Community Safety

“Health care is what happens when things go wrong,” Dr. Anthony Iton says. “Health care doesn’t actually make you healthy — it prevents you from deteriorating rapidly.” The broader forces that really shape health, he argues, are what journalists and policymakers should really be focusing on.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Community Safety

The Michael Brown case has come to symbolize popular disillusionment with finding justice, but it's also about quality-of-life issues and resources for poor residents in places like Ferguson, a majority black suburban city where poverty is prevalent.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Race and Equity, Community Safety

Unyque Jackson started kindergarten in Oakland. Her parents divorced when she was five. And Unyque moved to the San Joaquin Valley where she lived in her father’s house and was raised by her grandmother.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Women's and Maternal Health, Community Safety

One out of four adults in California is a high school dropout. "Class Dismissed" takes an up-close look at the crisis through the lives of four young people from the Central Valley. The stories reveal what’s at stake for their future and ours.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Community Safety

This project was led by Catherine Stifter, a 2013 California Fellow, who takes an up-close look at the high rates of high school dropouts through the lives of four young people from the Central Valley.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Mental Health, Community Safety

As he tells it, Geronimo Garcia was on the path toward dropping out by the time he started school.

Race and Equity, Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Community Safety