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  • Native Bees And Alfalfa Farmers — A Seedy Love Story

    July 09, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Touchet, Washington

    Approximately twenty-five percent of the United State's alfalfa seed is produced in Walla Walla County, Washington, thanks in part to farmers successfully cultivating a unique working relationship with the region's native alkali bees. Through trial and error, the farmers have learned how to create a safe habitat for the bees to thrive, which in turn benefits their crucial crop.

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  • Cheap Sensors Are Democratizing Air-Quality Data

    July 09, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

    Spurred by growing health concerns related to air quality, companies and communities have turned attention to creating affordable, portable air-quality sensors. This new development allows citizens to monitor air quality as it directly relates to them, whether it be on a school-ground or even in their own backyard.

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  • Chicano Artists Challenge How We Remember the Alamo

    July 09, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    A San Antonio art exhibition challenges the prevalent myth that the Alamo was a selfless Anglo sacrifice for independence by using historical records, past Chicano art, and contemporary art to show the battle was to protect slavery in Texas. The artwork celebrates Chicago justice and connects racism and xenophobia of the past with modern political narratives. The exhibit also elevates overlooked historical facts and underrepresented voices while confronting America’s history of racial and colonial oppression, a battle that is far from complete.

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  • Cleveland uses literature to empower youth, overcome social divides

    July 09, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland has been quietly building a network of book clubs, libraries, and empowerment groups "using literature to empower marginalized groups, foster economic dynamism, and bridge social divides." From workplace and veterans literature discussions led by community professors to youth writing initiatives, the city has uniquely woven literacy and social justice into its daily fabric. Journalist Christopher Johnston asks, could it be a model for other divided cities?

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  • Want to Reduce Bullying in Schools? Bring in Babies

    July 09, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Since 1996, Roots of Empathy, a Toronto-based non-profit, has designed and administered empathy-based curriculum for elementary school students. What makes this program unique? Roots of Empathy brings newborn babies into the classroom to teach young students to identify their own and others' feelings with the hopes that the emotional development curricula will curb bullying.

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  • New prison unit opens to help young female inmates

    July 09, 2018 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, East Lyme, Connecticut

    Connecticut’s women's prison launched a new unit in 2018 devoted to rehabilitation and reintegration. It’s based on prisons for young offenders in Germany, which the state's governor and the head of corrections visited, after which they worked with the Vera Institute of Justice to design one for Connecticut. The women’s unit follows the opening of a similar program for young male offenders where they are mentored by older inmates and receive counseling and education to reduce recidivism.

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  • Initiative seeks to interrupt prison pipeline, help kids of incarcerated parents

    July 09, 2018 |

    Chicago Sun-Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The former director of the Cook County Department of Corrections will have the chance to go upstream in the incarceration cycle to work with children of people who are incarcerated through a new fellowship program launched by a Chicago nonprofit. The Leadership Venture program will allow her to research what's working most effectively in supporting the children of those in prison and jail. The idea is to find and share best practices and disrupt the cycle of incarceration.

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  • The man who paves India's roads with old plastic

    July 09, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Madurai

    Dr. Rajagopalan Vasudevan, a chemistry professor in India, has a new approach to plastic. "It's time we stop seeing plastic as the enemy and turn it into our biggest resource," Dr. Vasudevan says. By adding molten used plastic into a mixture of bitumen, a substance that binds roads, the professor found a solution that stuck. India has since paved over 16,000 km of roads since 2002 using plastic as part of the process.

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  • How Highly Focused Sound Waves Steadied A Farmer's Trembling Hand

    July 09, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Essential tremor is a condition that causes people's hands to shake as they age. A new type of treatment uses high frequency sound waves to destroy specific brain tissue. So far, the treatment has proved effective in eliminating the debilitating tremor in one hand.

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  • Chasing the curve: As budgets churn, can Montana get its mentally ill care before they hit crisis?

    July 08, 2018 |

    Bozeman Daily Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Livingston, Montana

    This threatened mental health care in a tangible way, but the state has found ways to provide services differently. Despite limited funding, state health officials still choose to direct funds toward prevention, rather than only paying for emergency services. Using outpatient support groups and an integrated behavioral health system are other options. Still, the state is figuring out how to provide higher quality care on a lower budget.

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