Wisconsin has one of the highest death rates among Black babies in the U.S. "Deadly Divide" is a Cap Times investigation of the racial gap in survival rates and efforts to close the divide.

The potent neurotoxin’s prevalence in LA County soils hasn’t been comprehensively mapped. We’re giving it a shot.

Three separate Atlas explosions and cancer risks the LA County DA’s office calls 48-times above health standards threaten the Watts school.

Thousands of children may be exposed to lead levels high enough to cause IQ loss without their parents knowing, as health experts call the testing rates “alarmingly low.”

Metal recycling hubs, battery recycling plants and airports all help make lead contamination a stubborn LA County problem.

Wisconsin has one of the highest rates of Black babies dying before their first birthday. Neither family income nor education explains the disparity.

Fertility treatments remain out of reach for millions of Americans, particularly Black and Hispanic women.

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There is no coordinated system to address the behavioral health of immigrants in Massachusetts. But the needs are great

Cap Times reporter Erin McGroarty is investigating Wisconsin’s Black infant mortality crisis. A brief survey lets you add your voice.

With PE cuts and shrinking recess in many schools, why are we now testing kids on skills we never really taught them?

Mayor Karen Bass' Inside Safe outreach teams went 25 times to a one-mile stretch along the 110 Freeway in South L.A. The area stands as a symbol of the challenges facing the program.

This news organization obtained the specimens from a detained person who said they collected them from the shower floors of the Adelanto facility.

Immigrant families are facing an unprecedented mental health crisis due to detention, and the barriers to getting help are both structural and cultural.

Cap Times reporter Erin McGroarty is investigating Wisconsin’s Black infant mortality crisis. A brief survey lets you add your voice.