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  • The Netherlands has universal health insurance — and it's all private

    January 17, 2020 |

    Vox |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Netherlands

    Health care in the Netherlands relies heavily on the collaboration, cooperation, and shared responsibility between private markets and government regulations to achieve affordable, consistent, and quality care for patients. Although the system is not without its limitations, this process has helped the country avoid preventable deaths while also guaranting nearly all residents insurance.

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  • Providing a home for Europe's unaccompanied migrant children

    January 15, 2020 |

    Equal Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Spain, Malaga

    There are thousands of children caught in the midst of the migrant crisis, and many of them end up without their parents or with a relative. To avoid placing migrant children in facilities that would be unable to give them specialized care, people are stepping up to serve as foster parents for the time being. The foster parents support the children's emotional well being and sense of self, and now foster aunts—forming a relationship without taking over care—are also emerging. These initiatives help ease the process of starting over in a new place, especially for children.

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  • Are you pouring hundreds of dollars a year down the drain?

    January 15, 2020 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Australia, Melbourne, Victoria

    The use of rain gardens and rain tanks - which capture rainwater runoff, clean the water, and reuse the water for plants and gardens - helps to reduce water waste and toxic runoff. One Australian man built a rain garden to cut back on his waste (and his water bill) and estimates that he has cut down water consumption in his house by one third.

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  • Construyendo un hogar para los niños migrantes

    January 15, 2020 |

    Equal Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Spain

    Según datos de Unicef, más de 8.200 niños y niñas entraron a Europa entre enero y junio de 2019 a través de las fronteras de Grecia, Italia, Bulgaria o España. De ellos, el 34% viajaba solo o sin sus progenitores. La mayoría de estos menores ingresan a centros de acogida que no cuentan con personal y recursos suficientes para garantizar la atención individual que necesitan. En este contexto, la opción de acogerlos en familias voluntarias se ha convertido en una solución temporal para niños y niñas en situación de desamparo.

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  • Important lessons for Philadelphia from Chicago's three-year decline in gun violence

    January 10, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Since 2016, Chicago has seen a 37% decrease in homicides with a comprehensive, targeted approach toward violence. The city developed a multi-pronged approach, including a collaboration between foundations and funders, a partnership that analyzed police decision-making, resource allocation toward a new gun-violence-focused prosecution unit, and targeted investment in high-risk individuals. With such success, cities like Philadelphia – also experiencing an increase in homicides – look to Chicago for lessons learned.

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  • How Educators Are Rethinking The Way They Teach Immigration History

    January 09, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston

    At one Boston public school, teachers are updating curricula to provide students with history lessons that contextualize current national debates about immigration policy.

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  • Zero bikers or pedestrians were killed by cars in Oslo last year: What can the U.S. learn from its success?

    January 09, 2020 |

    FastCompany |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Norway, Oslo

    Oslo, Norway saw zero pedestrian and cyclist deaths in 2019. The success comes from infrastructure redesign, increased traffic enforcement, overall policy prioritization of road safety, and collaboration between residents, organizations, and government. In the United States, many cities are working toward “Vision Zero” – zero pedestrian and cycling deaths – and are looking to Oslo as an example.

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  • Minneapolis Activists Ask Local Leaders to Invest in Communities, Not Cops

    January 09, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    In Minneapolis, Minnesota, a coalition of organizers and community members called Reclaim the Block advocates for divestment from the city's police force and into more community-based initiatives and services. Advocates for the group argue that rather than solving issues like homelessness, opioid addiction, and mental health crises, policing can actually make the situation worse off. The broad coalition successfully petitioned the city to move funds out of the police force and into the newly created Office of Violence Prevention.

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  • How Philadelphia Flipped: Second Chances for Youth

    January 08, 2020 |

    YR Media |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia has made a concerted effort toward reducing the number of youth being arrested in schools. Leadership, including the school police commissioner and district attorney, changed procedures so that youth, instead of getting arrested, are enrolled in diversion programs. While there’s been pushback from some law enforcement, early studies have pointed to a decline in arrests without a decline in safety.

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  • Flint's Water Crisis Spurs Other Cities To Remove Lead Pipes

    December 23, 2019 |

    WBEZ |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    As cities and states across the United States begin to remove lead water pipes, some communities are looking for cost-effective ways to fix them because of the risk of contaminated drinking water. Three cities in the Midwest have started the process and have used innovative ways to raise the funds to replace the aging service lines, which could be a model for other cities like Chicago to follow.

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