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  • Journal Editors To Researchers: Show Everyone Your Clinical Data

    January 26, 2016 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    The editors of the leading medical journals around have said that researchers would have to publicly share the data gathered in their clinical studies as a condition of publishing the results in the journals. Doing so would allow the results to be verified.

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  • Human trafficking: California keeps a closer eye on recruiters

    January 25, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Albany, California

    A new law seeks to protect vulnerable guest workers and unwary businesses from unscrupulous recruiters by requiring them to register with the state and meet certain requirements.

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  • In Haiti, Turning Human Waste to Flowers

    January 19, 2016 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: Haiti

    One program has found a way to turn feces into agricultural compost, which has helped Haiti, a country with limited sanitation systems, both keep its water clean and grow food.

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  • Zero-Based Budgeting

    January 16, 2016 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

    Josh Shapiro has reimagined how suburban public dollars are spent and reinvented government in the process: Beginning at zero. In doing so, he has stripped the budget of non-core line items.

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  • New Study Finds Recycled Phosphorus Could Fertilize 100 Percent of U.S. Corn

    January 15, 2016 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United States

    Looking at what recycled phosphorus could do for corn in the United States, the country’s number one crop, a study found that we’d need just 37 percent of available recyclable domestic phosphorus to fertilize all of the corn in the country.

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  • Crossing the Rubicon for disaster response

    January 12, 2016 |

    Devex |

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    Response Location: Haiti, Port-au-Prince

    Last year, Team Rubicon carried out 35 domestic operations and three international operations, with overlapping missions in Kathmandu, Nepal, and Barikiki, Kiribati, as well as an operation in Roseau, Dominica. The humanitarian organization has two goals: improving overseas disaster response and finding new ways to bring military veterans into humanitarian operations.

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  • Better Safety Helps Bangladesh Shipbuilding Industry

    January 08, 2016 |

    Voice of America (VOA) |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Chittagong

    A shipbuilding company in Bangladesh brought down its high rate of workplace injuries from about 1,000 per month to 10 by bucking workplace norms in the country with safety restrictions that include protective gear like hardhats and goggles. Western Marine did this by putting in place warnings, fines and even threats of job losses for workers who violated safety rules. Its investment has paid off with new orders from international companies who require all suppliers to follow high safety standards, setting them apart from competitors in the country.

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  • How to Get Out of Solitary — One Step at a Time

    January 07, 2016 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Alger, Michigan

    New programs aim to ease inmates out of years of solitary confinement by passing them through different "stages," each with different behavioral requirements and rewards. It's an approach that allows inmates to gradually gain more control over their lives.

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  • In Seattle, a team approach gets victories against traffickers

    January 04, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Seattle's anti-trafficking program has enabled a high number of prosecutions against human traffickers. The program's task force depends on coordinating a number of actors across agencies and gaining funding from the Justice Department.

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  • Can Gun Stores Play a Role in Suicide Prevention?

    January 04, 2016 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Hookset, New Hampshire

    Spurred by three suicides in one week in New Hampshire, a gun store owner launched the Gun Shop Project to educate more firearm sellers and others on how to spot suicidal customers. Many other gun sellers joined the effort in that state and it has expanded slowly in some other states, but it has also met pushback. Some owners feel they aren't qualified to assess mental health conditions and others fear it's another way to implement more gun control laws.

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