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The Kids Online Safety Act, which aims to protect minors online from harm, is pending in the U.S. Senate. (File photo by Sam Ballesteros/Cronkite News)

Tech’s effects on youth mental health raises concerns; Senate bill pending

WASHINGTON – The Kids Online Safety Act aims to protect minors on social media. The U.S. Surgeon General is among many advocates who want to tackle the youth mental health crisis. But, some opponents worry about censorship.

E-Beth Marshall has been involved in fertility advocacy and care since after her third miscarriage. She is now the executive director of Advanced Fertility Care, a fertility clinic based in Arizona, and a board member of Resolve, a fertility care group. (Photo by Lauren De Young/Cronkite News)

Arizonans grapple with religion, IVF and frozen embryos

The FDA headquarters in Silver Spring, Md. (Photo courtesy of FDA)

Arizona poised to offer first responders with PTSD MDMA therapy if approved

A dust storm clouds downtown Phoenix on July 14, 2024. Alerts from the National Weather Service urge those with respiratory conditions to take precautions. (Photo by Lauren De Young/Cronkite News)

Arizona monsoon season means danger for asthmatics

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline signs at the William Howard Taft Bridge in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2024. The city installed anti-suicide barriers and 988 signs along the bridge in 2023. (Photo by Morgan Kubasko/Cronkite News)

988 crisis hotline calls get routed across U.S., but area code system will end soon

Lowell Elementary School is a K-8 school in Phoenix that has adopted guidelines restricting the use of wireless communication devices in the classroom. (Photo by Stella Subasic/Cronkite News)

Arizona schools restrict phone use in classrooms

Richard Monocchio, the top official for Public and Indian Housing at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, spoke at the Martin Luther King Apartments in Tucson on June 13, 2024, to announce emergency aid to help public housing residents pay utility bills. (Photo courtesy of Tucson Housing and Community Development)

Tucson and Phoenix won’t push emergency utility relief to public housing tenants this summer

Featured Stories

A Navajo boarding school survivor shares her story

(Illustration by Emily Mai/Cronkite News)

Not a wink: A comic about overcoming and getting help for sleepless nights

Finding Grandma Joyce: What happens when someone dies alone?

Latisa Ratliff holds her daughter in her living room in Tempe, Arizona, on Nov. 16, 2022. As a birth doula and a mother of three, Ratliff encourages her clients to find a health care provider who listens to their individual needs. “Listen to that mother’s intuition,” Ratliff says. (Photo by Laura Bargfeld/Cronkite News)

Doulas could be an answer to Arizona’s maternal mortality crisis

Wayne Wilson stands in a hogan at the Native American Baha’i Institute in Houck, Arizona, on Sept. 1, 2022. He is holding eagle feathers that he uses in traditional healing ceremonies. (Photo by Laura Bargfeld/Cronkite News)

States, tribes work to increase access to Native American healing

‘Taxing, frustrating’: Teachers face a growing mental health crisis

Chronic gaps in health care system affect migrants in Mexico

‘Wounded healers’: Advocates spotlight hidden struggles of young caregivers

Phoenix program delivers hope to help combat homelessness

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These Cronkite News stories appear in the Solutions Story Tracker, a curated, searchable database of solutions journalism stories – rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. The Solutions Journalism Network vets every story in the tracker to ensure they meet solutions journalism criteria.

Jude Wentland plays with his mom, Madison Wentland, outside their home. (Photo by Lauren Kobley/Cronkite News)

Phoenix nonprofit addresses need for children’s respite, hospice care

Door-to-door campaign helps Guadalupe turn COVID tide

Latina moms fight air pollution with electric school bus

Expanded alert system helps those with developmental disabilities

A community’s response: How one Arizona tribe battled COVID-19

States, tribes work to increase access to Native American healing

Pandemic spurs changes to HIV testing and treatment

Community event raises awareness for suicide prevention

Digitized health records, safety apps could change game for athletes

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Southwest Health Reporting Initiative produces comprehensive coverage of health issues across the Southwest. Students report from communities of color but also focus on matters important to the LGBTQ+ community, rural America, people with disabilities, and others who struggle to get the health care they need. Our students’ storytelling aims to highlight not just problems, but solutions. Learn more about the program here.

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