A year-and-a-half ago, I met a father who told me his 13-year-old son had been charged with murder. His son hadn’t killed anyone, he claimed. Tennessee law permitted prosecutors to try him anyway. I’d ...

After 20 years in a California prison, Ursula Gomez was handed to ICE and deported to Mexico, a country she left at 5. Now ...

A data fellow analyzes Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe homelessness program and finds rising return-to-street rates that raise ...

On October 11, the remnants of Typhoon Halong slammed into Alaska’s western coast. It was one of the most destructive storms to impact the state in over three decades. For the small, predominantly-Yup ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, police recently expanded the use of Flock cameras after a yearlong test run. When local media compared the camera locations with the city’s racial demographics, a troubling pattern ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...