Ly Temple as volunteers hand out boxes of fresh produce. His wife, Ha Nguyen, stays close–one hand ...