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  • Iceland Embraced a 4-Day Workweek in 2019 – Now, Nearly Six Years On, All Gen Z Forecasts Have Materialized

    March 17, 2025 |

    WECB |

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    Response Location: Iceland

    Nearly 90% of Icelandic workers enjoy a four-day, 36-hour workweek, with no loss in pay compared to the traditional 40 hours. Despite initial concerns about a drop in productivity, reports indicate that productivity remained stable and even increased in some sectors. The four-day workweek also leads to less stress and improved work-life balance, and countries like Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom are currently testing four-day pilots.

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  • California's Immigrant Teens Find Healing in Unexpected Places

    March 11, 2025 |

    California Health Report |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In California, the Community Justice Alliance created safe, youth-centered spaces focused on community-building and creative expression, including makeup artistry workshops and soccer meetups, to help immigrant youth arriving in the U.S. alone navigate feelings of isolation. These interventions aim to help teenagers build connections, reclaim their identities, and process difficult experiences in a supportive environment.

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  • As Heat Deaths Rise, Planting Trees Is Part of the Solution

    March 10, 2025 |

    The Revelator |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    To address shade inequality and rising heat deaths, the American Forests launched a digital tool in 2021 that scores geographic areas based on tree canopy and surface temperature, as well as other factors such as income, employment, race, age and health. It then calculates a Tree Equity Score and maps out the regions that have the greatest need for trees. With this information, Tucson aims to plant one million trees by 2030, and has already planted 120,000 over the past four years.

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  • Community connections: How Indianapolis partnered up when the Haitians came 

    March 04, 2025 |

    Haitian Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

    In response to an influx of Haitian immigrants in the area, several Indianapolis community groups joined forces to support them. These groups connect them to English language services, job opportunities, advocacy support, and assistance in registering their children for school or getting a driver’s license, all while fostering a sense of community and connection.

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  • Jail Voting Soars in Colorado After State Mandates Polling Places in County Lockups

    March 04, 2025 |

    Bolts |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    After Colorado passed a state law requiring all jails to create in-person polling places for incarcerated voters, the number of ballots cast from county jails rose from 231 in 2022 to more than 2,300 in 2024.

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  • A sanctuary law aimed to 'Trump-proof' California on immigration. What has it accomplished?

    March 03, 2025 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    A California law enacted in 2018 limits local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal immigration officials, preventing local police from arresting someone solely for having a deportation order or keeping them in custody longer than necessary to allow time for immigration officers to arrive. The state’s share of national ICE arrests has fallen, as has the number of people transferred from state prison to ICE custody, but challenges to California’s law and “sanctuary” policies like it are mounting.

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  • Pelican Bay offers a model for prison education. Its future is in doubt.

    February 20, 2025 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Crescent City, California

    Project Rebound at the Pelican Bay State Prison is a partnership with California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt that provides associate and bachelor’s degree education to incarcerated individuals. Research shows access to higher education in prison lowers recidivism rates and increases the likelihood the person will find a job post-incarceration. Currently, about 14,000 incarcerated individuals in the state are taking classes toward a college degree, or about 15% of the prison population.

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  • How to have better sex

    February 18, 2025 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    In an effort to combat cultural stigma, misinformation and harmful behaviors, several groups and individuals are emerging to teach women about sexual health, pleasure and overall wellness, particularly in rural areas where information is sparse.

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  • The Pioneering Paralegals Helping Women Take Back Their Land

    February 14, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Gujarat

    The Working Group of Women for Land Ownership (WGWLO) is a group of 48 grassroots NGOs and individuals who help local women secure land ownership through raising awareness about women’s land rights and providing access to legal aid when needed. Since forming in 2002, the group estimates that it has helped as many as 20,000 women.

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  • Ethiopia's Utopian Experiment in Gender Equality

    February 07, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia, Awra Amba

    The Awra Amba community is founded on broad values such as gender equality of labor, women’s rights, children’s rights, and caring for the elderly and vulnerable, and residents work together on 15 democratically elected committees to make key decisions. Research shows that the community has achieved higher life expectancy, literacy rates, and measures of gender equality than the country’s national averages.

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