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  • Camcorders For Justice

    January 01, 2014 |

    Intelligent Life |

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    Response Location: India, Vangani, Maharashtra

    In India, videos made about the many social problems are secretly broadcasted in different villages to make people aware of the real problem and also aware of what they can do to fix it. Video Volunteers, an organization that coordinates these video productions, catalyzes community change through transparency and accountability.

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  • Iowa keeping partisanship off the map

    December 08, 2013 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Des Moines, Iowa

    In Iowa, the “redistricting” of the state’s legislative and congressional boundaries is done by mapmakers who abide by nonpartisan metrics that all sides agree are fair — a seemingly revolutionary concept in the high-stakes decennial rite of redistricting.

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  • Philly-area firm leads the hospital-bill fight vs. the $500 Tylenol

    December 05, 2013 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    With more and more Americans having to pay medical costs out of pocket, a small company out of Philadelphia called ELAP is on the front lines of the war against escalating charges. By helping overwhelmed patients to de-mystify and negotiate medical bills, they are ensuring patients get the best value and avoid egregious financial distress.

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  • To Make Hospitals Less Deadly, a Dose of Data

    December 04, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Available statistics on hospital safety don’t tell the public what they need to know to make informed decisions. A dose of data to increase transparency and accountability could be the answer.

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  • How Houston Solved Its Rape Kit Problem

    November 20, 2013 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Most U.S. cities are sitting on thousands of backlogged rape kits that have gone untested. Yet in 2010, Houston (under newly elected Mayor Annise Parker) began an effort that ultimately eliminated its own staggering backlog of 16,000.

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  • How Online Mapmakers Are Helping the Red Cross Save Lives in the Philippines

    November 13, 2013 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Port-au-Prince

    After typhoon Haiyan, the devastation to the Philippines was hard to locate and track. The Red Cross staffed volunteers to sort through crowd-sourced data to create maps. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap software application has helped the Red Cross better organize search and rescue operations.

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  • Solutions to the Climate Crisis: Hidden in Plain Sight

    October 04, 2013 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    Climate change is obviously a real and present problem - but it needs to become both more covered in the media, as well as respected by corporations, for it to start to be remedied.

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  • Medicine's Search for Meaning

    September 18, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Medicine is in crisis; doctors face early burnout. Medical education contributes: it creates doctors who don’t show emotion. But The Healer’s Art, a medical school course delivered in an unconventional manner, reminds doctors that they and their patients are above all, human.

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  • Jamaica Fights to Break Grip of Violent Past

    August 17, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Jamaica

    Marking a departure from other countries in the Caribbean and Central and South America, Jamaica has seen its crime rate fall after many years of lawlessness. A combination of factors helped bring this about, including putting resources toward combatting corruption, fostering community policing and also seeking help from outsiders to strengthen institutions. Progress may be tenuous if drug trafficking is pushed out elsewhere and lands in Jamaica, however many are optimistic permanent change has taken root.

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  • The Cure for the $1,000 Toothbrush

    August 13, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Why do hospitals charge such outrageous prices for health care? Because they can – especially because they have the complicity of your insurance company. But some pioneering insurers are holding down costs.

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