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How Bartenders and Wait Staff Are Making Up for Lost Tips During COVID-19 Quarantine

Oscar Perry Abello

March 24, 2020 |

Next City |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

Bartenders and restaurant workers rely heavily on tips and often work off the books, which puts them in a unique disadvantage when trying to collect financial aid during this pandemic. Some have thought of creative ways to stay in touch with regular customers to ask for tips and others have sought relief from Restaurant Opportunities Centers United which has a membership of 30,000 restaurant workers and has provided half a million dollars in funding. The organization has sought to provide immediate help and is also pushing for long-term structural change such as paid sick leave.

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Local nonprofits establish fund to cope with COVID-19 crisis

Emily Morgan

March 24, 2020 |

The Daily Record |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Wooster, Ohio

In Wayne County, the local Wayne County Community Foundation teamed up with other local private foundations to establish the Wayne County Emergency Response Fund, which provides money and support to nonprofit organizations leading the COVID-19 response efforts. The new emergency fund will give one-time grants to local non-profits in their support for lost wages, housing security, food security, and expanding access to medical services.

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Appalachian Students Displaced by Outbreak Get a Lifeline

Ivy Brashear

March 23, 2020 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Berea, Kentucky

As colleges and universities across the United States have shifted to online classes and shut down their campuses, not every student simply has the ability to move home. To help support these students, many of whom are low-income or international, the Stay Together Appalachian Youth Project began working with local communities to find housing for displaced students, as well as to provide other support like money or supplies.

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Denmark's Idea Could Help the World Avoid a Great Depression

Derek Thompson

March 21, 2020 |

The Atlantic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

The government of Denmark is taking drastic measures to stem the tide of economic depression already hitting parts of the world in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The government told companies affected by the economic downturn that it would pay 75 percent of their employees’ salaries to avoid mass layoffs, with the price tag of 13 percent of the national economy in three months.

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South Korea took rapid, intrusive measures against Covid-19 – and they worked

Alexis Dudden Andrew Marks

March 20, 2020 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: South Korea

As South Korea became aware of the enevetible spread of the coronavirus, the government was able to quickly act due to having an emergency plan in place from battling the SARS epidemic in 2003. This allowed for the testing to be conducted early on – and not just those exhibiting symptoms – and also activated a temporary provision that offered a subsidy to those that had to self-isolate.

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Is Free Transit Safer? As Ridership Drops, Some Agencies Cut Fares.

David Zipper

March 19, 2020 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

Even as ridership plummets for public transit, some cities are making rides entirely free to keep riders and drivers safer. The move to drop fares limits close interactions between drivers and passengers, as well as between passengers themselves. Free transit also frees up funds for working people struggling during the pandemic.

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WFP uses new tech to fight refugee food shortages in Jordan

Melanie Saltzman Christopher Livesay Alessandro Pavone

February 01, 2020 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Jordan

Jordan is dealing with an influx of Syrian refugees that are putting a strain on already scarce resources like water. In response, the United Nations World Food Program has started to grow barley and other foods hydroponically in a process that uses 90% less water than traditional methods. Beyond the innovations in the lab, new technology is also allowing refugees to shop freely in local supermarkets and use their irises—checked with eye scans—to pay for their groceries from their given funds. This eliminates the threat of theft and is improving food access across Jordan.

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Free Our Youth

Jessica Press

January 28, 2020 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia’s Youth Art & Self-Empowerment Project (YASP) offers support for youth experiencing incarceration. Funded by personal donations and grants, they offer art workshops and classes on how to navigate the justice system, manage funds to bail individuals out, and advocate for criminal justice reform. Their advocacy also helped end the practice of sentencing juveniles to life without parole.

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Tenants Organize to Keep Building Affordable Through Nonprofit Purchase

Laura Wenus

December 20, 2019 |

San Francisco Public Press |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Affordable housing in San Francisco is becoming more and more unattainable. When the landlord tried to change its status to not be rent-controlled to not, a group of residents at said building banded together with a nonprofit to preserve the building. A nonprofit, the Mission Economic Development Agency, bought the property from the landlord so that its residents could maintain their rent in a very expensive city. Organizations like MEDA are key to helping the city and its residents transition over time to ownership.

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The US city giving away free money

Sophie Long

December 09, 2019 |

BBC |

Broadcast TV Programs |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

The city of Stockton, California is providing several low-income residents with $500 per month to pilot the effects of a "Universal Basic Income." So far, pilot participants report feeling less stressed about money, have been able to pay off small amounts of debt, and can afford extra groceries with the additional monthly income.

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