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  • Australia confiscated 650,000 guns. Murders and suicides plummeted.

    May 18, 2018 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Australia

    After passing the National Firearms Agreement in 1996, Australia saw a striking decline in suicide and homicide raters. The agreement – a result of a mass shooting – included a ban on certain kinds of guns, a mandatory buyback on those guns that had been deemed illegal, as well as amnesty for those who illegally possessed firearms to turn them in. In the years leading up to the agreement, the country witnessed 13 mass shootings; since then, Australia has seen only one.

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  • Saving Africa's wildlife

    May 18, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Malawi

    Africa's wildlife have made headlines time and time again, as species find their way closer to extinction. There are some pockets of the continent, however that have provide refuge for species and allowed them to not just populate, but thrive. Recognizing this, a group known as African Parks found a way to use these growing populations to repopulate other areas of the continent by transporting animals to newly protected areas.

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  • How Southern organizers are leading the movement to end money bail

    May 17, 2018 |

    Scalawag |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    The organization Southerners on New Ground is helping reform the criminal justice system in the south. Activists won a small victory in Atlanta, where the mayor and city council approved a resolution that replaced cash bonds with signature bonds for misdemeanor offenses. They also raised money to help people pay their cash bails as part of a larger event called the National Bail Out collective, which bailed out 147 Black women in 26 cities this year.

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  • Everyone is welcome: the only gay hangout in the Arab world

    May 17, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

    From giving refuge to offering makeup sessions, Helem is an umbrella for some of Lebanon’s most marginalised people

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  • A phoenix rising from the asbestos

    May 17, 2018 |

    The Western News |

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    Response Location: United States, Libby, Montana

    A town once plagued by a reputation of being an asbestos Superfund site as well as having been hit by the timber wars, Libby, Montana is back on the map. Lincoln County commissioner, Mark Peck of Libby, the county seat, decided to make it a priority to fix the negative connotation surrounding the town and partnered with a public relations firm to rebrand the city through the use of the community's unique story of rising from asbestos.

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  • The All-Woman Team Building and Selling Toilets in Cambodia

    May 17, 2018 |

    News Deeply |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Cambodia, Pursat

    To combat potentially fatal hygiene practices, women in Cambodia have learned how to build and sell toilets, breaking into a historically male-dominated field. The small businesses have resulted in hundreds of sales with improves the livelihoods for both the buyer and seller.

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  • Why Is It So Hard to Figure Out When the Bus Is Coming?

    May 17, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, College Park, Maryland

    In order for alternatives to driving to be widely adopted, accurate information about service and arrival times needs to be accesible. To fill this need, applications providing bus routes and arrival times are being developed, in some cases aided by crowdsourced information.

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  • An Unusual Way to Rescue a City From Blight—Bees

    May 17, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit Hives has a twofold mission of reducing urban blight and protecting bees. The nonprofit organization purchases low-cost vacant lots and transforms them into farms for bee hives. Its creative partnerships with local businesses have provided honey for restaurants and flowerbeds to the farm, all while making Detroit more beautiful.

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  • 100 million Americans have chronic pain. Very few use one of the best tools to treat it.

    May 17, 2018 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States

    Physical methods like surgery and painkillers don’t always work to control pain. In some cases, cognitive behavioral therapy has been shown to help where traditional methods fall short. Pilot initiatives at different university hospitals around the world are challenging the idea that real pain must be physical.

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  • Salvar al Riachuelo: las lecciones que dejó el saneamiento del Rin y de otros ríos contaminados

    May 17, 2018 |

    La Nación (Argentina) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

    El río Matanza-Riachuelo, en la provincia argentina de Buenos Aires, es de los más contaminados del país. A pesar de un plan aprobado en 2008 para sanearlo, la cuenca se ve contaminada indiscriminadamente por basura, aguas sucias domiciliares y desechos industriales. Este reportaje se asoma a cómo España limpió el río de Bilbao y cómo seis países de Europa limpiaron el río Rin, para quitarle las excusas a una suerte de negligencia y división política que ha impedido que el río argentino esté limpio.

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