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  • 'Sober bar' helps keep people on road to recovery after life of drugs

    November 05, 2018 |

    CBC |

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    Response Location: Canada, Windsor, Ontario

    The Spiritual Soldier Coffee Compound in Windsor, Ontario encourages those formerly addicted to drugs to stay clean, all while offering a place to socialize with others. The owners, both of whom had struggled with addiction themselves, hope that this sober bar can act as a "safe haven" for community members that are working to stay sober.

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  • Seattle's radical plan to fight big money in politics

    November 05, 2018 |

    Vox |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Seattle tripled the number of people who contributed to local political campaigns by giving each resident $100 in “democracy vouchers” to contribute to the candidate of their choice. The concept was to counter the effect of big money in politics. Although the program was a widely popular idea, it ended up being expensive to run and only 3.3 percent of residents who received the vouchers actually used them.

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  • A tale of two economies: Mercer, Monroe counties' success and struggle offer lessons for Ohio

    November 05, 2018 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Celina, Ohio

    In Mercer County, Ohio, the economy is thriving - unlike other counties in the state that have been decimated by a loss of manufacturing jobs. So what is Mercer County doing differently? Aided by its location off a highway, the County has invested in its workforce and used forward-thinking leadership to establish itself as a leader in the manufacturing industry.

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  • America's Other Family-Separation Crisis

    November 05, 2018 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    As incarceration rates of women in America continue to rise, Still She Rises, a project of the Bronx Defenders, uses a holistic approach to legal defense for incarcerated mothers in Tulsa, OK. Attorneys for the organization investigate injustices in cases and represent local, often impoverished, mothers, who face losing custody of their children in the face of the law.

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  • An evidence-based way to help fix our broken politics

    November 05, 2018 |

    Ohio State News |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    If elected representatives have a few hours to speak with their constituents, where’s what they should do: discuss policy issues online with a small group of randomly selected constituents. Participants appreciate the opportunity to speak with their representatives, rate them more highly, and are more likely to vote for them – even months later. The evidence supporting this method of engaging constituents is so compelling that researchers will present their work to all new members of Congress this year.

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  • A shocking number of U.S. women still die of childbirth. California is doing something about that.

    November 04, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    While maternal mortality rates climbed in the United States, California decreased its incidence of maternal death in childbirth. A collaborative group formed to study the issue and started the Maternal Data Center to keep track of how and why women died. Other states are trying to replicate their success with a collaborative called Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health.

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  • Could you float for four hours? Drowning prevention program saves kids

    November 04, 2018 |

    The Sydney Morning Herald |

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    Response Location: Thailand, Surat

    Thailand's Surat Thani province, consists of more than 100 waterways making drowning a very real concern – especially for children – but strategic preventions have resulted in no child drownings in the last two years. Children as young as two are taught water safety tactics and eventually are trained how to float for up to four hours to survive.

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  • Beyond the Stigma: Making a difference in the workplace

    November 03, 2018 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

    A New Hampshire business is an exemplar of a new state push to create “recovery friendly” businesses. For the Chameleon Group, this takes the form of managers attending drug court hearing o support workers, holding 12-step group meetings at the office, and hiring at recovery job fairs.

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  • ONG en Guanacaste desafía la pobreza con anticonceptivos

    November 03, 2018 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    Esta publicación narra cómo pueblo del norte de Costa Rica desafía la pobreza y el empeoramientos de las condiciones familiares gracias al anticonceptivo 'T de cobre'. Una organización distribuye e informa médicamente cómo funciona este mecanismo para evitar los embarazos no deseados en el seno de localidades donde la alimentación de hijos es un problema socioeconómico grave. El modelo está basado en el éxito de algunos lugares del estado norteamericano de Colorado, donde los embarazos en zonas que enfrentan pobreza disminuyeron en un 40%.

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  • Birth Control to Fight Poverty in Guanacaste

    November 03, 2018 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Huacas, Guanacaste

    In the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica, a non-profit is donating IUDs to women, acknowledging that the lack of access to contraception and family planning services is part of a cycle of poverty for many women and families. So far, paired with education about the process and based off of similar programs in the U.S. and other countries, organizations have helped 60 women receive IUDs.

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