"ZIP Codes with Imaeyen" explores how a five-digit arrangement is shorthand to describe how where we live defines how we live. Join Imaeyen as she embeds into communities to uncover the intricacies of communities.
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.
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.
The U.S. women’s prison population has exploded in the last 40 years. Many incarcerated women are dealing with trauma and one program aims to help them work through it via movement. Imaeyen Ibanga travels to Colorado to discover what dance can tell us about the carceral system, the people in it, and if the nation can choreograph a better life for imprisoned people.
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?
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Political tensions in the U.S. have put a spotlight on the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade precedent. But what would abortion in the nation look like if the 45-year-old ruling were reversed? We may already have a preview.
Could the Trump administration start taking away certain people's citizenship? Learn why this could happen today.
What does it really take to become a billionaire? Acquiring wealth is a pillar of the American Dream, and the ease of achieving it depends on where you are.
Something as mundane as parking tickets can throw you into bankruptcy. There are really only two options for most people considering bankruptcy, and congress has made it increasingly more difficult to take the less expensive route.
Ten percent of people in the U.S. don't have broadband internet, and the number is much higher among rural communities and the urban poor. High-speed internet has become an essential part of modern-day society. But getting online is still a struggle for millions in the U.S. Should broadband internet be considered a utility, like electricity or water?
Toys R Us was actually making a profit at the time it filed for bankruptcy and closed all its U.S. stores. How is that possible? The answer isn't only about competitors like Amazon - Wall Street had a major role too.
The stories about Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali are well known. But how accurate are they? Often the retelling of the civil rights movement is neutered by misrepresentations of some of its key figures. Get to know the real Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Muhammad Ali, and the beliefs that drove them.
Guns, berets and leather jackets are what many folks typically associate with the Black Panther Party. But the Black Panthers were instrumental in bringing healthcare to neglected communities. The reason you may not know about it? A covert government program tried to bury it.
Is the “strong black woman” stereotype adversely affecting black women and their health?
So much conversation about the South centers around the U.S. Civil War, but the region's identity, politics and power don't just relate to the past.
The United States has a military presence all over Africa. But why?
Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy, and a secessionist group wants to carve out a piece of it to make its own nation called Biafra. But this isn’t the only challenge to Nigeria’s success.
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