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  • San Francisco Dedicates More Money to End HIV

    October 29, 2015 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    San Francisco wants to be the first city in the world to reduce its number of new HIV infections and deaths to zero. The city is relying heavily on two initiatives: getting people with HIV into antiretroviral treatment much faster, and expanding use of the HIV prevention pill, Truvada.

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  • If Everybody Hates Wasting Food, Why Do We Do It (And How Can We Stop)?

    October 29, 2015 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: Denmark

    Most people are unaware of how much food they waste. Food waste campaigns across the world are using creative marketing to raise awareness and encourage behavior change.

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  • Long-Acting Contraception Makes Teen Pregnancy Rates Plummet. So Why Are Some Women Still Skeptical?

    October 28, 2015 |

    The Nation (New York) |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Historically, decisions to make birth-control methods affordable to low-income women have ignored women's reproductive rights and discriminated against minorities. A counseling model that explicitly focuses on a woman’s preferences could be used to overcome latent bias.

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  • Riverview Gardens High leads its district on path to success

    October 28, 2015 |

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch |

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    Response Location: United States, Ferguson, Missouri

    A high school near the heart of much of the Ferguson unrest has been the key driver in what state officials have called the most dramatic improvements of a school district in Missouri. Its graduation rate last year—83 percent—is the highest it’s been in more than a decade, accomplished in part by building relationships with students.

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  • Lyons ordinance a model for commonsense gun laws

    October 28, 2015 |

    Chicago Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Lyons, Illinois

    Many guns recovered from crimes in Chicago, were purchased in its suburbs. A Chicago coalition of anti-violence activists used this to file a lawsuit against Lyons, leading to stricter gun laws in the town.

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  • Talking Early About How Life Should End

    October 27, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, La Crosse, Wisconsin

    Few Americans talk about their end-of-life wishes. To encourage these conversations, Medicare has decided to reimburse doctors for the time they spend helping families decide end-of-life wishes. In Wisconsin, a program trained nurses to have these conversations when doctors are too busy.

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  • How Creative Expression Can Help Kids With Autism

    October 27, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Reading, Pennsylvania

    The therapists at the Autism Society of Berks County use art and creativity as a way to help kids with autism. Students participate in a class where their illustrations are animated. “The way to unlock any child's brain, autism or no autism, is through using creative expression of some form," says the therapist Maude Leroux.”

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  • International Students Find the American Dream ... in Flint

    October 27, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Flint, Michigan

    International students and the city of Flint, Michigan, have an imperfect but beneficial relationship. The city is a cheap and accommodating place for students to get their foot in the U.S., and the students bring their business; thus, boosting the desperate economy.

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  • Modern slavery: Labor trafficking is everywhere and nowhere

    October 26, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Syracuse, New York

    Part 1 of a series on solutions to freeing victims of labor trafficking around the globe. Labor trafficking is a deeply entrenched problem, woven into global economies where the victims are often hidden in plain sight. Almost everyone in the US owns some product likely made with slave labor. But there is hope - from grassroots workers’ coalitions to multilateral treaties and geo-data manipulation to new law enforcement initiatives, individuals are finding new ways to counter labor trafficking.

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  • Lessons learned about lead poisoning brought home

    October 25, 2015 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Lead poisoning is not purely a problem of the poor - it can affect any child living in an older home, or playing on contaminated soil. New solutions journalism efforts aim to increase transparency about the risks and to help parents decide whether their children should be tested.

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