This Honduran lawyer reunites families separated at the US-Mexico border. It involves difficult road trips — and detective work.

It’s 10 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and 42-year-old Dora Melara is packing a bag. She grabs some clothes, important documents and makes some sandwiches. In the morning, she will begin her search for a Honduran father who was separated from his teenage son at the US-Mexico border in 2018…

The state of abortion

On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a decision that has profoundly changed the landscape of abortion access nationwide. Unlike many of its neighbors, Minnesota bucked the trend of limiting or prohibiting abortion access, instead lifting restrictions that had been in place for decades. One year later, this series looked at how that decision changed Minnesota…

Minnesota rushes to re-up hundreds of thousands at risk of losing Medicaid after pandemic

Starting Saturday, states across the country will be able to drop large numbers of people off Medicaid who were allowed to stay in the program during the COVID-19 pandemic. That includes some 1.5 million Minnesotans in low-income health programs, many of whom will soon be in danger of losing needed coverage. Those at risk who are still eligible can stay on the Medicaid rolls without seeing a gap in coverage, but only if they complete the renewal process by the state’s rolling deadlines…

Minnesota patients and providers navigate ‘historical peak’ of drug shortages

For months, providers and patients across the U.S. and in Minnesota have been dealing with a shortage of a medication commonly used to treat people with breathing issues…

'I Feel So Overwhelmed': COVID-19 and Police Violence Takes a Toll on Black Health Care Workers

Dr. Tiffany Chioma Anaebere doesn’t remember where she was when she heard about George Floyd’s death. She could’ve been at her home in Emeryville, where she lives with her fiance. Or in the car, during one of her many commutes between Stockton and Modesto, where she works in two different hospitals as an emergency medicine physician on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic. All she knows is that, at first, she avoided watching the video…

Feel Like COVID-19 Is Invading Your Dreams? You're Not Alone

Since the pandemic began, people around the world have taken to sites like Google and Twitter saying they seem to be dreaming more frequently and remembering the dreams with acute detail…

The Nonprofit Fights That Keep Butte County Residents on the Streets After the Camp Fire

When the Camp Fire swept through Paradise, Magalia and Concow last November, killing 85 and destroying almost 14,000 homes, it displaced some 52,000 people. And while some of them were able to quickly find solace on friends’ couches or in motel rooms, others were forced to seek shelter elsewhere…

A Year After the Camp Fire, Locals Are Rebuilding Paradise

On a secluded corner of Marywood Drive in Paradise sit two vacant lots, side by side. The empty space used to hold single-family residences surrounded by Ponderosa pines. That was until the November 2018 Camp Fire — California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire — leveled the Butte County town and destroyed more than 13,000 homes. Now, one year later, these lots are being rebuilt by two Paradise natives, Christine and Dave Williams, who bought the properties after the fire…

Counselors Needed: Schools Struggle With New Wave of Trauma 6 Months After Camp Fire

The trauma specialists working in Butte County schools knew they'd start seeing kids act out around six months after the deadly Camp Fire, since anniversaries are known to trigger survivors into reliving moments of the traumatic event.But there aren't enough counselors to help all of the students, teachers and staff dealing with this second wave of trauma…

Separated for Weeks by Camp Fire, Couple Return to Where Their Home Used to Be

Janet and Don Clark are used to spending time apart. Janet's a big camper, and she used to leave their Paradise home for weeks at a time for camping trips. But that was before the deadliest wildfire in modern California history swept through and destroyed their town. And the two weeks they spent apart after the blaze were different…