Although the book told an intimate story, it captured the contradictions and distortions in America’s food landscape, where ...

When schools close for summer break, millions of children lose access to the school meals they rely on during the academic ...

Arizona lacks workplace heat safety rules, leaving outdoor workers at risk of death as climate change worsens extreme weather ...

For people in treatment for substance use disorder, the weeks and months after Hurricane Helene unraveled lives they’d spent years rebuilding.

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 ...

This past February, Tyrone Dumas marked an important milestone: the first anniversary of receiving a new kidney. Instead of throwing a party, Dumas visited his doctor for a checkup and received a ...

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 ...

The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism is pleased to announce the selection of 14 talented journalists who will participate in its annual California Health Equity Fellowship, reporting on ...

For far too long, the products used to keep us all safe and healthy have been designed for a male body. And that can harm women. Take personal protective equipment (PPE), for example. Some 80% of ...

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 ...