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  • Cautiously Optimistic

    March 01, 2019 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Small and large cities around the United States have their own ways of deterring gun violence, from heavier police presences, to community engagement efforts, to public health approaches. An ongoing and similar challenge for these cities is pinpointing where the most effective change is coming from. In cities like Chattanooga, Savannah, and Philadelphia, each one has seen some impact from their work, but without ongoing evaluations, proving and thus sustaining the successful programming is challenging.

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  • Local nonprofit fosters West End growth

    February 28, 2019 |

    The Watch |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Nucla, Colorado

    With the help of the nonprofit West End Economic Development Corporation (WEEDC), communities in Southwest Colorado use creative financing and collective action to rebuild their economies after the downfall of the coal mining industry. One town, Nucla, invested in a coworking space, business classes. and other tools to help community members start and maintain small businesses.

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  • How New Orleans police went from ‘most corrupt' to model force

    February 26, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The New Orleans Police Department did not have the best reputation among the community due to a series of corrupt acts committed by individual officers on the force. Thanks to a series of outreach efforts to marginalized communities as well as oversight by a federal monitor, NOPD has been able to turn perceptions around over the last five years, garnering the department national attention in how to transition to humanistic policing.

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  • Immigrants here illegally were waiting until near death to get dialysis. A new Colorado policy changes that.

    February 25, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Throughout the US, the majority of states have policy in place that dictates against treating immigrants there illegally for kidney failure until it reaches emergent conditions, costing states millions of dollars each year. Colorado, however, recently became the sixth state to enact a new policy that allows Medicaid to cover regular dialysis treatments, saving the state $17 million per year and decreasing physician burnout from treating such severe cases.

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  • Vanuatu Has One Of The World's Strictest Plastic Bans. It's About To Get Tougher.

    February 23, 2019 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: Vanuatu, Port Vila

    What started as a Facebook campaign to ban plastic bags has become legislation in the island country of Vanuatu. The country has banned many single-use plastics, including bags, drinking straws, and containers, and hopes to ban more plastics in the future. Citing a cultural respect for the environment, such legislation has been welcomed by residents.

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  • Australia is building community alternatives to prisons — they work

    February 22, 2019 |

    Apolitical |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia

    With their national imprisonment rate on the rise, Australia is pivoting to a justice reinvestment strategy that diverts money towards "early intervention, prevention and diversion." Although this has yet to be implemented on a large scale, small projects are underway in parts of the country and have delivered promising results.

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  • How AI could predict disease outbreaks

    February 22, 2019 |

    BBC |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: Malaysia

    Diseases such as dengue can quickly escalate into pandemics, but one organization is using leveraging the power of technology to prematurely predict when and where these outbreaks will take place. Using an artificial intelligence algorithm that relies on previous statistics, researchers are seeing an approximate 85% success rate at outbreak detection.

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  • Berkeley's sugary soda consumption plummeted after tax, study says

    February 21, 2019 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    California marks the first state in the United States to join the ranks of other countries such as Mexico that saw a significant decline in soda sales and increase in water sales after enacting a sugar tax. Critics of the tax have voiced concerns about the policy's impact on small business owners and infringement on consumer choice, but lawmakers are still moving forward with expanding the tax statewide.

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  • Soda taxes turn out to be very effective at curbing soda drinking

    February 21, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Berkeley, California

    In 2014, Berkeley, California passed a soda tax that proved so successful in decreasing the sales of sugar-filled drinks, that the the policy is now being considered for a statewide expansion. Although Berkeley was one of the first cities to implement this tax in the United States, other countries have also implemented similar taxes that significantly raise the price of these drinks.

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  • How a Clinic in Guanacaste Helps Seniors Regain Mobility

    February 21, 2019 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Cañas, Guanacaste

    It is not uncommon for senior citizens to face mobility issues, but a clinic in Guanacaste is working to "boost mobility for senior citizens and, along with it, their independence and safety." The program, which attendees eventually graduate from, places individuals of similar ability in groups where they work on mobility techniques with a physical therapist while also socializing with their peers.

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