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  • How France Cut Heroin Overdoses by 79 Percent in 4 Years

    April 16, 2018 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: France

    In 1995, following high rates of deaths by heroin overdose, France implemented new policies that allowed primary care physicians to prescribe buprenorphine, a drug that helps curb opiate cravings, to patients suffering from opioid addiction, drastically reducing overdose deaths. In the U.S., doctors are required to go through a special addiction training to be able to prescribe buprenorphine, meaning that very few U.S. doctors can prescribe it.

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  • AI tool helps law enforcement find victims of human trafficking

    April 16, 2018 |

    Futurism |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    When Emily Kennedy was a teenager traveling in Eastern Europe she saw street kids she learned were trafficked by the Russian mob and decided to tackle human trafficking in her college work. The company she launched, Marinus Analytics, created a software application that has been used by authorities to rescue hundreds of victims in the U.S. and Canada and is expanding. The data it gathers has also debunked assumptions about how and where trafficking takes place.

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  • Problem-Solving Prizes

    April 16, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Cash prizes push people to solve all sorts of problems. Advancements in aircraft and spacecraft in particular have came out of public innovation challenges.

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  • In one Oklahoma county, the number of women in prison is falling. This treatment program might be why.

    April 16, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Women in Recovery, is an 18 month intensive drug treatment program. However, women also have to undergo therapy and address their trauma. Then, some of the women have found work at S and R Compression, a company that has hired six women from the Women in Recovery program. ““From my past, everyone’s always seen the worst in me but now I have people who see the best in me and give me a chance and an opportunity.”

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  • A vocational school curriculum that includes genocide studies and British literature

    April 16, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Hathorne, Massachusetts

    Essex Technical is one of a growing number of high schools that has shifted from offering vocational classes to promoting "career and technical education" (CTE) courses. Essex's split schedule allows students to alternate between highly relevant skills classes and rigorous college preparation work. “There are a lot of different life paths that can get them [students] there,” an Essex staff member explained. “Our job is to help our students figure out what might be possible.”

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  • Scientists accidentally created an enzyme that eats plastic and it could be the answer to our waste crisis

    April 16, 2018 |

    The Independent |

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    Response Location: Japan

    Plastic is a leading cause of much of the world's pollution problem. But thanks to a discovery in a Japanese recycling center, scientists believe they may have identified a substance that can drastically reduce the amount.

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  • The girls who took over a town in rural India

    April 15, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India, Thennamadevi

    The teenage girls of Thennamadevi are leaders in their community. They’re actively fighting against gender discrimination by organizing. They successfully lobbied politicians and brought streetlights, and sanitary napkins to their village. Across the country, similar girls clubs are being implemented, reflecting an international girls power movement.

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  • A New Adjustment

    April 15, 2018 |

    Daily Emerald |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    When choosing an industry to work in, cultural and familial pressures may play a role, especially around the field of mental health. When this proved true for a handful of international students at the University of Oregon, they joined together to form International Community Voices, a peer support group that addresses cultural barriers on college campuses.

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  • Do wage theft laws in Ohio harm or help workers?

    April 15, 2018 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Laws against wage theft can be effective if enforced. The probability of violations decreased in Ohio during a 13-month period of full enforcement, but rose again after the enforcement policy changed.

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  • Report for America Supports Journalism Where Cutbacks Hit Hard

    April 15, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    In order to address shrinking newsrooms across the country as well as diminishing opportunities for journalists to learn the tools of reporting, the Report For America program was created. Modeled on AmeriCorps, the program places journalists in newsrooms that apply by describing a crucial beat that is currently unfilled.

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