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  • Amid Failure and Chaos, an Ebola Vaccine

    November 24, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Liberia, Monrovia, Montserrado

    Westerners' fear of infection of Ebola motivated a vaccine in record time, but a preventive system put in place could ensure similar results for other viruses before they reach the same magnitude.

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  • How the Gun Control Debate Ignores Black Lives

    November 24, 2015 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    In the U.S. 200 black men are killed with guns for every 3 people killed in a mass shooting. Little federal attention is given to urban violence programs even though there exists an effective deterrence program implemented in various states.

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  • November in Germany

    November 23, 2015 |

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    Response Location: Germany, Stuttgart

    Germany admitted around 1 million refugees in 2015. Different parts of the country have experienced success and failure. In Fischen, housing refugees is still a challenge, but business mentors have found a success in training refugees how to do jobs. The city of Stuttgart ran into a crisis housing refugees. However 3,000 volunteers are helping to control the situation. In the east, Halle housed refugees in the center part of its city, inside a “deluxe hotel.” The refugees are susceptible to hateful rhetoric, but there are demonstrators on both sides of the debate.

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  • How to free modern slaves: Three tech solutions that are working

    November 23, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Modern slavery is still a problem in much of the world. From satellite surveillance of illegal fishing boats to online sleuthing into recruitment practices, technology is helping to solve the issue.

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  • Listopad v Německu

    November 21, 2015 |

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    Response Location: Germany, Stuttgart

    Do Německa přicházejí každým dnem tisíce uprchlíků. Jen v roce 2015 jich země přijala zhruba milion. Tato situace přináší do různých oblastí Německa nové výzvy, kterým musí místní čelit. Ve městě Stuttgard zase s integrací uprchlíků, kteří nemají kde bydlet, pomáhají 3 tisíce dobrovolníků. Východoněmecké město Halle krizi s ubytováním imigrantů vyřešilo tak, že jim vyhradilo celý hotel v centru města. To vadí části místních, podle kterých jde o „příliš luxusní“ bydlení. Panuje zde často vyhrocená debata.

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  • A Billboard That Acts Like 1,200 Trees

    November 21, 2015 |

    OZY |

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    Response Location: Peru, Lima Metropolitan Area

    Lima has the worst air quality of any city in Latin America due to its mostly windless climate, growing economic developments and ongoing construction. A local engineering school, however, has set out to transform billboards throughout the region to act as air purifiers and water generators.

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  • A fight to keep students in class

    November 20, 2015 |

    IndyStar (The Indianapolis Star) |

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    Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

    Indianapolis' Howe High School has joined the movement surfacing in America's public schools towards restorative justice. In 2015, in lieu of suspensions and expulsions, Howe's leadership formed a peer justice jury to help fighting students talk through their conflicts and anger. Just one year after the program's inception, the school's expulsion rate decreased 90 percent, saving over 600 hours of what otherwise would have been students' lost classroom time.

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  • The Remarkable Story of the County That Has Done the Most to Reduce Income Inequality in America

    November 20, 2015 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Zionsville, Indiana

    Indiana officials didn't set out to close the wealth gap. But that's exactly what happened in Boone County, as the middle class moved in to both posh and poor neighborhoods amidst a changing tax regime.

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  • With a solar oven, Kenyan women bake their way to a better life

    November 19, 2015 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Msumarini

    In the rural Kenyan village of Msumarini, women are empowered to become business leaders. Imani Women Group runs a thriving bakery using the simple resources available in the village.

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  • In class, out of court: How one school district triumphed over truancy

    November 19, 2015 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Spokane, Washington

    Traditional truancy punishments have done little to keep kids in school. One school in Washington state created a truancy board to investigate the reasons behind every student's chronic absences, and to make appropriate adjustments to meet his or her needs.

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