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  • Did this city bring down its murder rate by paying people not to kill?

    June 01, 2014 |

    Mother Jones |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    Since Richmond, California’s Office of Neighborhood Safety began paying stipends to its “fellows” – the dozens of young men it works with at any given time who are deemed to be at high risk of gun-violence involvement – nearly all of its subjects have survived. Other evidence of its success is anecdotal or merely suggestive of an effect on the city’s violence. While the police chief warily credits it for being a positive force, others in the community are skeptical, if not outright antagonistic.

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  • Serving the base of the pyramid: five tips from emerging-market experts

    May 30, 2014 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The Social Innovation Summit, hosted in New York City, examines five key elements that allow the strategy of marketing to the base of the pyramid to actually succeed, and the companies big and small that are leveraging this approach to sustainably break the cycle of poverty in varied industries for communities around the world.

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  • How Portland Lives With, Not Against, Its Rats

    May 30, 2014 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Whether or not rats have free access to garbage matters to a city because the more rats eat, the more babies they make. Portland has continued to enforce old laws that require trash be kept in sturdy rat-resistant containers, keeping their rat population much smaller than other cities.

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  • Rain Man: How one Tucson resident harvests the rain

    May 29, 2014 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Some Tucson residents have begun looking at water as a crop, something to harvest to lessen the reliance of Tucson's burgeoning population on water sucked from the ground and imported from the Colorado River.

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  • The Push to End Chronic Homelessness Is Working

    May 28, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    Homelessness is still a rampant problem in the United States. The 100,000 Homes Campaign, an initiative launched four years ago, aims to help communities around the country place 100,000 chronically homeless people into permanent supportive housing

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  • What Minnesota can learn from Arizona about water

    May 27, 2014 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Tucson, AZ, adopted measures, such as limiting new wells and making water rights sellable, that have slashed per capita water consumption by 35 percent. It is now considered a national leader in water conservation and perhaps has lessons for Minnesota as it grapples with its own groundwater shortages.

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  • Tucson's water ethic: Blueprint for Minnesota?

    May 27, 2014 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Forty years ago, Tuscon faced a water crisis. Now, even after decades of population and economic growth, water consumption has been declining and, under much of the city, groundwater levels have been rising, due in equal parts to regulatory, financial, and cultural shifts.

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  • Desert city uses water, then uses it again

    May 27, 2014 |

    Minnesota Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Tucson has slashed its per capita water consumption by more than a third, and one of the more startling ways it's done that is by reusing water after it's flushed down the toilet or run through a washing machine.

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  • Sporting chance for disadvantaged youth

    May 23, 2014 |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    For youth from low-income or disadvantaged families, the joy of participating in sports activities is often unobtainable, due to the costs of equipment, membership, and even cultural barriers. Street Games is a charity working to provide access to sport, especially for young women, through a personalized, accessible approach that includes hosting games in accessible public areas such as parks in low-income neighborhoods.

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  • A New Model of School Reform

    May 21, 2014 |

    Greater Good Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Social-emotional learning (SEL) is transforming educational systems in Oakland by forming mentor relationships between adults and students. Unlike other models, though, the adults are the ones held accountable.

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