A small Mexican town has been a tourist destination for people in the U.S. seeking affordable health care. With hundreds of dentists, Los Algodones, Mexico, has earned the nickname Molar City. But what does it mean when people living in the richest country in the world cross the border for health care and how does the influx impact Los Algodones?
Blind and visually impaired athletes are expanding soccer’s playing field and showing their disability gives them the ability to make the world’s most popular game more accessible.
Millions of people in the U.S. have to travel long distances for prenatal and postpartum care because they don't have options where they live. These maternity deserts are taxing to both the patients and the medical professionals who serve them.
The United States’ cheapest city isn’t inexpensive enough for the thousands who have found themselves without shelter. Huntsville, AL, is expecting an increase in its homeless population as the city’s cost of living and population rise. Imaeyen Ibanga travels to the area to uncover how people without homes are surviving in a place touted for its cheapness.
Georgia is one of the least LGBTQ+-friendly states in the U.S. It has sodomy laws, HIV/AIDS criminalization laws and no statewide policies preventing insurance exclusions for trans health care. So, what is it like for trans people trying to have children and those raising them in this place? Imaeyen Ibanga visits the Peach State to uncover how a pregnant man, a trans woman trying to conceive and a trans man who’s given birth are navigating parenthood in the midst of national anti-trans sentiment.
Minnesota has the largest number of Korean adoptees in the United States, and many of them grew up with white parents in white households. Imaeyen Ibanga travels to the Twin Cities to uncover what it’s like for this group during a nationwide uptick in anti-Asian hate and violence.
The U.S. has gone from raging a drug war on marijuana to seeing it as big business. But it’s a business not everyone can get into. So what does it take to start a cannabis company and who gets to do it? Imaeyen Ibanga travels to Illinois to uncover the truth about how Black and white green can be.
Utah has the highest marriage rate in the nation and the youngest newlyweds. But why? Imaeyen Ibanga follows a matchmaker and a bachelor hoping to find his “eternal companion” to discover the reason why so many in this community get married, and what it means when you’re one of the singles looking for love.
Every drop of drinkable water in Sandbranch, Texas, is shipped in. The small community has never had running water in its entire 142-year existence and its groundwater is contaminated. Why do all of the towns neighboring it have water, but Sandbranch doesn’t?
Working out at home became the go-to form of exercise when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. But the exercise world was already moving to home fitness and personalization before lockdowns forced gym closures. Now that big-box facilities like 24 Hour Fitness and Gold’s Gym have filed for bankruptcy and a Planet Fitness exposed hundreds of people to coronavirus, what does all this mean for gym lovers? And what will our workouts look like in the future?
The real reason Black patients are making up a disproportionate amount of COVID-19 deaths isn’t “underlying health conditions.” The story of victims like 27-year-old Leilani Jordan have more to do with structural inequities than they do preexisting health conditions. Watch one mother explain how COVID-19 took her daughter’s life, and what we can learn from this tragedy.
The COVID-19 pandemic has exploited the U.S. Postal Service’s underlying health conditions and its financial struggles. The nation’s most popular government agency is on life support and looking for an influx of cash from the government. But it seems the U.S. government doesn’t think the USPS is too big fail. So what happens if it does?
A Black man in Indiana says a group of white beachgoers attempted to lynch him on Independence Day. Video shows a group of white men pinning 36-year-old Vauhxx Booker against a tree while others beg for his release. But this isn’t just another viral video story. What Booker wants people to understand is what it means to be an ally and be on the right side of history – a history that includes thousands of lynchings in the U.S.
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