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  • Singapore helps North Korea break out in business

    June 12, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: North Korea, Pyongyang

    More than 2,000 North Koreans have accessed entrepreneurship training through a Singaporean nonprofit called Choson Exchange, gaining exposure to market concepts such as pricing and branding -- often for the first time. Former students have opened a coffee shop among other businesses.

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  • This Philly housing project helps residents double their income

    June 12, 2018 |

    Billy Penn |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    By offering flexible rent, a Philadelphia nonprofit allows low-income residents to attain economic success. Financed through an initial endowment, the Women’s Community Revitalization Projected is sustained by support from independent donations and Philadelphia’s low-income housing tax credits. In addition to offering affordable housing and residents’ services to Philadelphia’s low-income women and families, the WCRP also operates a community land trust to help address future development concerns in the city.

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  • The Disaster Response Program That's Building More Than Homes

    June 12, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, El Segundo, California

    Combining veterans and disaster relief efforts has proven itself to be a successful method for bridging the gap between pre and post service life. Although not entirely made up of veterans, Team Rubicon aims to utilize the skills of service members to help cleanup areas that have been hit by disasters such as tornadoes and earthquakes.

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  • LA Is Doing Water Better Than Your City. Yes, That LA

    June 12, 2018 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    With climate change on the horizon, Los Angeles is rushing to pull water from surprising sources. The goal: aqueous independence.

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  • Beyond Books: How Libraries Are the Latest Front in the Opioid Fight

    June 12, 2018 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Librarians across the nation are being trained to administer naloxone, a drug that can reverse an opioid overdose. In Denver’s Central Library, 350 staff members were trained to administer the drug. “Libraries in New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Salt Lake County, Utah, among others, are also stocking the overdose reversal drug.”

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  • Singapore using virtual reality in counterrorism

    June 12, 2018 |

    GovInsider |

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    Response Location: Singapore

    Artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and virtual reality optimize limited public safety resources and help officers better respond to complex situations under pressure. As Singapore invests in such technologies, the focus is always on improving the capabilities of frontline officers, says Ng Yeow Boon, the Ministry of Home Affairs’ tech chief.

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  • 'Where The Need Is': Tackling Teen Pregnancy With A Midwife At School

    June 11, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    In some D.C. neighborhoods with high rates of teen pregnancy, schools are stepping in with more than just school nurses; dedicated midwives have conversations with students, educating students, providing birth control, and supporting teens who have had children and continued with high school. The informal advice and constant presence in schools mean the midwives can reach students who might not have reached out otherwise, ultimately helping to prevent teen pregnancies and build healthier families.

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  • Sweden's #Teknisktfel movement exposes sexual harassment in the tech industry

    June 11, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    Sweden's version of the #MeToo movements, #Teknisktfel, is focused on women that have experienced sexual harassment in the tech industry, and it's gaining attention from activist organizations. Nearly 2,000 people have signed a zero tolerance petition that since the launch of the movement, but the goal is not to just call out inappropriate behavior, but also to "address the stubborn structures in Swedish society that create difficult workplace environments for women in the first place."

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  • Latin America is fighting corruption by opening up government data

    June 11, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

    Reduce corruption by making public data accessible and transparent. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, information about public works projects is available online, so excess spending is hard to hide. Meanwhile in Brazil, an observatory analyzes government expenditures and investigates suspicious transactions. Credit card expenditure fell by 25 percent after the data was published.

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  • ICE Came for a Tennessee Town's Immigrants. The Town Fought Back.

    June 11, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Morristown, Tennessee

    After a raid in a Tennessee plant resulted in 97 immigrants being detained, and 130 American-born children affected, a town came together to help their immigrant neighbors. A church was converted into a crisis response center, professors organized a speaking event at the college, 1,000 attended a prayer vigil, and 300 marched in a protest downtown. “We love Morristown. We are here to send a message of love and unity.”

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