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  • Deep red Utah wants to keep voting by mail

    March 12, 2024 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Utah has universal vote-by-mail, in which every eligible voter receives a ballot in the mail ahead of elections. Even as other Republican-led states have placed more restrictions on voting by mail, Utah legislators have rejected proposed changes, and roughly three-quarters of likely voters in 2024 say they think the process produces “fair outcomes.”

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  • Dairy Digesters Promise to Cut Methane — Unfortunately, They Might Be an Inefficient Band-Aid

    March 07, 2024 |

    Sentient |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Dairy digesters are oxygen-free systems that break down organic material like manure and turn methane into “biogas,” which can be used to generate electricity or processed into transportation fuel. Once heralded and championed by the California Department of Food and Agriculture as one of the most cost-effective emissions reductions programs, new research shows the real cost is up to 17-times more than what state and industry officials have publicly claimed.

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  • America has a good model for how to handle immigration: America

    March 01, 2024 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States

    The United States’ refugee resettlement program provides language classes, job training, housing help, and support in applying for federal benefits, among other services, to refugees placed by the agency. However, the same type of assistance is not provided for all types of migrants, such as asylum seekers.

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  • Get Loud Arkansas sees success in new voter registration strategy

    February 26, 2024 |

    Arkansas Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Arkansas

    Since Arkansas does not allow online voter registration, Get Loud Arkansas collects voters’ information via an online form and then submits the registration paperwork for them, helping reach residents who are less likely to register in person via paper applications. So far, 358 people have registered using the organization’s online system, and nearly 80 percent of those were people under 20.

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  • These farmworkers created America's strongest workplace heat rules

    February 17, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Immokalee, Florida

    To fight for safer working conditions, a coalition of farmworkers staged protests and led boycotts of corporations such as McDonald’s and Taco Bell, which helped persuade the companies to join their push for better treatment. This led to the creation of the Fair Food Program, an initiative that certifies farms that comply with strict safety standards and gives them access to some of the largest buyers of produce. Farms in 10 states now participate in the program, providing protections for roughly 20,000 workers.

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  • Reclaiming Our Homes

    February 09, 2024 |

    Latino USA |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Moms for Housing reclaim vacant homes owned by investors to provide a place for single mothers to live. Advocating for housing as a human right, 13 organizers are currently living in these unoccupied houses and through civil disobedience, managed to negotiate temporary housing as they continue fighting for permanent solutions to the area’s housing crisis.

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  • From inspiration to action: young Nigerians take charge of their communities

    February 07, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Jigawa

    Turnup Jigawa is a leadership program that provides mentorship around advocacy and communication with the goal of training young people to engage with lawmakers and community stakeholders. Students go on to spearhead projects in their own communities, such as one participant’s awareness campaign around environmental hygiene and another’s initiative to provide college and career counseling to secondary students.

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  • NM endowment offers perpetual funding source for rural libraries

    January 26, 2024 |

    Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    The New Mexico Rural Library Initiative advocated for an endowment fund to create a perpetual funding source for a group of community libraries in small, low-income towns. The money in the fund is invested, and the interest earned is distributed to the libraries each year.

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  • Taiwan Learned You Can't Fight Fake News by Making It Illegal

    January 16, 2024 |

    Foreign Policy |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    Ahead of its 2020 presidential election, Taiwan tried to fight disinformation from Chinese actors in the courts, prosecuting citizens who were paid to disseminate fake news and fining pro-China news stations accused of broadcasting false information. But the tactics proved ineffective and raised concerns around free speech, leading the country to take a different approach during the onset of the pandemic and leading up to its latest election by making accurate information more widely available and bolstering its network of civic fact-checking organizations.

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  • Activists Win a Battle for Women's Reproductive Healthcare in a Rural Colorado Town

    January 16, 2024 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Cortez, Colorado

    Local activists are joining together to protest the potential closure of Southwest Memorial Hospital’s birthing center, advocating and organizing to ensure the hospital stays open and locals can access the care they need in rural areas.

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