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  • Could Utah children help shape the destiny of the ailing Great Salt Lake?

    April 20, 2022 |

    Deseret News |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Utah

    The Nature Conservancy's Wings & Water program allows fourth graders to explore Utah's Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve with educators in an effort to teach them the value of protecting nature.

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  • Jailed for a crime she didn't commit, Dreama Caldwell is now taking on the system

    April 20, 2022 |

    The Real News Network |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Alamance County, North Carolina

    Community organizers are leading grassroots efforts for racial and economic justice in North Carolina. Dreama Caldwell is working with the Down Home North Carolina group to engage with local residents, participate in political races, counteract misinformation, and build “a political platform that emphasizes multiracial and cross-class solidarity.”

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  • Let Them Bee

    April 20, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Vacaville, California

    Farms like Pope Canyon Queens breed queen bees to supply to other beekeepers to meet the growing demand for pollinators. Queen bees are crucial to the pollination process as they organize the colony and maintain the health of the hive. Since having to rebuild after a massive fire in 2020, Pope Canyon Queens has about 580 hives and is seeing increased requests for queens.

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  • Athens Foodbank Fights Food Insecurity

    April 20, 2022 |

    Grady Newsource |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    The City of Refuge food bank supplies food and groceries to locals in need through mobile drives, school drop-offs and community deliveries each week. The food bank has about 60 volunteers who come in weekly to package about 250 boxes of food for local residents.

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  • Athens Area Diaper Bank

    April 20, 2022 |

    Grady Newsource |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    The Athens Area Diaper Bank provides infant supplies to over twenty organizations that distribute goods directly to families. Since its inception it has supplied over half a million diapers throughout the local community.

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  • Ni tierra sin mujeres ni mujeres sin tierra

    April 19, 2022 |

    Alharaca |

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    Response Location: El Salvador

    Mediante una entrevista de Elba González, co-fundadora de "Mujeres Produciendo en la Tierra", se muestra cómo la organización ha diversificado los ingresos de mujeres campesinas y aumentado su confianza más allá de sus hogares. Cada uno de sus 57 comités desarrollan una línea de producción diferente, compartiendo las ganancias de manera cooperativa mientras buscan aumentar su incidencia en políticas del Estado.

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  • How Cincinnati is buying homes in bulk to keep them cheap

    April 19, 2022 |

    NewsNation |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    The city of Cincinnati is outbidding institutional real estate investors and buying houses with the aim of mitigating rising rents and housing costs. The big investment funds are partly to blame for skyrocketing rents.

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  • What Is the Future of America's Greenest Town?

    April 19, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Greensburg, Kansas

    After a tornado devastated Greensburg, Kansas, the town decided to use the disaster as an opportunity to become more environmentally sustainable. For example, they built a new school out of recycled wood and it was powered with geothermal heat. While the maintenance of these sustainable features can be tricky, this shift to a greener town can be a case study for others looking to make the transition.

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  • More and more St. Louisans are using Via, the microtransit service. Could its success become a problem?

    April 19, 2022 |

    St. Louis Magazine |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Via teams up with public transit agencies like Metro to offer low-cost rides on demand by using an app to catch a ride. Via aims to address transit deserts, where people don’t have ample access to public transportation stops.

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  • How independent map-drawing commissions are transforming redistricting

    April 19, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Many states are trying independent redistricting commissions to take politics out of the process and draw fair maps. The California Citizens Redistricting Commission has a rigorous process to select its 14 members and holds all commission deliberations during public hearings with lots of time for public comment built into the process. The state’s new election maps were unanimously approved and about one third of the new districts are Latino-majority.

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