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Biased job market and health system conspire to leave older Americans destitute
More and more older workers are being shoved out of stable jobs as they near retirement. Their pain can be quickly compounded by catastrophic health costs.
When getting mom and baby to the right hospital is a matter of life or death
It's a high-stakes problem lawmakers across the country are increasingly trying to address.
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How two reporters revealed deep faults in Arizona’s swollen foster care system
Since the Great Recession, Arizona has cut programs that help poor families and spent more money on foster care and adoption services. The results have been tragic.
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What I learned from reporting on both sides of today’s abortion debate
CNN reporter Neha Shastry set out to cover the complexities and nuances of America's abortion debate. She ran into roadblocks, reluctant editors and lots of contested facts.
A Traumatic Failure: DC public schools neglect mental health
“I have to meet this guy and have sex with him. If I don’t, then he and his friends are going to rape my little sister,” a student at Frank Ballou High School in Ward 8’s Congress Heights told her teacher.
Born on drugs: For addicted moms with babies, the system’s success doesn’t always mean the same thing
Parents can get well. Babies can thrive. Lives can go on.
Born on drugs: For moms trying to keep kids and stay sober, they’re at the mercy of Child Protective Services
Parents can feel hopeless when they enter the child welfare system. And things get complicated when California steps in to play parent.
Why don’t health journalists interview nurses? We asked them.
A recent review of health news found that nurses were cited as sources in only 2 percent of stories. Why is that? Journalists offered a few common explanations.
Born on drugs: The goal is to keep kids with parents. Sometimes, that’s dead wrong
Becoming a new mom is stressful for the best-prepared women; struggling with addiction on top of that can lead to danger for them both.
While many want to leave Wisconsin's most violent ZIP code, these residents are staying to make it better
In Milwaukee, therapists, social workers and criminal justice reform officials are focusing new attention on the well-being of those who suffer traumatic experiences as children.
James E. Causey’s reporting on this project was completed with the support of a USC Annenberg Center for Health
