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  • 11,341 Rape Kits Were Collected and Forgotten in Detroit. This Is the Story of One of Them.

    June 23, 2016 |

    ELLE Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In the past six years, backlogs of untested rape kits have been discovered across the country. Under the leadership of county prosecutor Kym Worthy, Detroit saw the nation's most ambitious—and effective—response to its backlog.

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  • In Alameda County, A Big Data Effort To Prevent Frequent ER Visits

    June 22, 2016 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    ER staff often have no idea they are sharing patients with other hospitals just a mile away. So they treat those patients completely independently, often repeating tests unnecessarily, assigning them multiple case managers when only one is needed and offering contradictory advice. In Alameda County, hospitals are now sharing patient records of “super-users” to save money and avoid duplicating medical treatment.

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  • Holland is relocating homes to make more room for high water

    June 22, 2016 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Nijmegen

    The Dutch have spent centuries trying to hold back both the sea and the big rivers that flow into it. But rising water due to climate change is forcing a new approach for their low-lying country.

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  • A fiscal lens on police accountability

    June 22, 2016 |

    Chicago Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    ClaimStat is a New York city program that uses data to track allegations of police misconduct on a neighborhood level and shares the information with the public, helping prevent lawsuits against the city and diverting settlement funds to core city services like education or street cleanup. Chicago looks to learn from the program and reduce the millions spent on police misconduct lawsuits each year.

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  • A 700-year-old West African farming practice could be an answer to climate change

    June 22, 2016 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: Ghana

    Recycled kitchen waste and charcoal ash makes for healthy soil healthy that is more resilient to climate change. For centuries, women in Ghana and Liberia have used this technique on their farmlands, which are renowned for their fertility. The technique has now attracted the attention of anthropologists and researchers.

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  • Campaigning to Make India's Roads Safer

    June 21, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India

    In India, failing road safety and accident respondent systems have created a nationwide crisis. SaveLife Foundation is addressing these problems head on, through outreach, legal battles, and innovative solutions to ineffective government policy.

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  • L.A. Offers Free Recycled Water to Residents

    June 21, 2016 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    California has long struggled with creative solutions to its lack of abundant water. Los Angeles offers its residents free recycled water as a solution to drought and water shortage issues.

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  • Renewable Energy Has Arrived

    June 20, 2016 |

    EcoWatch |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The low-carbon future is taking a strong hold especially in developing countries which face a dual challenge of modernizing their economies and limiting carbon emissions.

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  • HIV-prevention pill: The deeply personal journey of a male sex worker in Kenya

    June 20, 2016 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    For sex workers or other vulnerable populations, they are at a high risk to be exposed to HIV. Truvada is an HIV prevention pill that is currently being tested and could help protect individuals from this disease.

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  • For One Million Bolivian Adults, A Taste of School

    June 20, 2016 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: Bolivia

    From 2001 to 2015, the illiteracy rate in Bolivia decreased from 3 to thirteen percent. The drastic improvements can be credited, in part, to the national literacy program that draws on funding and teaching resources from Cuba and Venezuela. Although the initiative has taken on different shapes over the year, in its current state, 18,000 instructors work with rural adults in Bolivia on writing, reading, and math skills.

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