Health Oct 13 Rural U.S. hospitals stretched thin after nurse shortage exacerbated by the pandemic Nursing shortages are impacting healthcare workers and hospitals across the United States. In just the past few days, nurses and other workers in Southern California and Oregon authorized a potential strike against provider Kaiser Permanente. Staffing shortages are part of…
Nation Aug 26 Texas' homeless suffer due to lack of public housing as public camping is criminalized Amid a housing affordability crisis, cities across the U.S. have been struggling with their unsheltered populations. Two years ago, Austin, Texas, decriminalized activities related to homelessness. But this year, citizens voted to re-criminalize them — as the state banned public…
Nation Aug 05 Health care workers battle Louisiana's COVID-19 surge, low vaccination rates Right now, Louisiana has the nation’s highest per-capita infections, driven in large part by the extremely contagious delta variant. At the same time, Louisiana also has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country, and this week Gov. John…
Nation Jul 28 As rising violent crime turns Atlanta into a 'warzone,' residents disagree on a solution Even as some types of crime fell, murders and other violent crimes rose sharply in cities across the country last year — a trend that’s continued this year. The causes aren’t well understood, and there are strong disagreements about how…
Nation Jul 08 Baby boomers on their role in social change and how luck affected their prosperity The COVID-19 shutdown and recession may have exacerbated an already growing division in popular culture between Millennials and baby boomers. On Wednesday, we heard from millennials. Tonight, we continue our look at generational tensions over economic disparities with perspective from…
Nation Jul 07 'OK, boomer': What's behind millennials' growing resentment for their predecessors? The downturn of the pandemic economy has hit many groups hard. But for many millennials — those born between 1981 and 1996 — and Generation Z, who follow them, that pain — plus a number of other factors — are…
Nation Jun 30 Rainbow capitalism raises questions about corporate commitments and Pride Month's purpose Throughout the month of June, LGBTQ communities in the U.S. have been celebrating Pride in cities and states around the country. And corporate America has made itself a part of that, too, by increasingly tapping into Pride Month and trying…
Nation Jun 15 Two people confessed to a murder Lamar Johnson is in prison for. Politics may keep him in Across the country, prosecutors are trying to overturn wrongful convictions and right historical injustices. For nearly 26 years, Lamar Johnson has been serving life without parole for a murder he says he didn’t commit and two other men confessed to.
Nation May 25 In St. Louis, changing a history of violence 'has to be grassroots' but can't end there After Michael Brown Jr., an unarmed Black teen, was killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri, months of protests and calls for police reform followed. While no officer was charged in Brown's case, the city and surrounding cities like St. Louis,…
Nation May 10 In her bid to end TB, Mireille Kamariza is shattering stereotypes about scientists Before COVID-19, tuberculosis was the world's deadliest infectious disease. Though rare in the United States, the disease is prevalent in many parts of the world and kills millions. John Yang tells us of one scientist's journey to the discovery both…