Southern California still needs help and we can’t continue to wait until the sky turns red to offer it. Chessa Latifi is the ...

Yet domestic violence shelters and services often struggle to help minors who are married, particularly if they have children, Acheson said. Shelters typically accept adults with children, but not ...

But many aren’t getting it. According to experts familiar with the Asian American experience, stigma, pressure to live up to the myth of Asian American success, and culturally inappropriate services ...

When most people think of pesticide drift, they think of spray drift, which happens during application as droplets are carried by wind. But post-application drift happens hours, days or even weeks ...

A quarter of those surveyed said they were arrested or threatened with arrest when reporting partner abuse or sexual assault to police. About half of survivors never called the police at all, citing ...

This story was produced as part of a collaboration with the Center for Public Integrity, Columbia Journalism Investigations and Type Investigations. At an assistance center for wildfire survivors in ...

Alaya Vautier, who directs restorative justice programs for the center, said young people, parents and victims of crimes have all expressed support. Although the cases are kept confidential, Vautier ...

The study used computer modeling, census, and pollution data to map particulate matter exposure by neighborhood and demographic group. In addition to racial and income disparities, the findings show ...

Yet while domestic violence organizations play an important role in helping survivors and their children obtain needed mental health care, there are limits to what they can provide. Demand for therapy ...

Jacquie Marroquin spent much of her childhood living in fear of her father. A child of undocumented immigrants from Guatemala, Marroquin – who grew up in Los Angeles in the 1970s – worried that ...

One day this spring, after an intense day at work, Megan packed an overnight bag and got in the car with her boyfriend. She needed a medical procedure. But because the procedure was an abortion, she ...