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  • "Get In Front of the Beef"

    April 22, 2021 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia's Cure Violence program uses violence interrupters whose street credibility can mediate disputes before they turn deadly. This program and a related group violence intervention program, focused deterrence, have been successful in certain neighborhoods. But the city's support has been inconsistent as competing priorities or lack of focus undercut the programs' effectiveness. Oakland's Ceasefire program provides an example of a long-term success in a marriage of law enforcement, community-led interventions, and data showing whom to target and what is working.

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  • How WhatsApp became a tool for Indian police to fight harassment

    April 22, 2021 |

    Rest of World |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Hyderabad, Telangana

    In India, where women face high rates of harassment by men but rarely report abuse because they view the police as hostile, the Telangana State Police encouraged more reporting by turning WhatsApp into an anti-harassment hotline. By using the country's most popular phone app rather than one of the many safety apps designed for this purpose, the police now get about 40% of their complaints through this channel. Turning complaints into prosecutions remains a challenge. But, when women decline to press charges, the police require alleged harassers to attend counseling.

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  • Part 2: “There is no Champion” — Granite State News Collaborative

    April 22, 2021 |

    Granite State News Collaborative |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, North Conway, New Hampshire

    White Mountain Restorative Justice offers juvenile and adult court diversion and victim-offender mediation programs. WMRJ aims to guide first-time low-level offenders through restorative justice processes to hold offenders accountable, repair the harm caused by crime, and prevent reoffences.

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  • "Covidom Oxygène" : une alternative à l'hospitalisation des patients

    April 22, 2021 |

    France Inter |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: France

    Pour aider à désengorger les hopitaux en pleine crise sanitaire, le réseau Covidom permet à des centaines de patients de recevoir une assistance en oxygène à domicile.

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  • Crypto power: Can solar boost cheap, green homes in S.Africa?

    April 22, 2021 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town

    Watergate Estate is working on two issues in South Africa: affordable housing and renewable energy. The housing development is installing solar panels for its residents that are being bought by people all over the world using cash or bitcoin as a way to offset their own carbon costs. Not everyone agrees that gated communities like this are helping to fight social inequalities, crime, and unemployment, but about 470 people bought solar cells for the apartment complex and some residents say they feel safer in their community.

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  • Athens Reuse is Taking Junk, Turning it into Treasure For Teachers — And Now Creatives

    April 21, 2021 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    The Athens Teacher Reuse Store provides free supplies for local public, private, and homeschool teachers in need of teaching materials. The store is opening up to local artists as well.

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  • Pragmatic Housing Policies Considered

    April 21, 2021 |

    CTNewsJunkie |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    A shortage of affordable housing options in Connecticut may be mitigated if proposals such as those in nearby states are implemented. New York and New Jersey require developers to set aside a certain percentage of new constructions for affordable housing and offer financial incentives that increase the supply of housing in neighborhoods that need them most. Vocational housing, which is income-based housing set aside specifically for public employees, allows teachers and officers to live in the neighborhood they serve. Transit-oriented development increases housing near existing transportation hubs.

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  • Why does the International Criminal Court not have more support?

    April 21, 2021 |

    The Economist |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The International Criminal Court fulfilled a nearly century-old dream for a global tribunal to hear war crimes cases. In its nearly 20 years of existence, it has heard 30 cases and convicted nine people. While 123 nations recognize the court's jurisdiction, including all of Western Europe and South America, many large nations resist the court's power as an infringement on their sovereignty, including the U.S., Israel, Russia, China, India, and Indonesia. The Biden administration's stance is somewhat less hostile than the Trump administration's, but only marginally so.

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  • A Fatal Police Shooting in Lents Was the Nightmare Portland Officials Tried to Prevent

    April 21, 2021 |

    Willamette Week |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    After the U.S. Justice Department found that Portland police used excessive force too often when dealing with people in mental health crises, the city formed an unarmed mobile crisis team and a team of police officers with extra training in such cases. Neither team was used when a man with a history of mental illness, armed with what turned out to be a toy gun, was shot to death by a police officer. The Portland Street Response team was not called because the incident occurred outside its limited working hours during the team's pilot phase.

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  • In Vermont, Isolating Inmates Kept Covid at Bay, but at a Price

    April 21, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    Vermont is the only state where no people incarcerated in prison died of COVID-19 in the first 12 months of the pandemic, and its infection rate is relatively low. The prisons took steps that other prison systems either didn't try or didn't do soon enough, including universal testing at least six times over the year; strict isolation of newly admitted prisoners for 14 days; occasional lockdowns of up to a month; early releases from prison; and keeping corrections officers housed separately from the community. The isolation measures hurt people's mental health, including one suicide and one attempt.

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