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  • Climate change is ravaging the oceans. Some startups see a solution in marine carbon capture

    Chris Bentley

    December 05, 2023 |

    WBUR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Sequim, Washington

    Marine carbon capture, a term for various methods that trap carbon deep in the ocean, can help mitigate climate change by reducing the amount of the greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. Startups around the U.S. are advancing helpful technologies.

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  • Mansfield City wins districtwide honor for PBIS implementation

    Katie Ellington Serrao

    December 04, 2023 |

    Richland Source |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an approach to student behavior that focuses on how well students embody five standards — respect, responsibility, readiness, safety and pride — and awards points based on their behaviors that can be redeemed for rewards. PBIS offers an alternative to the “zero tolerance” student behavior policies that have been known to hurt academic achievement, particularly among students of color. Studies show that schools with a PBIS approach saw classroom removals decrease by 58% and out-of-school suspensions decreased by about half.

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  • Does Mandatory Civic Education Increase Voter Turnout?

    Jenna Spinelle Michael Berkman Chris Beem

    December 04, 2023 |

    Democracy Works |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Since 2015, 18 states have adopted the Civic Education Initiative, which requires high school students to take an exam modeled on the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Civics test. However, researchers have determined that voter turnout rates did not increase among the target age group in states that adopted the policy.

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  • A free community library wants to reduce child street hawking and social vices in Ajegunle

    Toyeeb Abdulquadri

    December 04, 2023 |

    Ikeja Record |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Ajegunle, Lagos

    The Transforming Lives and Communities Initiative converted an office space into a free library and resource center for local youth during the pandemic, providing them with internet access, books, games and other educational materials, including a Reading Clinic to teach local youth how to read. The Initiative continued and expanded from what started as a small venture with less than 10 participants, to over 1,000 registered users.

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  • University students across Chicago influence schools to stock period products

    Annabel Rocha

    December 01, 2023 |

    ILLatinoNews.com (Illinois Latino News) |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Blood Buds is a university student-led organization that works to fight period poverty by contacting student advisors to ensure period product dispensers across campus are consistently filled. The group also pushed the university to add a contact number to dispensers to students can call or text to let someone know the machine is empty. Currently, the university has 34 dispensers across campus.

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  • Extremism stand-down checked a box with no lasting result, critics say

    Nikki Wentling

    November 30, 2023 |

    Military Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Following the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon created a mandate requiring all service members to receive a one-day training on domestic extremism. But military members report that the “stand-down” trainings were half-hearted and disorganized, and two years later, few of the recommendations developed by the Pentagon’s working group on extremism have been implemented.

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  • The Rainbow Connection

    Greg Hernandez

    November 30, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Anita May Rosenstein campus provides an intergenerational community — and housing — for LGBTQ+ youth and seniors experiencing homelessness. The Center has 202 affordable housing units and it also offers several programs and services including counseling, support groups, job assistance, skills training and connections to health and mental health care, all while fostering community between the seniors and youth staying at the Center.

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  • Little by little, perpetual vote-by-mail list reshapes New Jersey's off-year elections

    Nikita Biryukov

    November 30, 2023 |

    New Jersey Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    Thanks to a 2019 law, New Jersey voters who request a mail-in ballot one time continue to receive them in perpetuity for future elections without needing to submit another request. The state has seen mail-in voting rates increase in off-year elections since the perpetual vote-by-mail list was created, with 22 percent of votes cast in 2021 attributed to mail-in ballots compared to 16.7 percent in 2019.

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  • Inside the fight to add gender-affirming care to university health insurance plans

    Phoebe Fuller

    November 30, 2023 |

    Xtra |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    Insurance provider GreenShield, in collaboration with university insurance broker Studentcare, provides lifetime coverage of up to $10,000 for gender-affirming care procedures not covered by provincial health insurance. This insurance benefit provides care to more than 200,000 university students across 20 participating schools in the country.

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  • Children with a seriously ill parent get free mental health help through nonprofit

    Jennifer Sanders

    November 30, 2023 |

    KXAN-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Wonders & Worries provides free professional support for children dealing with a parent who has been diagnosed with a serious illness. Through its Illness Education and Coping Curriculum, the non-profit helps children understand their parent’s illness and treatment, how to express their feelings about the situation and how to cope with fear. Wonders & Worries has served over 14,000 families who've reported improved communication skills, reduced anxiety, increased feelings of security, and improved school performance.

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