Local Newsrooms Across the Country Are Closing.
“Across the country, local newspapers are printing fewer pages, less frequently — and sometimes collapsing entirely. Recent studies paint a grim picture of the decline in local newspapers...
Are Presidential Candidates Listening to What Young People Want?
“President Trump on Saturday spoke to a group of young conservatives, calling them “fearless young leaders.” And while there are young people engaged and active in politics, a recent Harris...
ACA Is Embedded in U.S. HealthCare And Its Legality Is Still in Question
“Since it was first created during the Obama administration, there has been no end to the fight over the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. The battle continues to play out on the...
Life in A Town with More Border Patrol Agents Than Residents
“The number of U.S. Border Patrol agents stood at over 1,700 in 1975, but today nearly 20,000 agents are on patrol as one of the largest and most well-funded enforcement agencies in the country....
Americans Are Drowning in Medical Debt. A Nonprofit Is Doing Something
“Collectively, Americans owe nearly a trillion dollars of medical debt, and Congress is trying to figure out a policy response. But in the meantime, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports...
How Building A Community of Care Can Improve Farmworkers’ Health
“Farmworkers face major challenges when it comes to staying healthy. They often spend hours daily performing physical labor that taxes the body, while language barriers and lack of employer-paid...
How Cuts to Food Stamp Program Could Increase ‘Poor Outcomes’ For the Food Insecure
“The Trump administration is making some major changes to the food stamp program, known as SNAP. On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture finalized a new rule expected to end access to...
On World AIDS Day, A Look at Treatment Advances and Health Inequalities
“New medical treatment for HIV is helping the nearly 38 million people living with the virus globally. On World AIDS Day, Celeste Watkins-Hayes, a professor at Northwestern University and author...