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.

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 ...

“In the past three or four years, eleven people here have passed away. One was in his 70s, and the rest were all in their 60s.” Han had been living a stable life, working for a paint company. But when ...

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 ...

Abraham Jun (Suicide Attempt Survivor): “I had a gun… and I put it to my head.” Anonymous Korean American Senior: “At that time, I was in shock…and I started thinking it might be better to leave this ...

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, ...

In Manuel Pastor’s view, America is caught in a “kind of perpetual crisis” that has been building for the past 20 years. “I try to think about what it’s like to grow up with capitalism being shown to ...

Yosef Berlyand had $263,000 in medical school debt when he graduated in 2019. He has scrupulously made loan payments since then. With accumulated interest, he now owes $271,000. The stress of bearing ...

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 ...

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 ...