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Manhattan Tries New Approach to Avoid Court for Low-Level Crimes

Fola Akinnibi

March 19, 2024 |

Bloomberg |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

To keep low-level crime cases out of the court process, courts in Manhattan are allowing people to take workshops on overdose intervention, social resilience, or restorative justice instead. The aim is to provide early intervention in cases that will likely be dismissed, prevent potential collateral consequences of having a charge on record, and free up staff to focus on issues like violent crime.

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India: Back to the future

Julia Lauter

March 19, 2024 |

brand eins |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: India, Bangalore

The city of Bangalore is combining traditional well-building practices with modern wastewater treatment technology to address the local water crisis. By getting the community involved, they’ve bolstered forgotten wells, integrated advanced filtration systems and made significant progress towards a more sustainable future. One community alone has revitalized 200,000 manholes over the course of eight years.

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How UNC Charlotte's student support organizations help international students with off-campus housing challenges

Sunnya Hadavi, AJ Siegel

March 19, 2024 |

Niner Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

The Triveni Indian Student Association helps international students secure housing off-campus by bridging the gap and representing the students with landlords in-person, before the international students arrive for school year. During the fall semester, the Triveni Indian Student Association helped about 600 new international students, and about 100 new students during the spring semester.

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Ratas en el paraíso

Daniel Alarcón

March 19, 2024 |

Radio Ambulante |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Ecuador, Galapagos Islands

Conservationists are eradicating an invasive species of rat on the Galapagos Islands to protect native species, many of which are endangered, and local agriculture. To do so, they capture native species that could be harmed, then scatter rat poison around the islands by hand, drone, and helicopter.

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Oman's mountain oases offer ancient farming lessons for a warming future

Ruth Kamnitzer

March 18, 2024 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Oman

Ancient farming techniques are helping locals to preserve the environment and agroecology while still managing to sustainably grow food in the midst of climate change and other outside challenges. Moreover, the ancient farming practices are a major attraction for agritourism, helping bring money to local communities.

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Migrants Navigate State's Apartment Program On Their Own As Evictions Loom And Help Runs Dry

Mack Liederman, Katrina Pham, Madison Savedra

March 18, 2024 |

Borderless Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago’s federally-funded Asylum Seeker Emergency Rental Assistance Program is helping migrants move out of shelters by covering six months of rent.

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Telehealth is making abortion way more accessible for disabled people, but it's not perfect

Annabel Rocha

March 18, 2024 |

Reckon |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Telehealth appointments make it easier for people with disabilities to access healthcare, including medication abortions, by allowing those in need to access care from the comfort of their own homes. For many people, this eliminates several access barriers they often face when seeking care. Post-Roe, medication abortion via telehealth visits accounts for 16% of all reported abortions.

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A California Program to Get Produce to Low-Income Families Is a Hit. Now It Is Running Out of Money.

George B. Sánchez-Tello

March 18, 2024 |

Capital & Main |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

The CalFresh Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Program rewards healthy shopping choices with a dollar-for-dollar instant rebate at participating grocery stores. 74,000 people in 44 of California’s 58 counties benefit from the program.

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What If Finding Affordable Housing Worked More Like Matchmaking?

Michaela Haas

March 18, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Brilliant Corners helps vulnerable, low-income individuals secure housing by working with other local organizations, including the Flexible Housing Subsidy Poll, which helps match people with suitable housing options. Brilliant Corners has helped about 13,000 people get into permanent housing and can cover over $10 million in rent subsidies every month.

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How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing

Thomas Fuller

March 17, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: France, Paris

Despite soaring housing costs, the city government in Paris aims to achieve mixité sociale. That essentially means it's preventing economic segregation to ensure residents from a broad cross-section of society reside in the city and own businesses there. It’s doing so by nabbing real estate to create public housing and providing real estate subsidiaries for small businesses.

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