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  • When Lenders Won't Listen

    December 10, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    In part, miscommunication between bankers, brokers and homeowners created the 2008 economic crisis. Protection laws mandating better labeling and trusted third-party intermediaries could improve communication and help prevent another crisis.

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  • How Iran Derailed a Health Crisis

    December 03, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Iran, Tehran

    Two columns on how Iran is treating its massive epidemic of injecting drug use by tackling it as a health problem, effectively lowering H.I.V. rates among drug users using an approach to drugs known as harm reduction.

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  • The Revolution Will Be Mapped

    December 28, 2009 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Mebane, North Carolina

    Mapping technology has been used in creative ways to visualize discrimination on the municipal level and hold governments accountable for using methods that are hard to understand or quantify to perpetuate discrepancies. Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities in North Carolina is one of the first to do this kind of work, and their methods and expertise have spread across the nation.

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  • Held together by the strings

    April 03, 2001 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Providence, Rhode Island

    Funded by a combination of state grants and private donations, the nonprofit organization, Community MusicWorks, extends the reach and influence of classical music and music education. The nonprofit hosts workshops, lessons, and programs for children in low-income neighborhoods of Providence, RI, with interest in, but limited access to, music programs.

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  • Coalition eager to apply lessons at home, Milwaukee anti-crime group inspired by its mission to Boston

    May 28, 2000 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Now that a coalition of Milwaukee preachers, police and prosecutors has witnessed firsthand the success of a crime-fighting partnership in Boston, the local coalition is clearing its first obstacle -- putting its ideas into action at home.

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  • Holy alliance: Boston's cop-clergy partnership sees plunge in homicides

    March 12, 2000 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Roxbury, Massachusetts

    Partnerships between police officers and clergy are being credited with dramatically reducing the rate of homicide in Boston, particularly among teens. And it is drawing the attention of officials in larger cities across the United States, all of whom are looking at adopting some portion of the Boston model.

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  • From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as Beta Site for Business Innovation

    May 01, 1999 |

    Harvard Business Review |

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    Response Location: United States, Union City, New Jersey

    The corporate sector has a unique skill set that can be leveraged to bring innovative ideas and practices to the social sector. Companies are going beyond traditional short-term corporate social responsibility models, from IBM bringing a computer program to Florida schools or Marriott’s long-lasting job training program. The business world has particularly influenced public education, work programs, and inner city development, all of which show the power and responsibility that big businesses have.

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