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Latinos Live Longest Despite Poverty. Here's Their Secret

Jasmine Aguilera, Yessenia Funes

December 08, 2015 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

U.S. Hispanics who pass down a tradition of food, family, and healing are healthier. But as generations become more assimilated, many are adjusting to less healthy diets and habits.

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CPR Survival Rates Can Differ Greatly by City

Kira Peikoff

December 07, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Improvements in CPR remain underused in practice, with many doctors giving up too soon. As a result, survival rates after cardiac arrest vary as much as 500 percent across the country.

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Another Giant Leap

Ndoni Khanyile

December 04, 2015 |

Al Jazeera |

Broadcast TV News |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: India, Sukhrali, Haryana

The rapid development of emerging economies across Asia and Africa is lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty - but there is much debate as to how to best structure this growth. If these economies evolve in the same way as in the West - with unchecked, excessive resource consumption and heavy pollution - the planet may be on the fast track to disaster. Earthrise explores how these nations can grow sustainably using improved, eco-conscious technologies like renewable energy and eco-friendly farming practices.

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Medical Program Helps Ease Strain On Hospitals In Developing Countries

Jenny Chen

December 04, 2015 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: India

To help with the doctor shortage in India, a non-profit is training patients' family members to check pulses, supervise physical therapy, encourage a healthy diet, and administer medication to reduce readmission rates.

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12 Strategies for Moving from Water Scarcity to Abundance

Seth M. Siegel

December 03, 2015 |

Ensia |

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Response Location: Israel, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District

Israel has an abundance of water and independence from climate conditions through public ownership and government management of all water, a water-respecting culture, and innovative agriculture practices.

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How an ambitious new program aims to fight poverty and help kids learn, one block at a time

Ann Schimke

December 02, 2015 |

Chalkbeat Colorado |

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Response Location: United States, Arvada, Colorado

To mitigate the pernicious effects of poverty on student success, nonprofit 'Blocks of Hope' in Colorado aims to provide both educational and social services to students and their families, with the goal of leveling the playing field.

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As Licenses For Undocumented Immigrants Gain Traction, Policy Makers Look To States Like Maryland

Armando Trull

November 25, 2015 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

Radio |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Currently, the District of Columbia and 10 states, including Maryland, issue limited driving licenses to undocumented workers, with two more set to issue such licenses in the coming months.

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Two New Apps Offer Tools For Journalists in Conflict Areas

Molly McCluskey

November 24, 2015 |

The Washington Diplomat |

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Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Journalists can find themselves in unsafe regions without anyone knowing their whereabouts. 'Reporta' is a new app that allows journalists to send alerts, provide information about their location, and send an SOS incase of emergency.

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Amid Failure and Chaos, an Ebola Vaccine

Tina Rosenberg

November 24, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Liberia, Monrovia, Montserrado

Westerners' fear of infection of Ebola motivated a vaccine in record time, but a preventive system put in place could ensure similar results for other viruses before they reach the same magnitude.

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A fight to keep students in class

Suzette Hackney

November 20, 2015 |

IndyStar (The Indianapolis Star) |

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Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis' Howe High School has joined the movement surfacing in America's public schools towards restorative justice. In 2015, in lieu of suspensions and expulsions, Howe's leadership formed a peer justice jury to help fighting students talk through their conflicts and anger. Just one year after the program's inception, the school's expulsion rate decreased 90 percent, saving over 600 hours of what otherwise would have been students' lost classroom time.

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