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An Art Form That Makes Silent Voices Heard

Priti Salian

April 04, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: India, Panjim, Goa

Visual Vernacular helps make the art industry more inclusive and accessible for deaf artists in India with workshops and community events to help them improve their artistic skills and gain greater visibility in the mainstream art space.

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In the wake of disasters, rural health could end up running on sunshine

Will Atwater

April 02, 2025 |

North Carolina Health News |

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Response Location: United States, Hot Springs, North Carolina

In 2023, Hot Springs received a microgrid of solar panels and lithium-ion batteries, which can provide 100 percent of the town’s peak load and up to six hours of backup power. In Hurricane Helene's wake, the microgrid operated continuously for 143.5 hours during a blackout.

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These cities give residents a say in the budgets. Is Atlanta next?

Claire Becknell

April 02, 2025 |

Atlanta Civic Circle |

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Response Location: United States, Providence, Rhode Island

Participatory budgeting gives residents a direct say in how municipal funding is allocated by allowing them to submit project ideas and vote on proposals created by city staff. One program in Rhode Island, for example, saw nearly 300 people in nine neighborhoods voted on project ideas, with nearly a quarter of those voters reporting they were unlikely to vote in typical elections.

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Why Steubenville, Ohio, Might Be the Best School District in America

Chad Aldeman

April 01, 2025 |

The 74 |

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Response Location: United States, Steubenville, Ohio

Despite having less money and staff than similar districts, Steubenville schools excel at teaching youth to read, consistently getting 95% to 99% of its third graders over the proficiency level. The schools achieve this with various strategies, including offering subsidized preschool starting at age three, prioritizing reading time across all school subjects and allowing students to work with their peers to read aloud and practice their fluency skills.

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How bitcoin drives cheap green energy production in Kenya

Erika Page

April 01, 2025 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: Kenya

To use up excess renewable energy and help finance the expansion of power grids, companies such as Gridless are connecting energy producers in African countries with cryptocurrency miners that are eager to buy up unused power. By selling off energy to cryptocurrency companies, one hydropower system was able to expand its electricity service to 500 more homes.

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Local Governments Vie for Fired Federal Workers

Patrick Sisson

April 01, 2025 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: United States

Following massive federal layoffs, city and state governments are courting former federal workers with highly specialized skills as a way to help shore up their staffing shortages. New York City, for example, has already hired 28 former federal employees, and Work for America, an organization working to match federal workers with state and local opportunities, currently has 168 candidates in the hiring process.

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Farmworker Unions on the Rise in New York, Joined by the United Farm Workers

Lisa Held

March 31, 2025 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States, New York

Capitalizing on broad political-organizing pushes across the U.S., the United Farm Workers (UFW) union signed its first contract in New York, offering significant protections to about 150 orchard workers.

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How a young beekeeper's initiative brought hope and profit to Sierra Leone communities

Sonam Lama Hyolmo

March 31, 2025 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Sierra Leone

Bangs Circular practices sustainable beekeeping across eight communities, launching the Tiwai Honey Project, which builds hand-made beehives to support the native bee population. This practice allows beekeepers to closely monitor the bees’ well-being, thus leading to more honey production and reforestation efforts. So far, the group has trained more than 400 local beekeepers.

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Schools face a shortage of social workers – but Howard University has a plan that helps

Ela Jalil

March 31, 2025 |

Capital News Service Maryland |

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Response Location: United States, District of Columbia

Project PRESS, which stands for Preparing Responsive and Effective School Social Workers, addresses the social worker shortage in schools by motivating social work students to pursue careers as school social workers providing them with the proper training to do so. It’s a year-long program that focuses on staffing historically Black and low-income areas, and has placed 22 social workers in schools in its first year.

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Need help finding housing or financial aid? Minnesota's growing number of hubs support families.

Jessie Van Berkel

March 30, 2025 |

Minnesota Star Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Minnesota

Minnesota’s community resource centers are one-stop hubs where families and soon-to-be parents can get help with everything from applying for benefits to finding child care, housing or transportation. The state now has 16 centers in seven counties, though continued state funding for these facilities is uncertain.

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