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  • It really does take a village: How Memphis is fixing healthcare

    September 03, 2013 |

    Salon |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Preventing and treating chronic disease for low-income patients is one of the most vexing and expensive public health problems in this country - the healthcare system in Memphis, Tennessee, is not immune. But in the middle of the last decade, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Memphis’s largest hospital system, began teaming up with churches to address the city’s abysmal health situation and reduce the cost of care.

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  • Living-wage' movement growing in region

    September 01, 2013 |

    Orange County Register |

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    Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

    In the past five years, as federal and state minimum wage levels failed to keep pace with the cost of living, and as the recession took its toll, the living wage movement has accelerated. Across the United States, more than 125 cities and counties have enacted ordinances or passed ballot initiatives to lift the wages of the working poor.

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  • Severinas: as novas mulheres do sertão

    August 28, 2013 |

    Agência Pública |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Brazil

    A reportagem mostra que mulheres saíram da extrema pobreza e têm mais autonomia por causa do Bolsa Família, programa de transferência de renda criado em 2003 pelo ex-presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. O cartão para receber o benefício é no nome da mãe das crianças.

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  • The Benefits of Cash Without Conditions

    August 28, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Conditional cash transfers – giving the poor money if they do things that will make their children less poor, such as keep them in school – are the world’s most successful and widespread social program. Could it be possible, however, that the conditions aren’t necessary – just giving the poor money works just as well? In some circumstances, the answer seems to be yes.

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  • The Real Future of Clean Water

    August 21, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

    Water:Charity assumed that money and celebrity exposure would be able to solve the world’s access-to-clean-water crisis. But this approach often led to more abandoned water pumps. Charities – and journalists who cover them – are now working to concentrate on making their solutions sustainable.

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  • Bringing Back the Night: A Fight Against Light Pollution

    August 19, 2013 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: France, Paris

    More people are beginning to acknowledge the adverse effects of light pollution on wildlife and human health alike, as countries like France are enacting light ordinances to restrict the use of lights at night. Along with an added benefit of cutting carbon emissions, these ordinances require businesses to turn off lights at night after employees leave, and for billboards to cut light as well.

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  • Children Lost in War Zones and Disasters Find Their Families With an App

    August 19, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Lost children in third world countries suffer from severe emotional distress without their parents. UNICEF has started using a new app called RapidFTR that helps reunite lost children with their families.

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  • Even Odds Day 2: Manhood 101

    August 18, 2013 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    In Oakland, black males are almost as likely to be killed as they are to graduate high school. One school is giving them special classes with black mentors to better address their emotional needs and keep them in school.

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  • Even Odds: A Place Apart

    August 18, 2013 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Young black males in Oakland are suspended more frequently and graduate high school at a much lower rate than their peers. A charter school specifically designed for African American boys focuses on providing them with role models to create a supportive environment, combat the effects of trauma, and push them to succeed.

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  • Jamaica Fights to Break Grip of Violent Past

    August 17, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Jamaica

    Marking a departure from other countries in the Caribbean and Central and South America, Jamaica has seen its crime rate fall after many years of lawlessness. A combination of factors helped bring this about, including putting resources toward combatting corruption, fostering community policing and also seeking help from outsiders to strengthen institutions. Progress may be tenuous if drug trafficking is pushed out elsewhere and lands in Jamaica, however many are optimistic permanent change has taken root.

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