Since this announcement, Trump has threatened, imposed and rescinded some tariffs on imports from all countries and ...

The last time Liz Zambrano’s ex-husband tried to hurt her, she knew she had to find a path to safety. As he threw household objects at her and her two sons — a computer, an iron — they fled to the ...

First, they stare. They are sitting, face-to-face, in a cinder block box of a room designed for attorney visits. It stinks of sweat and fear. The prisoner — a young man who as a teen took part in a ...

Photo by Hung_Chung_Chih/iStock. Growing up, Tony remembers feeling like an orphan, even though he had two parents. Wherever he went, even with his own family, he felt like he didn’t fit in. Tony, who ...

Jacquie Marroquin spent much of her childhood living in fear of her father. A child of undocumented immigrants from Guatemala, Marroquin – who grew up in Los Angeles in the 1970s – worried that ...

I discovered I had a disability before I realized I was in an abusive relationship, but the two were interwoven in my life for many years. My disability, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, made it ...

Sheri Louie fell in love with Kristina the moment she saw her at the group home for medically fragile children in Fresno. A licensed vocational nurse, Louie had spent years working with children like ...

In the predawn hours of Oct. 3, 2012, two farm labor crews arrived at fields southeast of Salinas to harvest lettuce. A light breeze blew from the north across rows of head lettuce and romaine. As the ...

One day this spring, after an intense day at work, Megan packed an overnight bag and got in the car with her boyfriend. She needed a medical procedure. But because the procedure was an abortion, she ...

A wildfire burns above the city of Azusa. Firefighters have contained a large portion of the Ranch 2 fire, but the mental health impacts of wildfires such as this one can linger far longer. Photo by ...

Nina stared at the job listing. She felt as though it had been written just for her. A new, multidisciplinary center for survivors of domestic violence was opening in northern San Diego County. The ...