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  • Unions Are Gaining a Foothold at Digital Media Companies

    December 26, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Employees at digital media companies are pursuing the same means which employees at traditional print media businesses securing their rights: unions. A wave of digital media companies have seen their employees unionize in order to gain protections regarding fair pay, due process related to termination, and severance.

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  • Bernalillo County partners with South Valley community programs to end racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile justice

    December 26, 2017 |

    New Mexico In Depth |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    A program in Albuquerque, New Mexico that successfully diverted young offenders from the criminal justice system still grappled with kids running away while under house arrest. This defeats the purpose of diversion since they can end up in jail, so county officials found another option for kids who might have chaotic home lives. They partnered with a community organization where kids can go if they need a safe space without violating their probation orders and learn skills like gardening and screen printing.

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  • Lifting Up Community Voices to Tackle Injustice

    December 26, 2017 |

    Truthout |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

    This article uses the stories of five different activist women across the United States as examples of successes using the human-centered design strategy of centering the people most directly affected in the decision-making and healing process. The women work in a variety of justice areas (from housing equity to incarceration), but they all testify to a community justice model as being the most effective and empowering solution to past and current injustices.

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  • How teens are teaching each other the meaning of consent

    December 26, 2017 |

    Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Talk Project is a peer-to-peer training program for teens to learn and ask questions about issues of consent and sexual violence. The program has been effective and participants have, in turn, received training to be instructors.

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  • Tracking some of the world's biggest killers, via cellphone

    December 25, 2017 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Madagascar

    A new project uses cellphones to provide users with information about mosquitos carrying deadly viruses as well as the ability to report sightings of virus carrying mosquitos. Through this reporting system, entomologists are able to more comprehensively and quickly know where work has to be done to keep people safe from disease.

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  • Can putting the least-experienced teachers in the highest-risk schools ever result in success?

    December 25, 2017 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, McDowell County, West Virginia

    High rates of teacher turnover plaguing McDowell County were the reason behind a new initiative, Reconnecting McDowell, to reverse the trend. The district began creating a number of incentives to attract teachers, such as student loan support, higher salaries, and providing mentors for younger teachers. Two other efforts—to improve roads and build an apartment complex for younger residents—were stalled due to funding cuts. This article was written on the sixth anniversary of Reconnecting McDowell, and while there have been many challenges, change is slowly coming and people are still optimistic.

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  • Meet Tennessee's first-ever Girl Scout troop for homeless girls

    December 24, 2017 |

    The Tennessean |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    For families who find themselves in transitional housing, interruptions can be especially difficult for children who have to move around and miss much-needed stability. In Nashville, the first Girl Scout troop for homeless girls is working to change that, providing stability and friendship.

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  • At ground zero for the opioid epidemic, schools are helping students overcome the odds

    December 24, 2017 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    A public-private initiative has successfully increased graduation rates and decreased teen pregnancies in West Virginia's opioid-ridden hills. Reconnecting McDowell brings together nonprofits, government representatives, teachers, coal businesses, and others to provide mental health services, high speed internet, expanded dental care in schools, and other offerings. But, still in its early stages and working to establish a unified voice, the collaboration is threatened by the Trump administration's plans to cut relevant federal funding.

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  • Ohio Is At the Center of a National Debate Over Drawing Political Lines

    December 22, 2017 |

    WKSU |

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    Response Location: United States

    Gerrymandered Congressional districts, drawn using evermore individualized voter data, are set up to tip elections across the United States. Lawmakers and voting advocates are pushing back and creating new methods of making the maps. From independent commissions to constitutional amendments, here’s what’s happening in California, Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Oregon, South Dakota and Utah.

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  • In Harvey's wake, Dutch have much to teach Houston

    December 22, 2017 |

    Houston Chronicle |

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    Response Location: Netherlands

    Moving away from brute force and impermeable dams, projects that focus on spatial planning and long-term investment in dynamic infrastructure projects prove more resilient to flooding and natural disasters. In the Netherlands, the Room for the River project is one part of the country’s comprehensive approach toward protecting its citizens from the threat of floods. Instead of relying on private flood insurance, citizens in the Netherland’s pay higher taxes, which help to fund water management projects.

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