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  • Solving Cleveland's infant mortality crisis: Saving the Smallest

    March 16, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland has an alarmingly high rate of infant mortality, there are a large number of infant deaths from SIDS, sleep deaths, and problems stemming from being born prematurely. Programs across Cleveland are growing in order to help address these problems and better serve pregnant mothers, especially the populations that are particularly at-risk.

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  • Can Cuban Medicine Help Solve American Inequality?

    March 14, 2016 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: Cuba, Havana, La Habana

    Nearly a hundred Americans are studying medicine at Cuba’s Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM), where they are taught preventive medicine to treat the underserved.

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  • From Institution To Inclusion

    March 14, 2016 |

    American University Radio (WAMU) |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    For individuals with developmental disabilities in Washington, D.C., inclusion’s uphill battle, while still happening, has shown results. After the practice of institutionalization ended decades ago, there was a shift to group home living, nonprofit advocacy groups, and job placements. Challenges remain though, like slow-moving bureaucracy, funding, and those still fighting inclusion, but moves toward inclusive jobs and living continue.

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  • Uganda - Legal Advice

    March 13, 2016 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Barefoot Law was founded to keep Ugandans educated about their legal rights. The group of lawyers provides legal help to 300,000 people each month, heavily supported by volunteers. As a non-profit social enterprise, the volunteer efforts are crucial to reaching such a wide audience. The key innovation is using a cell phone network to spread legal information using calls, texts, and social media.

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  • Developers use innovative strategies to deliver affordable housing

    March 12, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    As Seattle and the region search for ways to produce and retain affordable housing, these four developments backed by private capital are examples of different strategies that have worked.

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  • How Libraries Are Becoming Modern Makerspaces

    March 11, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Throughout the country, libraries are hosting “maker spaces”—places where patrons can use technological tools to develop and fabricate their ideas and use the library to not only consume but create.

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  • Healing India's Traditional Healers

    March 09, 2016 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Suri, West Bengal

    India has an estimated 2.5 million medical “quacks.” Can they be trained to do no harm?

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  • How Can the College Application Process Be Improved?

    March 07, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    To help fix the hyper-competitive college application process, a coalition of universities are trying to develop a more equitable process. The coalition has developed a set of tools for students including a free app that helps provide straight-forward information about the application process to more than 600 colleges and universities, a "collaboration platform" where students can share their application materials and receive feedback from mentors or coaches, as well as virtual storage for students to save documents and work pertinent to their college application.

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  • When the Whole Family Goes to Pre-K

    March 07, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    A meaningful pre-kindergarten experience is increasingly seen as a critical part of a child’s education, and parents are expected to play a much more significant role - however, poorer families must first overcome powerful hurdles to be more present in their children’s education. San Antonio schools provide counseling, parental guidance and professional development to parents of schoolchildren in an effort to help them help their kids.

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  • Marine Life Thrives in Unlikely Place: Offshore Oil Rigs

    March 07, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

    How can unusable machinery be disposed of in a safe and environmentally-friendly way? A new effort in California drops old oil rigs in the sea as a kind of artificial coral reef.

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