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  • Northern Ireland: Old conflict, new tools

    Molly McCluskey

    August 06, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Northern Ireland, Belfast

    Every so often tensions between the Catholic "nationalists" and the Protestant "loyalists" increase and the police try to diffuse the situations. Social media is affecting these flare ups by providing police with information and citizens with an opportunity to hear the other side's perspective.

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  • UCSF Doctors, Students Confront Their Own Unconscious Bias

    April Dembosky

    August 04, 2015 |

    KQED |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The UCSF medical curriculum now uses a new unconscious bias approach after realizing the traditional diversity training from the ’80s and ’90s didn’t work.

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  • Can Police Use Data Science to Prevent Deadly Encounters?

    Larry Greenemeier

    July 22, 2015 |

    Scientific American |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Several high-profile cases of law enforcement officers using deadly force against civilians within the past year have politicians, police and researchers looking for ways to prevent such incidents. As part of Obama's Police Data Initiative, researchers and police are studying 'predictive analytics' to improve existing officer early warning systems.

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  • The Myth of the Ethical Shopper

    Michael Hobbes

    July 17, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Eliminating sweatshops and child labor depends on regulation, not consumers' preferences, as supply chains have become so complex and obscure as to prevent simple labels from being valuable.

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  • 7 solutions that could help stop rape on the night shift

    Bernice Yeung

    June 30, 2015 |

    Reveal |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The night shift janitor is an easy target. Working in isolation, cleaners across the country say they have been harassed, assaulted and raped by supervisors and co-workers while tidying office buildings, shopping malls and universities, as our investigation exposed.

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  • Teaching women self-defence still the best way to reduce sexual assaults: study

    Erin Anderssen

    June 10, 2015 |

    The Globe and Mail |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Calgary, Alberta

    In the debate over how to reduce sexual assault on university campuses, proposing self-defense classes for women is controversial. But, according to new landmark Canadian research, it works.

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  • Swedish sex education has time for games and mature debate

    Sally Weale

    June 05, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Gnesta

    The United Kingdom’s teen birthrate is as high as 19.7 births per 1,000 women; one contributing factor is that sex education is not a requirement and can span only a day. Gnesta in Sweden offers a four to five week course on comprehensive sex education with a curriculum that makes the topic enjoyable, informative, and sensitive. As a result, the teen birthrate is only 5.2 per 1,000.

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  • Sustainability Pioneers: Becoming Energy Independent

    Kirsi Jansa

    May 12, 2015 |

    Sustainability Pioneers |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany, Saerbeck

    Saerbeck, Germany is setting the standard for sustainable energy use and the reduction of their carbon footprint through a series of projects. Through these projects, private and public buildings as well as farms have installed community owned solar power and transparency around the central heating plant has increased to help inform the community of ways to make less environmentally harmful decisions.

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  • Overkill

    Atul Gawande

    May 11, 2015 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, McAllen, Texas

    An investigation reveals a startling percentage of medical procedures provided in the United States are unnecessary or inappropriate - harming patients physically as well as financially. This "profit-maximizing medical culture" can be countered by incentivizing health care facilities to eliminate needless procedures, federal crackdowns, and increasing access to information for patients.

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  • How One Hospital Brought Its C-Section Rate Down In A Hurry

    Anna Gorman

    May 10, 2015 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, Newport Beach, California

    Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, under pressure from the insurance network to lower maternity costs, used a number of tools to lower the rate of cesarean sections done. The changes not only helped drastically reduce costs, but created a better, safer birth outcomes for patients.

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