NEW YORK – The Plaza square is sandwiched between a renovated milk bottling plant, an Applebees, and the...
Nov 19, 2021
Atlanta’s urban farms make a stand against food redlining
ATLANTA – In the heart of Atlanta, 61-year-old Wayne Ricketts spends his days rooting up weeds, harvesting the...
Nov 19, 2021
San Bernardino residents’ quest for fresh, healthy food as COVID-19 persists
SAN BERNADINO, Calif. – Around 11 a.m. Cyrilene begins organizing the kitchen at the Highland Senior Center, as...
Nov 19, 2021
The pandemic pushes more Black Americans to take up urban farming to fight ‘food apartheid’
Before coronavirus shutdowns gave Mike Daniels an unexpected furlough, he hadn’t thought much about urban gardening, though he’d...
Nov 19, 2021
St. Louis community gardens, food pantries head off COVID-19 food catastrophe
ST. LOUIS, Mo. —On a crisp late summer morning, 65-year-old Army veteran Nancy Vonner walked the five blocks...
Nov 19, 2021
Mourning interrupted
HOUMA, La. – Monique J. Washington keeps her hair braided in tight rows, close to her head. It...
Jul 13, 2021
The COVID-19 Pandemic Dealt a Body Blow to World’s Anti-Malaria Efforts in 2020
Disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the highest increases in malaria cases and deaths worldwide in...
Jun 12, 2021
A look back at one year of COVID-19 coverage from Report for America
March 11, 2021: One year since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, the virus...
Mar 05, 2021
ON THE GROUND IN ANNAPOLIS, MD
COVID-19 restrictions send mental health ripples through Naval Academy
ANNAPOLIS — The latest blow to the morale at the Naval Academy came by email. This year, as...
Oct 07, 2020