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  • Athens Area Diaper Bank

    The Athens Area Diaper Bank provides infant supplies to over twenty organizations that distribute goods directly to families. Since its inception it has supplied over half a million diapers throughout the local community.

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  • Could Utah children help shape the destiny of the ailing Great Salt Lake?

    The Nature Conservancy's Wings & Water program allows fourth graders to explore Utah's Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve with educators in an effort to teach them the value of protecting nature.

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  • Jailed for a crime she didn't commit, Dreama Caldwell is now taking on the system

    Community organizers are leading grassroots efforts for racial and economic justice in North Carolina. Dreama Caldwell is working with the Down Home North Carolina group to engage with local residents, participate in political races, counteract misinformation, and build “a political platform that emphasizes multiracial and cross-class solidarity.”

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  • More and more St. Louisans are using Via, the microtransit service. Could its success become a problem?

    Via teams up with public transit agencies like Metro to offer low-cost rides on demand by using an app to catch a ride. Via aims to address transit deserts, where people don’t have ample access to public transportation stops.

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  • How Cincinnati is buying homes in bulk to keep them cheap

    The city of Cincinnati is outbidding institutional real estate investors and buying houses with the aim of mitigating rising rents and housing costs. The big investment funds are partly to blame for skyrocketing rents.

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  • Ni tierra sin mujeres ni mujeres sin tierra

    Mediante una entrevista de Elba González, co-fundadora de "Mujeres Produciendo en la Tierra", se muestra cómo la organización ha diversificado los ingresos de mujeres campesinas y aumentado su confianza más allá de sus hogares. Cada uno de sus 57 comités desarrollan una línea de producción diferente, compartiendo las ganancias de manera cooperativa mientras buscan aumentar su incidencia en políticas del Estado.

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  • What Is the Future of America's Greenest Town?

    After a tornado devastated Greensburg, Kansas, the town decided to use the disaster as an opportunity to become more environmentally sustainable. For example, they built a new school out of recycled wood and it was powered with geothermal heat. While the maintenance of these sustainable features can be tricky, this shift to a greener town can be a case study for others looking to make the transition.

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  • How independent map-drawing commissions are transforming redistricting

    Many states are trying independent redistricting commissions to take politics out of the process and draw fair maps. The California Citizens Redistricting Commission has a rigorous process to select its 14 members and holds all commission deliberations during public hearings with lots of time for public comment built into the process. The state’s new election maps were unanimously approved and about one third of the new districts are Latino-majority.

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  • Without the protections of the Voting Rights Act, many look to state solutions

    Virginia’s VRA protects voters from suppression, discrimination, and intimidation and has effectively stopped racial gerrymandering and intimidation. Its pro-voting measures include requiring materials in multiple languages, the provision of accessibility accommodations, and requiring public review of any local level voting changes. The legislation also creates a pathway for Virginians to bring civil lawsuits if a procedure negatively impacts economically disadvantaged communities or communities of color.

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  • Nonprofit Teaches Water Safety to Youth

    SwemKids teaches children of color how to swim and increases access to water freedom while also helping them overcome fears and trauma they may have in regard to swimming.

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