Reporters localize Trump’s health equity impacts, and where a pregnant person lives shapes their risk of dying.

I thought a story about Sonoma County’s alternative crisis response program would be straightforward. Instead, I ran into ...

One county’s plan to use the money to address staffing turnover has sparked debate over whether it aligns with the ...

Mark DenDekker, 61, became homeless after job loss and injuries. His story is an all-too-familiar one for homeless service ...

An Oklahoma lawmaker proposed legislation last month that would make it a crime, punishable by up to a year in jail, for ...

A convergence of local and national crises is spreading fear, grief, and uncertainty among some of California’s most vulnerable communities, prompting advocates to call for improved mental health care ...

At the start of last year, I was hearing stories all around me about new mothers receiving sky-high delivery bills. Large medical bills are an unfortunate byproduct of our unequal health care system, ...

Yesterday we heard about the origins of the Children, Youth, and Families Department, and the state’s decades of struggle to provide care for New Mexico’s most vulnerable children. CYFD improved for a ...

Janet Wilson is a veteran journalist based in southern California. As an environment reporter and editor at the Los Angeles Times, she covered everything from inner city neighborhoods grappling with ...