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  • Ethnic studies classes in S.F. surprisingly successful

    January 13, 2016 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Stanford University researchers found that at-risk students who enrolled in a ninth-grade ethnic studies class saw significant improvements in performance and attendance compared to their peers who were not enrolled. Reporter Jill Tucker writes, "the academic benefits of the course were so significant, the researchers who conducted the Stanford study said they were shocked by their own findings." The research could have major implications for the education of San Francisco's predominantly non-white public school population.

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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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  • Researchers Unearth 100-Year-Old Affordable Housing Solution

    December 29, 2015 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A new book chronicles each below-market subsidized housing project ever built in New York, highlighting in particular Co-op City, where residents have come to care for their city-subsidized homes.

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  • How a regulation turned Bologna's civic pride into action

    December 23, 2015 |

    Citiscope |

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    Response Location: Italy, Bologna

    Bologna is demonstrating the utility of allowing citizens to help with projects in cash-strapped cities. A new policy makes it easier for citizens to head city projects and to participate in guiding the future of the municipality.

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  • Why Copenhagen Has Almost Perfect Water

    December 23, 2015 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

    Thanks to years of government intervention, the city of Copenhagen has almost perfectly clean water — even better than bottled water. Denmark utilizes overflow barriers, underground water storage, and rerouted wastewater to keep their public water sources clean. Public awareness and a water tax also contribute to the city's success so that residents conserve and value their water (using only 26 gallons a day as opposed to the 80-100 gallons that Americans use).

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  • Police Officers, Former Inmates Break Bread, Build Bridges

    December 22, 2015 |

    WTTW-PBS |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    At monthly lunch meetings, former inmates get together with Chicago Police officers to make connections outside of law enforcement situations and try to understand one another better. The Building Bridges, Building Connections initiative fosters honest dialogue through facilitated discussions that touch on all kinds of topics based in individuals' personal experiences. It's not an easy path, but it has continued for four years and many participants say they wish the meetings lasted longer.

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  • Innovators Changing Education, Health By Thinking Outside The Box

    December 18, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Camden, Maine

    This year’s Poptech Conference, a 19-year-old gathering for thinkers and world-changers, celebrated hybrid thinking across industry sectors, or “when disciplinary boundaries fall by the wayside" - four of their projects are discussed.

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  • Taking Responsible Palm Oil from Aspiration to Implementation

    December 10, 2015 |

    Devex |

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    Response Location: Singapore, Singapore

    Palm oil production is driving deforestation at alarming rates across the globe. Anti-palm-oil activists have shifted their focus to advocating for responsible and environmentally sustainable sourcing of this commodity. By doing so, they've gained a seat at the table with the industry’s corporations.

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  • Drug may give those leaving jail a better shot at recovery

    December 09, 2015 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Barnstable, Massachusetts

    An epidemic of opioid use in Massachusetts resulted in more than 1,200 fatal overdoses last year. Authorities turned to Vivitrol injections, which make a drug-induced high impossible, to cut rates of both addiction and incarceration.

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