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  • Helping Tenants Register to Vote

    August 29, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Know how to register to vote? In St. Paul, your landlord is required to tell you. The city passed the ordinance to keep voter turnout high as the number of renters grew.

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  • Scotland to Provide Free Sanitary Products to Students

    August 29, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Scotland

    Students in Scottish schools, colleges, and universities will now be able to access free sanitary products. This eliminates the indignity of “period poverty” and helps students avoid missing school due to being unable to afford sanitary products.

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  • New Jersey Bails Out

    August 29, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    Although California has become the first state to eliminate the cash bail system, New Jersey has been using an algorithm for the last 18 months to combat the economic injustice created by the system. This bail reform, which looks at risk assessment on a scaled level, has successfully resulted to less people in prison as well as decreased crime rates.

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  • Berry Farmers Break Free From Big Agriculture

    August 29, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Lynden, Washington

    Many farmers in the United States toil under exploitative working conditions, enduring long hours, low pay, and exposure to dangerous chemicals; after taking their battle for better conditions to the legislature, a group of farmers have created a co-op so that they can own the land they work on. The co-op has generated a lot of interest and now produces around 200 boxes of organic produce every week.

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  • 3D printing offers new hope for war-wounded

    August 29, 2018 |

    The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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    Response Location: Jordan, Amman

    Tens of thousands of Syrian people have lost limbs in the war, but find conventional prosthetics too heavy and cumbersome to use. 3D printing technology is offering a lightweight alternative that can improve their lives—increasing autonomy and self reliance. Médecins Sans Frontières supports the 3-year pilot program.

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  • Forget profit. It's love and fun that drive innovation like Parkrun

    August 29, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Teddington

    Paul Sinton-Hewitt, founder of the charity Parkrun, never set out to create a revolution. All he wanted was a low-pressure space to run. Now, his organization supports over 1,600 community running events around the globe, with an expected one million participants by 2023. This is part of a trend of “people’s innovation,” or the idea that innovation can come from users rather than just executives. Parkrun exemplifies the inclusive spirit of people’s innovation and the positive impacts it can spread all around the world.

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  • This Food Truck Owner Wants to Decolonize Your Diet

    August 28, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    A food truck in a Detroit Latinx neighborhood offers “decolonized” food—food made up of staples of the Latinx culture before colonization. In this way, the truck—and other community activists working on food issues—hopes to make healthy food available and promote healthier eating.

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  • Project Healing Waters helps disabled veterans recover through fly fishing

    August 28, 2018 |

    Las Cruces Sun-News |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    Healing Waters is a fly fishing therapy group for disabled veterans. Through mutual support and outdoor activity, the group allows sufferers of PTSD or physical disability to commune with nature and find peace.

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  • Local Nepali government sending a message by paying families that have baby girls

    August 28, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Nepal

    The “Save the Daughter” campaign is helping families in Nepal with the economic struggle they face when mother’s give birth to females. That’s because, families with girls have to pay the wedding dowry, a cumbersome expense for low income families. The government is giving funds to families that have a second daughter to go towards their education. So far, 40 women have received funds. “This will create an environment for families to happily accept two daughters,” Karki says

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  • No helmets, no problem: how the Dutch created a casual biking culture

    August 28, 2018 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Netherlands

    Most people in Holland ride a bicycle every week thanks to a widespread public commitment to a biking culture and infrastructure where everyone feels welcome. That includes very visible dedicated bike paths designed for the most sedate cyclist, courses teaching children safe cycling skills, and connections to combine biking and transit. Most Dutch don't need helmets because rather than making bicyclists dress to confront danger, the country has made the environs safer for cyclists.

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