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  • Philly wants to bring back a version of an old strategy to fight gun violence. Specifics are pending.

    December 06, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Starting in 2013, Philadelphia's focused deterrence program was credited with 35% fewer shootings in its targeted neighborhoods. The program featured "call-ins" where law-enforcement agencies would threaten potentially violent people with prosecution. On the flip side, they could receive services that help them establish a different lifestyle. As the program shifted away from the services "carrots," and was left only with the "stick," the program foundered. In 2019, the city sought to revive it as a "group violence intervention" program with a greater emphasis on services over law enforcement.

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  • Why One City is Prioritizing Financial Empowerment

    December 06, 2019 |

    Route Fifty |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    To tackle the inequality and lack of opportunity facing many of its historically marginalized communities, St. Paul, Minnesota, recently opened an Office of Financial Empowerment. The office will create a city-wide strategy to address ways to improve the financial health of citizens, including an assessment of the ways that government fines and fees might actually work against residents. The city expects successes similar to an effort to eliminate all library fees, which helped increase traffic to low-income libraries and allowed those with previously suspended library cards to check out books again.

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  • Prosecution Declined

    December 05, 2019 |

    Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    The way in which Kentucky’s Louisville Metro Police Department handles rape cases has come into question. The department’s low level of cases being brought to trial is because of the extra step police officers take: checking with prosecutors to see if they’ll take the case to court. If prosecutors won’t, the police don’t make arrests. The policy is justified as victim-centered. But experts say this, combined with other problematic practices by the LMPD, can leave survivors feeling as though they aren’t believed and alone with their trauma.

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  • The Case for Portland-to-Vancouver High-Speed Rail

    December 04, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In an age of congestion and bumper-to-bumper traffic along the Pacific Northwest I-5 corridor, Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver, BC look to the success of high-speed trains in Europe for inspiration. The international phenomenon of cross-country bullet trains - some reaching up to 250mph - has reduced transport time and competes with short-term flights that expend massive amounts of fuel. Now, the Pacific Northwest cities discuss plans to overhaul their current lagging transportation in exchange for a new high-speed railway.

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  • How to reduce suicides on the psychiatric ward

    December 01, 2019 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Implementing checklists to prevent suicide risks can reduce the number of deaths by suicide in psychiatric facilities. Since 2007, Veteran’s Affairs medical facilities across the country have successfully reduced the number of suicides in their facilities by taking measured steps to reduce risks. The checklist includes removing dangerous items from rooms and ensuring that patients are monitored by nursing staff. Increasing the data available has also led to new recommendations and standards.

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  • How Peru's potato museum could stave off world food crisis

    November 29, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Peru, Cusco

    Climate change is impacting many crops and farmlands, but potato farmers in the Peruvian Andes are experimenting with genetic strains to diversify potatoes to help safeguard the vegetable for further climate changes. Scientists so far have found some success with one particular varietal and are now working to make it more resistant to temperature changes.

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  • In Addressing HIV, the U.S. Has a Lot to Learn From Namibia

    November 29, 2019 |

    Time Magazine |

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    Response Location: Namibia

    There are over one million people in the United States living with HIV, reaching a crisis level in states such as Georgia; however, countries like Namibia are offering lessons for how to tackle the problem. By offering a community-centered approach that addresses underlying issues like poverty and lack of access to education, the country has seen a significant decrease in new diagnoses.

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  • Collective Reincorporation: The FARC's fading dream

    November 27, 2019 |

    Struggles from Below Magazine |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Dabeiba

    In an effort to reincorporate former guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the Colombian government created Territorial Training and Reincorporation Spaces (ETCRs) to allow partial autonomy for the guerrilla groups. Many of the ETCRs have created successful product businesses - from chicken farms to community gardens - but community members continue to leave, leaving the ETCRs looking to the government for continued support and land rights.

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  • After two suicides in six weeks, Greenfield students and parents demand more help for bullied students

    November 26, 2019 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    In the wake of two consecutive Greenfield High School student suicides, what can the Milwaukee-based school district learn from other initiatives across Wisconsin? Schools in Northeast Wisconsin work with the Sources of Strength program, a peer-led and student focused initiative. In the Southeast portion of the state, REDgen connects students with others who have gone through similar challenges and obstacles, and at Friends-Adams High School, students are trained to intervene when they see bullying taking place, or notice changes on a peer's mental health state.

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  • The recycling program helping migrants cut down contamination in Melbourne's outer west

    November 24, 2019 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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    Response Location: Australia, Melbourne

    Cities in Australia were facing a recycling problem, but realized it was related to a large migrant population and a language barrier with the word "recycling." To help address this problem Melbourne implemented the 'Waste Watcher' program, which provides hands-on education through recycling bin audits.

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