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  • A Better Path to Universal Health Care

    February 20, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Germany

    As the United States looks to reform health care, Germany offers many lessons as being the world's "first social health insurance system." The country's model, which has been copied across other nations, dictates mandatory health insurance, limited out-of-pocket fees, and sickness funds, which work to promote competition and innovation in the health care sector.

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  • Community cautiously optimistic about Cure Violence, the crime-fighting program out of Chicago

    February 20, 2019 |

    WTLV-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Cure Violence, a national non-profit, has been training local residents to intervene and diffuse violent conflict in their own neighborhoods. The organization, which started in Chicago, has contributed to decreased violence in cities like Baltimore and New York City, by taking a public health approach, meaning, treating crime like a disease. As Jacksonville, Florida comes to terms with the increase in violent conflict in its own city, it looks to Cure Violence as a possible intervention.

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  • At the Riyadh mall, Saudi women sell everything from lingerie to popcorn. Meet the kingdom's new workforce.

    February 20, 2019 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Saudi Arabia, Riyadh

    Changes in the law and social expectations encourage women in Saudi Arabia to enter the workforce outside of the home. With sales-representative positions now open to Saudi women, more women are entering the workforce and claiming a new-found sense of confidence and independence.

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  • This program is helping fast-diversifying suburban schools boost outcomes for all students

    February 20, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Sandy Springs, Georgia

    A nonprofit called AVID exposes low-income students to organizational skills, leadership training, and peer support networks. Working with over 2 million students nationwide, AVID is "designed to systematically help disadvantaged students compensate for their lack of insider knowledge." While it has its critics, this program has been particularly successful in it work with minority students in diversifying suburban schools.

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  • A Comeback for African National Parks

    February 20, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Mozambique, Gorongosa, Sofala Province

    The Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique has repopulated its large mammals by over 700 percent through collaborations between wildlife authorities and nonprofits. With millions of dollars in philanthropic assistance, the park’s revival is made possible by supporting and using local and indigenous knowledge, as well as taking a whole-community approach that provides services for those towns around African national parks. Such philanthropic approaches to conservation are part of a larger, global trend taking place in countries around the world.

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  • On these remote Pacific islands, children now get life-saving vaccines from drones

    February 20, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: Vanuatu

    Vaccines delivered by done offer dependable access to healthcare in remote areas. On the island nation of Vanuatu, tech companies are partnering with the nation’s government, and UNICEF, to test drone deliveries. Similar technology has been used in Ghana, and has so far served several dozen children in Vanuatu.

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  • Citizen Science Comes of Age

    February 19, 2019 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: Australia, Tasmania

    As climate change accelerates, there is a growing need for scientific data to track and respond to the changes in our environment. Unburdened by the stress of academia or funding, volunteer citizen scientists are stepping in to fill the gaps. A citizen science group in Australia called Reef Life Survey says that trained volunteers help set a baseline of information on things such as water temperature that can be referred back to later. They also have many eyes gathering data over a long period of time, allowing more minute data to be recorded as well as getting data from the edges of studied territories.

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  • Keeping Affordability in Focus As Columbus Revitalization Picks up Steam

    February 19, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    Columbus, Ohio aims to make housing more affordable by enacting he Central Ohio Community Land Trust; the community land trust uses ideas from other national affordable financing models to ensure low-income Columbus residents can afford safe, clean housing. The land trust keeps housing affordable in neighborhoods where rents are steadily rising in an effort to create equitable mixed-income communities.

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  • Scrubbing The Past To Give Those With A Criminal Record A Second Chance

    February 19, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Indiana

    Indiana's Second Chance law was passed in 2013 and allows people to petition to remove their misdemeanor convictions and arrests from public view. In Marion County alone, more than 11,500 people have visited the full-time paralegal processing all requests since legislators implemented the law. Many of those visitors speak with relief about the newfound opportunities that have come their way since the dismantling of that barrier. This is part of a growing movement in the US to reimagine the existing criminal justice system that creates far more problems than it solves.

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  • In the Solomon Islands, making amends in the name of conservation

    February 19, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Solomon Islands, Malaita

    In the Solomon Islands, visiting scientists and researchers have made historical and symbolic amends with the Kwaio people. The tribe, once violently attacked by colonial settlers, have felt the need for reconciliation for decades and as the scientists continued to connect with them, decided that a formal ritual of reconciliation was needed. Together, the two groups participated in the ritual, allowing the Kraio people to move forward and the researchers to continue their work.

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