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  • Democracy Reform: Ranked-Choice Voting

    August 26, 2022 |

    How Do We Fix It? |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City is among more than 55 cities, states, and counties now using ranked-choice voting, which allows residents to select a second and third choice candidate rather than choosing just one. The method was used to elect Mayor Eric Adams, with 90 percent of voters ranking more than one option on the ballot and 70 percent of those polled reporting they found the system easy to use.

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  • A reason to trust: Sacramento Community Land Trust aims to put people over profit

    August 26, 2022 |

    Sacramento Business Journal |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    The Sacramento Community Land Trust helps people gain more access to permanently affordable housing while simultaneously working to prevent displacement. Through its work, the Community Land Trust preserves affordability and stability, expands home ownership, and grows community wealth.

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  • Restauration de la ceinture verte de Ouaga: les femmes au premier plan

    August 25, 2022 |

    Studio Yafa |

    Podcast |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Burkina Faso

    Cultivée sur une surface de 21km de long sur 500 mètres de largeur. Ce projet créé des emplois et permet à des femmes et des déplacées intérieures de subvenir à leurs besoins. 515 femmes disposent de leurs propres parcelles. Mais la demande est forte : 400 personnes sont sur liste d'attente.

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  • A New Jersey city achieved 0 traffic deaths in 4 years with quick, high impact ideas

    August 25, 2022 |

    NPR |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Hoboken, New Jersey

    By implementing quick, high-impact solutions like improving sight lines at intersections and allowing pedestrians more time to cross the street at crosswalks, Hoboken hasn't seen a single traffic death in four years.

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  • ‘This is what equity looks like': Roving teams deliver COVID vaccines around the Tenderloin

    August 25, 2022 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Roving coronavirus vaccination teams walk around the Tenderloin district of San Francisco to provide COVID-19 vaccines to people who want one. The medical professionals focus on providing vaccines to people experiencing homelessness, people who are marginally housed, isolated, or who have other obstacles to accessing care. In addition to some pop-up clinics they set up in parking lots and other centralized areas, they also administer vaccines right on the spot, where ever they find people who want one.

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  • How fintechs, nonprofits engage students during incessant ASUU strikes 

    August 24, 2022 |

    AFAS Press |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo State

    TeqProject provides free training for Nigerian students interested in developing skills for the growing tech industry.

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  • A new mental health hotline for farmers and ranchers

    August 24, 2022 |

    High Country News |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    The AgriStress Helpline for Farmers and Ranchers is a 24/7 mental health support resource for farmers. The helpline is staffed with trained mental health professionals, who are also experienced in agriculture to provide those in need with a more personalized help response.

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  • Pace of Harris County home buyouts slower than hoped for after Hurricane Harvey

    August 24, 2022 |

    Texas Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Harris County, Texas

    Harris County Flood Control District voluntary buyout program, funded by FEMA, allowed the local government to purchase entire clusters of homes in floodplains that they will repurpose for public projects that will also mitigate flood damage in the future. The district has completed almost 750 buyouts, far below buyouts in previous years, but 5,000 properties are still on the buyout list. Residents receive payments for their homes and coverage of fees like closing costs, moving costs and a variety of bonuses. Some homeowners can also receive down payment assistance and closing costs on a new home.

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  • Returning England's Forgotten Frog

    August 24, 2022 |

    bioGraphic |

    Documentary |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: England

    Scientists and conservationists reintroduced the pool frog to England after proving that the species was once native to the country but had gone extinct. Members of the species, ranging from tadpoles to mature frogs, were collected in Sweden and then introduced to two different sites in England. The efforts have been successful, with populations dispersing on their own to other locations in the region.

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  • Using Queer Power to Stem Gentrification

    August 24, 2022 |

    Next City |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    When faced with a lack of affordable housing, a grassroots collective came together to purchase a community space. The queer collective offers inexpensive housing, community, and a food system.

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