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 ...

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 ...

The first time a white person used the N-word against me was in fourth grade, and 49 years later, I still remember it clearly. It happened during recess in late January 1977, while some of us were ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Three months after receiving a clean bill of health from her cardiologist, marathon runner Dawn Roberts was participating in a 5K with her son when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest. “It was ...

At his day job, Harpreet Singh Pannu is a physician specializing in internal medicine at Kaiser Permanente facilities in San Jose and Santa Clara. But on Sundays, at his sangat (congregation), Pannu ...

Janice Lee, an immigrant from Taiwan and mother of three, never expected that two of her children would one day come out as queer. She was left questioning why. Her daughter came out first during her ...