health disparities

Coal miners’ health care collides with budget showdown

June 27, 2017 | Clip

Seventy years ago, President Truman forged a deal where coal companies and the union agreed to fund lifelong health care pensions. The government never intended to pay for these benefits, but Congress has become a funder of last resort. Now…

Fighting Hunger

April 6, 2017 | Clip

Food: nutritious, fresh, necessary, and hard to come by right here in the metro area. A look at so called “food deserts” and City Harvest’s fight against them.

Fighting Poverty in Native Communities Through Traditional Food

June 28, 2016

Poverty is the type of problem that has numerous causes and consequences, and needs a multi-pronged approach for solutions. In poverty-stricken areas, access to affordable, healthy food is a major issue – one that goes on to cause more issues,…

Historical Trauma and Grassroots Solutions

June 28, 2016

In North and South Dakota, poverty hits the Native-American population much harder than it does whites. Researchers link its chronic problems like diabetes and heart disease to the systematic breakdown of Native life. In the 400 year history of the…