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  • Can Greek Tragedy Get Us Through the Pandemic?

    September 01, 2020 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: United States

    Theater of War Productions performs Greek tragedies, using the themes to encourage dialogue and healing from modern community traumas. Beginning with military audiences, participants were asked to discuss the themes in relation to their experiences in the military or as a military spouse. They have since expanded to include other problems, such as gun and police violence. Recently, actors read Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King” in their first virtual Zoom performance to about 15,000 people. Themes of leadership during a plague, “fake news,” and conspiracies resonated with audiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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  • Stranded Aussies mapped in project aimed at removing the cap

    September 01, 2020 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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    Response Location: Australia

    Stranded overseas for more than half a year by border closings because of the pandemic, Australians flocked to a new mapping tool that tells the story of their plight. Remove the Cap website attracted more than 600 users in more than 30 countries in just its first week online, all of whom posted their photo and the story of their inability to return home. It’s too soon to tell if the site can succeed in easing the government’s cap on the number of returnees, but in the meantime it provides a platform for frustrated citizens who want their stories told.

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  • Lawmakers want to revive FDR's Depression-era "tree army" to help boost rural economies

    August 31, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a New Deal program to build outdoor recreation facilities, creating thousands of jobs during the Great Depression and building iconic state parks. Delaware programs, like the Senior Corps that enlists the help of people over 55, encourage civic engagement modeled after the CCC. Pennsylvania's Outdoor Corps hires young people to restore public lands over the summer. Congress introduced bills to revive CCC-like initiatives that could support rural economies hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, but environmental funding is not a priority of the current administration.

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  • Communities Are Trying To Help Working Parents Who Face A Child Care Gap

    August 31, 2020 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    School districts and cities are creating learning hubs, or learning centers, to provide students with remote learning and access to Wi-Fi. The hubs are free, low-cost, or subsided. The hubs are a necessary alternative for working parents who don’t have access to childcare or the internet at home.

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  • Rural California Transit Agency Reinvents Itself During COVID

    August 31, 2020 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The coronavirus pandemic drastically reduced the ridership of the Monterey-Salinas Transit District, so the system shifted services to help the mostly rural community it serves. Despite cash-flow problems, unused drivers and vehicles helped Meals on Wheels deliver 8,000 meals to seniors and persons with disabilities, wi-fi-enabled commuter buses parked in rural areas to provide hot spots for students, and the system donated unused vehicles to groups serving veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and at-risk youth. The system continues to adjust to rapidly changing circumstances.

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  • Journalism beyond competition

    August 31, 2020 |

    Columbia Journalism Review |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    To combat the dire or non-existent future that many local news outlets throughout Colorado were facing, journalism institutions stopped competing with one another and instead joined forces to create a statewide collaborative. Although "kinks are still being worked," the Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) has already produced investigative and human interest stories through this new model of sharing of resources, and those stories were published in multiple outlets across the state.

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  • How the University of Arizona used No. 2 to solve its No. 1 problem

    August 29, 2020 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Amongst other efforts, the University of Arizona has begun analyzing sewage to mitigate the spread of coronavirus as students return to campus for the new school year. The practice is known as wastewater-based epidemiology, and university officials have already been able to diagnose and isolate two asymptomatic cases due to this new initiative.

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  • How to Meet New People, Even at a Distance Audio icon

    August 29, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Coronavirus-related loneliness increased demand for groups that help people make personal connections and new friends, even if at a distance. A New York MeetUp, “I wanted to do that … just not alone”, has seen attendance at socially distanced activities increase. “Living Room Conversations,” an online platform where volunteers host discussions on timely topics, saw 1,000 new members since March and a 62% increase in page views. The groups encourage vulnerability and connection, but are not meant to replace professional mental-health counseling for those who are struggling with loneliness and other traumas.

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  • The Navajo Nation and White Mountain Apache Tribe chase down a virus

    August 28, 2020 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona

    The White Mountain Apache and the Navajo Nation are using contact tracing to not just slow the spread of coronavirus but to "completely contain" it in their communities, and they are already seeing success from their aggressive efforts. The tribes originally had some of the highest numbers of cases, but according to a local epidemiologist and physician at Whiteriver Indian Hospital, they have now “seen a significant decline in cases on the reservation at the same time that things were on fire for the rest of the state."

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  • How Many Coronavirus Cases Are Happening In Schools? This Tracker Keeps Count

    August 28, 2020 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kansas

    The National Education Association has launched a school-focused COVID-19 case tracker in the U.S., all thank to the efforts of a Kansas theater teacher. Alisha Morris started with an excel sheet and took to online searches to start logging the number of positive cases, first around her state, and later was tracking 48 U.S. states. By the time she handed off the data to the NEA, Morris, along with various volunteers "had logged over nearly 4,300 cases at more than 1,000 schools."

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