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  • Maine looks north, hoping to become a gateway to the Arctic

    December 27, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

    The state of Maine has been feeling the negative effects of climate change including the rising sea waters. Businesses have decided to make the best of it and do it in an environmentally sound and sustainable way. They have sought out new fisheries, renewable power, and trade distributions through the Arctic.

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  • As opioid-related deaths continue to rise, should more doctors practice medication-assisted treatment in primary care?

    December 26, 2016 |

    The Trentonian |

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    Response Location: United States, Trenton, New Jersey

    As the US attempts to recover and learn from an opioid epidemic, often rehab or detox are the only solutions discussed when research says medication-assisted treatment is by far the most effective. Henry J. Austin Health Center in Trenton is the only facility in the county that provides medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction in a primary care setting.

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  • New court aims to redefine young adult justice in Chicago

    December 24, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago plans to open a community court for young adult offenders that focuses on rehabilitative services and community support, giving them a chance to make reparations to victims and avoid a criminal record that can jeopardize opportunities for the rest of their lives. Part 3 of 3.

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  • Vermont's Radical Experiment to Break the Addiction Cycle

    December 23, 2016 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Rutland, Vermont

    A pre-charge program in Vermont offers low-level, non-violent drug offending criminals the opportunity to abide by a personalized contract of recovery to avoid criminal charges. Program participants are often required to seek treatment for drug addiction, maintain employment, and engage in behaviors that will improve their quality of life. This program gives addicts a chance to rebuild their lives and frees up resources within the criminal justice system to be used on higher profile crimes.

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  • Female chiefs in Malawi wage war against child marriages

    December 23, 2016 |

    Center for Solutions Journalism Malawi (CSJ News) |

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    Response Location: Malawi

    In Malawi, one out of every two girls is married before the age of 18, some as young as 12 years old. However, some female chiefs are trying to end the practice. One of them, Chief Theresa Kachindamoto, has been able to dissolve more than 8oo child marriage weddings.

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  • Free community college finds bipartisan support

    December 23, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Despite a few remaining flaws to overcome, models for free community college in Chicago and Tennessee are serving as beacons for the rest of the nation in a time when many are calling for higher education to be more accessible to better bolster the American workforce. What can Pennsylvania draw from their successes?

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  • We finally have an effective Ebola vaccine. The war on the disease is about to change.

    December 22, 2016 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Guinea

    In Guinea, scientists were ready to test a new vaccine but due to the decline of cases of ebola there were too few cases to run a meaningful traditional randomized study. Using ring vaccination, a public health method used to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s, the scientists were able to test the vaccine which is now considered a safe and 100% effective vaccine.

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  • Drowning in Dysfunction

    December 22, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Faced with abysmal customer service during a spate of incorrect, excessive usage bills from Cleveland's municipal water department, residents turned their attention to the nation's top-ranked utility, Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department. Unlike Cleveland, the Miami department has a customer-oriented business model from top-to-bottom: not only does it provide credits in cases of underground or inexplicable leaks, but its leaders focus on supporting employees in providing responsive service, proper usag

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  • Teaching parents how to teach their toddlers: Seattle-area program yields lasting benefits

    December 21, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The Parent-Child Home Program in the Seattle area is helping close the achievement gap in poor and at-risk families by giving 2 and 3 year-olds a jump start in early education. By pairing parents with a trained educator, the program is helping children in low-income and immigrant families perform on par with their white and wealthier peers years later, improving graduation rates and potentially even salary and healthy lifestyles in the long term.

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  • N.J. will eliminate cash bail, speed up criminal trials in 2017

    December 21, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    New Jersey has eliminated cash bail and will instead make a determination, driven in part by computer algorithms, on whether someone is likely to commit another crime or not show up for their court date. This eliminates a system where more than a third of people awaiting trial were behind bars only because they could not afford bail. If a judge does decide to hold someone in jail, another reform kicks in assuring a speedy trial by setting required deadlines for cases to be heard.

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