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  • The Pay-What-You-Want Experiment

    Sarah Gonzalez

    January 18, 2019 |

    NPR |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    When Panera Bread launched several pay-what-you-want cafes, people from different economic and social backgrounds found themselves eating the same lunch, and paying what they could. While the cafes eventually closed, similar models around the country have found success with this flexible payment option.

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  • The Brazilian photographer and the 20-year reforestation project of over 2.7 million trees

    Fino Menezes

    January 17, 2019 |

    BrightVibes |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Aimorés, Minas Gerais

    A Brazilian photographer and his wife set out to restore devastated land in the late 1990s by replanting the forest, which would in turn bring back the wildlife. To date the pair and their organization, Instituto Terra, have replanted more than 2 million trees, seen the return of over 500 different species of birds, mammals, amphibians, and flora, and brought back to life the 8 natural springs on the land. There only remains 10% of the land to restore, and at the same time they've also developed more than 700 educational projects that reach over 65,000 people across the nation.

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  • One Way To Deal With Cops Who Lie? Blacklist Them, Some DAs Say

    Eli Hager Justin George

    January 17, 2019 |

    The Marshall Project |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Across the United States, district attorney’s are creating blacklists, or “do not call” lists, of police officers that have allegedly lied, abused their power, or have been corrupted. The purpose is to prevent untrustworthy sources from testifying in court, allowing city prosecutors to build stronger cases. While many police departments and unions have opposed such lists, calling them unfair and subjective, prosecutors and communities have supported their use as a response to police misconduct.

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  • How Poop-Eating Worms Could Help Save Thousands Of Lives Each Year

    Oliver Balch

    January 16, 2019 |

    The Huffington Post |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    The Bill Gates Foundation is currently funding a number of organizations that seek to solve the rate of open defecation by creating low-cost toilets that utilize the feces within them. One organization, called Sanergy, operates in 11 neighborhoods across Nairobi and uses a systems-based approach that takes into account financing and maintenance of the toilet as well as selling the waste as fertilizer. Another, called Tiger Toilets in India, uses a septic tank toilet that places worms within the drainage layer who then consume the feces and produce fertilizer to be used or sold.

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  • How the U.K. is fighting the loneliness epidemic

    Thomas Daigle

    January 16, 2019 |

    CBC |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Liverpool, England

    Lonliness is a huge health risk in senior citizens. To address this, the U.K. is killing two birds with one stone by assigning mail carriers a couple of seniors to check in on once a week. Mail carriers already know the area well and are easily recognizable, so regular conversations with residents were a logical next step. The carriers conduct surveys every week in order to gain quantitative data to inform their practices, and the program continues to be a success with the senior citizens served.

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  • This Woman Is Using Her Platform To Uplift Black Artists

    Brittney Oliver

    January 16, 2019 |

    Essence |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Creating new platforms allows underrepresented and often "tokenized" artists to drive their own narrative. To address the lack of representation of Black artists in legacy institutions, an art nonprofit in Memphis, The Collective (CLTV), empowers Black artists by creating an organization that reflects the community at large. In addition to grants and stipends, the CLTV relies on support from the community and donors to remain financially independent.

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  • Benchmarking Racial Inequity in St. Louis

    Zoe Sullivan

    January 16, 2019 |

    Next City |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    The collection and analysis of data is a crucial first step in revealing and addressing areas of racial inequality in cities. Using the methodology of a 2015 New York City program designed to study metrics of inequality, the St. Louis Equity Indicators Project has already filled large gaps in data by identifying 72 metrics of inequality in the heavily racially-divided city. Following the recommendations of the Ferguson Commission, the St. Louis’ Equity Indicators provide a baseline by which the city can track efforts to improve racial disparities across issues of health, education, and legal justice.

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  • Digital Death Doulas Handle Your Online Afterlife with Jiwa

    Kristi Alexandra

    January 13, 2019 |

    Loose Lips Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    A tech start-up allows individuals to control what happens to their digital assets after death. Not all companies that manage your online data have deceased user policies. And where law firms and social media companies have been slow to acknowledge individual privacy rights and personal digital authorship after death, jiwa is stepping in. The company offers consultations and management of digital wills, encouraging people to consider their online afterlife.

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  • Former British intelligence specialists training network of spies to save Rhinos and Elephants 

    Dom Nicholls

    January 12, 2019 |

    The Telegraph |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Malawi

    The illegal wildlife trade is consistently a big problem across Africa. To help tackle the issue of poachers, a company called Retarius uses counter-terrorist operations experience by training and mentoring locals involved in the prevention fight. The program is still growing and takes place in Malawi, Cameroon, Benin, and Zambia. In Malawi specifically, the training has resulted in 114 arrests made and 1000 kgs of ivory seized in 2018.

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  • Sharps Kits, Syringes and Solidarity

    Sierra Webster

    January 10, 2019 |

    Eugene Weekly |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    Many health care facilities that supply needles don't have the proper training or experience to work with trans-identified people that are undergoing hormone therapy. To help address this gap in care, an education and advocacy nonprofit in Eugene, Oregon acts as a hub for the community's clean needle exchange needs.

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