In 2006, when USC began planning its new mixed-use “Village” development, the UNIDAD Coalition ––a group of community-based organizations in South Central–– arose to ensure that it contained concrete benefits…
What would it take to have the 20,000 children living in the neighborhoods within the 5-square miles of the Magnolia community to break all records of success in their education,…
Every January, the Los Angeles County Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) conducts a count of the number of people experiencing homelessness in LA County. From 2018 to 2019, the number of…
The California Department of Public Health reported in 2017 that completing a formal education is a crucial step on the pathway to securing fulfilling employment that can provide food, housing,…
A Small City in a Giant Metropolis Although the City of Los Angeles is the second most populous in the U.S., it makes up just 39% of the 10 million…
Over the last half a century, the United States prison population has grown exponentially – the U.S. currently incarcerates more people per capita than any other nation in the world.…
This story was created in partnership with the Center for Financial Empowerment, a program of the Los Angeles County Department of Consumer & Business Affairs. Founded in 2016, the Center…
By age five, a child’s brain has grown to 90% of the size of an adult’s brain and developed more during those first few years than at any other time…
This story was created in partnership with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). LAHSA was formed in 1993 to streamline responses to homelessness at the county and city levels.…
Public health experts agree that the environment we live in plays an important role in the quality of our daily lives and our long-term health. As such, pollution in the…
