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This Bias Training Changes How Angel Investors Think

Zoe Sullivan

March 29, 2019 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A membership organization called Pipeline Angels helps women and nonbinary femme entrepreneurs find investors and start their own businesses. Pipeline Angels addresses the investment disparities between businesses owned by men and women.

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This city bans cars every Sunday—and people love it

Alma Guillermoprieto

March 27, 2019 |

National Geographic |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá, Capital Region

Ciclovía (Bicycle Way) is a well-known initiative from Bogota, Colombia that allows citizens to take over the public space once a week — roughly 75 miles of public streets. Citizens will bike, run, walk, dance, eat, people watch, and more in a weekly tradition that has turned into an egalitarian celebration imitated all over the world in countries like New Zealand and China. Proponents say that the Ciclovía increases the patience and cooperation of citizens are well as enhancing the feeling of community.

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School meal participation rises statewide, locally

Mary Auld

March 20, 2019 |

Valley Journal |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, St. Ignatius, Montana

“Not being hungry is one of our most important considerations for students as far as academic achievement,” says St. Ignatius, Montana Superintendent Jason Sargent. This reasoning has lead the state to implement free school meals to all grade levels as well as offer “grab and go” stations that allow students to take food from the cafeteria with them to their classes.

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Childcare Is Broken In America. This City Has A Plan To Fix It.

Bryce Covert

March 18, 2019 |

The Huffington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

In Washington, D.C., universal pre-K is creating a more accessible landscape for childcare services, which often take up unmanageable amounts of parents' budgets. The city is now taking another step to ease the burden: implementing a cap on how much income can be spent on childcare for children between birth and three while also exploring how to make childcare services affordable while retaining necessary quality.

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New York City's Bail Success Story

Eli Hager

March 14, 2019 |

The Marshall Project |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Around the country, states like California, New Jersey, and Maryland are implementing legislation that eliminates the cash bail system. While this is one way of addressing that system’s growing unpopularity, New York City has recognized a different approach. By taking advantage of a growing cultural shift in how individuals think about bail, jail time, and criminal justice reform at large, the city has seen an organic decrease in the use of cash bail within courtrooms and judges’ decisions.

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This Program Is Helping Refugees Break Into the Tech Industry

Madhvi Ramani

March 13, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Germany, Berlin

In Berlin, the Readiness for Digital Integration School (ReDI) is training refugees in coding skills. The program not only empowers refugee students and helps to fill the many empty information technology positions in the country, but also partners closely with industry leaders to defy persistent stereotypes about refugees that may serve as a barrier in the hiring process.

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No Paid Family Leave? A Growing Number of States Allow Babies at Work.

Graham Vyse

March 12, 2019 |

Governing |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Vermont

Across the country, and particularly in states with no paid leave laws, state agencies are allowing new parents to bring infants to the workplace. While the change has been welcomed, critics don't believe it goes far enough.

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Three ways governments encourage breastfeeding at work

Will Worley

March 11, 2019 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Norway

Governments in Norway, the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates have all implemented policies around breastfeeding in the workplace in order to promote healthy child development. Although not without limitations and barriers, the programs each aim to make breastfeeding in the workplace more accessible and fairer to new mothers.

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4-H boosting school success

Jane Moorman

March 11, 2019 |

Albuquerque Journal |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, New Mexico

Albuquerque Public Schools are the first in the nation to incorporate the 4-H model, pioneered by a youth development nonprofit, into the school day. The emphasis on experiential learning has led to reductions in behavioral issues and improvements in subject proficiency test scores.

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‘Our goal is to halve the male suicide rate': why no-frills therapy works for men

Sam Delaney

March 09, 2019 |

The Guardian |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Halifax, England

Studies conducted throughout the United Kingdom have shown that men are far more likely to commit suicide than women, but a series of monthly meetings by Andy’s Man Clubs are helping to fight against this. Built on the ideals of “ordinary blokes” and “speaking normally," these clubs that have spread throughout the country are providing space for men to speak more openly about difficulties in their lives.

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