Health Equity & Social Justice

States are eliminating out-of-pocket costs for follow-up cancer tests, aiming to reduce delays, improve early detection, and address disparities in care.

Mobile clinics serving California's Central Valley farmworkers face a crisis: immigration fears and funding cuts are shrinking access for 332,000 undocumented residents who have nowhere else to turn.

While the effectiveness of gun safety training for children is debated, one thing that is clear is that Black and Latino children are currently being left out when it comes to teaching children gun safety.

As America grapples with crisis, polarization and demographic change, USC sociologist Manuel Pastor makes the case for solidarity over fear.

Chicagoans are expected to die earlier in West Garfield Park than in any other neighborhood in the city. Sammie and Angela Taylor support a network of community gardens to help close that gap.

Dr. Brian Elmore witnessed a public health crisis unfold at the border near El Paso. He reflects on why it was like a ‘perverse Groundhog Day.'

The emerging birth justice movement is addressing deep-rooted inequalities and the lack of access to maternal health care among American Indian and Alaska Native women.

As premiums jump and assistance shrinks, a growing number of older people are being forced to delay or skip health care.

Suzette Brewer of the Cherokee Nation reflects on her long reporting journey, which investigated the widespread sterilization of Indigenous people and their centuries-long fight for reproductive freedom.