Do tiny homes really work as a solution to homelessness? Here’s …
Hernandez’s story is one of many that showcase the countless pitfalls lurking along the path from tiny home to permanent housing. While thousands of hours of effort and millions of dollars have helped establish tiny homes as a promising solution even in some of the hardest cases, a close look suggests they remain a limited option in the face of …
'People die like that': Native Americans face serious barriers in ...
Jan 18, 2024 · Rurality isn’t the only issue — Native Americans in Montana die, on average, 17 years younger than the state’s white rural residents. A deep-seated mistrust of the Indian Health Service means community members may avoid getting the care they need.
Ten years later, what lessons have we learned from the Flint water ...
Nov 13, 2023 · The Center for Health Journalism at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism . 734 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90089. Phone: (213) 821-8824
Born on drugs: Predictions about crack babies didn’t come true ...
Dec 28, 2018 · When the "crack baby epidemic" of the 1980s and '90s was raging, many experts offered stark, long-term forecasts. While those were overblown, there still is cause for concern. This series was produced with the support of the USC …
The Health Divide: Should juveniles ever be sent to an adult prison ...
Apr 1, 2024 · According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the number of juveniles incarcerated in all U.S. adult prisons or jails has declined from a peak of 10,420 in 2008 to a low of 2,250 in 2021.
ProPublica’s Eli Hager explores large national datasets to reveal ...
An estimated 3.5 million children a year undergo an investigation by a child welfare agency in the U.S. because of an allegation of poor treatment.. The procedures followed by social workers who perform those investigations often seem to happen in a black box — even when there’s no risk of exposing children’s identity — and that lack of transparency can hide the …
Part 1: Inside Utah’s troubled teen industry: How it started, why …
Provo Canyon School, the facility where celebrity Paris Hilton alleges she was abused, netted more than $37 million in government funding during a five-year period from seven states, according to The Tribune’s analysis.It’s owned by Universal Health Services, which also owns two other Utah facilities that brought in significant money: Benchmark Behavioral Health received more than $29 ...
Clarifying Misconceptions About Youth Gender-Affirming Care
As part of a series on the effects of state bans on gender-affirming care for youth, MedPage Today spoke with more than a dozen experts, including transgender people, clinicians, families, and staff at clinics and resource centers that serve the LGBTQ+ community. We heard some of the same points being made, time after time, about gender-affirming care, and what this community hoped the public ...
Researchers, community advocates address racism’s impact on …
Feb 16, 2024 · Researcher Dr. Troy M. Williams mentions the harm many experienced after the very public law enforcement-involved deaths of Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant, and Michael Brown – and the lack of accountability for their killers – in the abstract to his 2015 thesis, “Good Kids, Bad City: The Examination of Crime Resistance in Low Income, High Crime, Communities of Color.”
The Health Divide: Black transgender people are not safe, and the …
Dec 4, 2023 · No motive was given for the shooting. Currin is a convicted felon and should not have had a gun. Chyna, a resident of Chicago, was visiting Milwaukee to provide comfort to her father, Jonathan Long, who was dealing with the death of his brother.