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Two Cities Took Different Approaches to Pandemic Court Closures. They Got Different Results.

Alec MacGillis

July 19, 2022 |

ProPublica |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Wichita, Kansas

To curtail the societal ripple effects of prolonged court closures, Kansas' Sedgwick County courtrooms reopened with precautions just four months after initially shuttering due to COVID-19, and later brought in retired judges to help work through the court's backlog of cases. The Wichita court was able to perform more criminal jury trials at the height of the pandemic than other cities and actually saw homicides decline in 2021 as the nationwide murder rate climbed.

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How to provide IDPs with housing? Solution: restoring abandoned buildings

Alice Smahina

June 28, 2022 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk

Ukrainian community members, migrants, businesses, and organizations banded together on Second Home IF, a grassroots project to renovate an empty dormitory at Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas as temporary housing for people displaced by the Russian invasion. The dorm now houses 50 people, and the project is being replicated in other parts of the country.

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In Nigeria's Underserved Communities, Teach For Nigeria Improves Education Quality

Mazeed Oyeleye

June 21, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

In a country where less than 6% of public funding is allocated to education, under-resourced schools are able to hire quality teachers through Teach For Nigeria, a nonprofit that trains and deploys teaching fellows to communities in need. Fellows have been placed in 396 schools since 2018 and go on to complete personal projects that support the school system, such as a solar-powered computer hub developed by one alumnus.

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Fire Returned: Neighbors helping neighbors

Sarah Bohannon

June 10, 2022 |

North State Public Radio |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, California

To help reduce hazardous fuels that make forestland more susceptible to dangerous megafires, a group of volunteers in Butte County, Calif. helps private landowners manage prescribed burns on their properties. Since launching in 2021, the Butte County Prescribed Burn Association has conducted 11 burns on roughly 58 acres of property, drawing on land management techniques that have been in use in Indigenous communities for thousands of years.

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More money needed to seed growth of refugees' businesses

Aja Hannah

May 19, 2022 |

The Land |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Refugees are accessing services that enable them to set up and run small businesses through the help of an initiative in Cleveland. The MED program has helped launch 30 entrepreneurs through training, technical help, and $50,000 in startup capital and loans.

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To Rewild a Rhino

Geetanjali Krishna, Sally Howard

May 10, 2022 |

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Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: India, Assam

A collaboration between the state government, tribal councils, and conservation organizations has allowed the greater one-horned rhino to make a comeback in India. Since this initiative started, the rhino population in Manas National Park has increased to almost 3,000. The program is largely successful because it sought buy-in from locals and they converted poachers into conservationists by offering them a monthly stipend.

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At these US colleges everyone works and there's no tuition

Zaid Jilani

May 06, 2022 |

NewsNation |

Multi-Media |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Work colleges are providing an affordable path to obtaining degrees by requiring all students to work 15 hours a week in exchange for no tuition fees. The funding for the colleges comes from “a mixture of private donations, Pell Grants, and sustaining funding from hefty endowments.”

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Raise or retreat? Home elevation aims to protect historic houses

Adrienne Mayfield

April 15, 2022 |

WAVY-TV |

Multi-Media |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Virginia

As waters continue to rise and flood homes at sea levels, some homeowners are spending thousands of dollars to raise their homes off the ground. This solution that has been tried in Charleston is expensive, but some people think it can also work in Virginia. One industry expert started the Home Raising Academy, a workforce development program, to train architects, engineers, realtors, and government officials on floodplain management, insurance, and financing for home elevations in the area.

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Facing Disastrous Floods, They Turned to Mangrove Trees for Protection

Suhasini Raj

April 10, 2022 |

The New York Times |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Lakshmipur

Women in villages throughout India and Bangladesh are “silent climate warriors” who plant mangrove trees as a way to mitigate the effects of rising waters. While it’s not always easy to convince their family members that they should do this, they have been able to grow an additional 2,000 acres of mangroves that can reduce the speed of waves and capture carbon dioxide. They also earn income, about $430 a year, for growing and planting saplings.

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From scandal to scrutiny: How intense citizen oversight reshaped Oakland police

Nigel Duara

April 06, 2022 |

CalMatters |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Since 2016, complaints filed against Oakland police officers have triggered parallel investigations by both the department's internal affairs unit and the city's Civilian Police Review Agency. When an outcome is disputed, the final decision is made by the Civilian Police Commission, a system that has resulted in the city sustaining complaints against officers at a rate more than double the state average between 2018 and 2020.

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