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Are San Benito County students with behavioral problems receiving appropriate mental health services, or are they being pushed into special education because of a lack of services and misdiagnosis?
My own morals and ethics frequently came into play, whether it was weighing the responsibility of protecting a source’s identity against the public’s need for transparency or deciding if a series like this warranted a more discerning look at certain systems and policies in place.
The stories include people like Terry and John Rubiolo, who are living on their burned-out property and delivering food to about 80 people three times a week, because they know their neighbors are struggling.
In California, the world’s fifth-largest economy, an estimated 1 million residents don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water. Many water districts are facing huge challenges.
The Center for Health Journalism has awarded $25,000 in reporting grants from our Impact Fund to help California journalists undertake ambitious explanatory or investigative reporting about health issues in underserved communities in the state.
CNBC Digital is looking for a health care reporter in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Black women make up less than 10% of Los Angeles County’s population, yet they are more likely to experience intimate partner violence than women of other racial and ethnic groups that comprise greater portions of the population. ...
One of the key attorneys on the case against Proposition 187 discusses what that battle tells us about the national debate over immigration that has engulfed the country in recent years.
Cannabis Wire founders Nushin Rashidian and Alyson Martin answer your questions about covering cannabis as states and federal entities struggle to classify and legislate the plant.
Even when the facts are presented and real people share their stories, some readers don’t believe it.
