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Photographs of Lauren and Larry in the Bloomsteins' home in New Jersey.

The Last Person You'd Expect To Die In Childbirth

The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world: Sixty percent of the 700 to 900 deaths each year are preventable, including that of neonatal nurse Lauren Bloomstein.

Lauren Bloomstein holds her newborn daughter.

Focus On Infants During Childbirth Leaves U.S. Moms In Danger

The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world: Sixty percent of the 700 to 900 deaths each year are preventable, including that of neonatal nurse Lauren Bloomstein.

Once again Michael Fassbender proves to be the only thing of interest in an "Alien" prequel. He reprises his role as the android David in "Alien: Covenant."

‘Alien: Covenant’ Is Lost In Space

Ridley Scott’s prequel has no scares but plenty of pretension

Mickey Kasparian, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 135, at election night party for mayoral candidate David Alvarez at Public Market, 1735 National Ave., February 11, 2014.

Ousted Labor Leader Mickey Kasparian To Form New Union Coalition

The recently ousted president of the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council announced Tuesday he was forming a new coalition and taking some of the unions with him.

The $25 million Labre Place in Miami was built using the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. It's named for the patron saint for the homeless and is now home to 90 low-income residents, about half who were once homeless.

Affordable Housing Program Costs More, Shelters Less

The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program gave way to a booming $8 billion private industry, but as tax credits for companies increased, the number of housing units being built for the poor fell.

FRONTLINE and NPR investigate the billions spent on housing the poor, and why so few get the help they need. The film examines the politics, profits and problems of an affordable housing system in crisis.

FRONTLINE: Poverty, Politics And Profit

Airs Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala speaks with reporters about her decision to not pursue the death penalty during her administration.

Taken For Refusing The Death Penalty, Attorney Sues To Get Cases Back

When State Attorney Aramis Ayala announced in March that she would no longer seek the death penalty in capital cases, Florida Gov. Scott took away more than 20 murder cases in her jurisdiction.

Protesters rally during a sit-in at the Texas Department of Insurance building in Austin last week. They oppose the bill that Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Sunday. It compels police to enforce federal immigration laws.

Texas Gov. Abbott Signs Measure Targeting 'Sanctuary Cities'

The law, effective Sept. 1, allows police to ask during routine stops if someone is in the country legally and threatens sheriffs with jail if they don't cooperate with immigration agents.

Federal housing policies created after the Depression ensured that African-Americans and other people of color were left out of the new suburban communities — and pushed instead into urban housing projects, such as Detroit's Brewster-Douglass towers.

A 'Forgotten History' Of How The U.S. Government Segregated America

Author Richard Rothstein says the housing programs begun under the New Deal were tantamount to a "state-sponsored system of segregation," in which people of color were purposely excluded from suburbs.

Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore opened a six-bed urgent care center next to its infusion center a couple of years ago. Of the patients who land there, about 80 percent are discharged home afterward, rather than needing admission to the hospital.

Urgent Care Services For Cancer Patients Offer A Gentler ER Alternative

Some hospitals and oncology practices are setting up urgent care sites tailored to the needs of cancer patients, to help keep them out of the emergency room when complications or side effects arise.

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