Will Algorithmic Tools Help or Harm the Homeless?
Researchers created an algorithm to identify the people most at risk for long-term homelessness in Los Angeles. Some worry the tool itself poses risks.
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Victims of Spousal Abuse Are Losing Their Children to Social Services
Across the country, there are hundreds of instances where children are removed from the custody of a parent who has suffered from domestic abuse at the hands of a partner.
Water Contamination in Coachella Valley Is Pushing Its Mobile Home Communities Into a Corner
A sprawl of mobile home parks house 10,000 people in Southern California's Coachella Valley, but their drinking water is chronically contaminated. Now some solutions are in sight.
Can an All-Payer Model Save American Health Care?
Vermont just got the OK to establish an all-payer system. Should more states follow suit? By Dwyer Gunn…