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  • A Florida School Received a Threat. Did a Red Flag Law Prevent a Shooting?

    January 16, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

    Amidst gun violence and mass shootings, 19 states and D.C. have enacted red flag laws, or extreme risk protection orders, that allow law enforcement to mitigate threats of gun violence by removing guns from a person’s possession. Studies in states that have adopted red flag laws, specifically Connecticut and Indiana, have found that for every 10 to 20 people who had guns taken away, one life was saved.

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  • Conservationists Are Saving America's Prairies by Selling Them Off

    January 16, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    The Nature Conservancy uses conservation easements to protect prairie land in Oregon. These legal agreements allow landowners to sell their land to the conservancy but continue to use it for activities like farming and ranching.

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  • Crop of the future? More climate-hit Kenyans count on fish farming

    January 16, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kibingo

    The Kirinyaga county government is helping Kenyan farmers build fish ponds and supplying them with their first stock of fish and food in an effort to diversify their incomes while adding rainwater storage amid the drought.

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  • Yadda matasar garin Kara suka maganje rashin ruwa a al'umma

    January 14, 2023 |

    Arewa Radio 93.1 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    Mutanen Kara sun samu walwala daga tafiyan kilomita 21 kafun su samu ruwan sha. Masu bada ruwan suna karban N5 domin kula da pampun burtsatsen da kuma sayan main petrol na ganereto.

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  • These queer organizations are providing free binders to people in New Brunswick

    January 13, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Canada, Saint John, New Brunswick

    The LGBTQ2S+ organizations Chroma N.B. and QT Fatties work together to provide free chest binders to New Brunswick residents.

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  • Students, schools agree NV tuition waiver program for Native Americans is off to a promising start

    January 13, 2023 |

    Nevada Current |

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    Response Location: Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, United States, Nevada

    A new law in Nevada prohibits the state system of higher education from charging tuition to Native American students who are members of tribes in Nevada.

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  • Bishops visit migrant shelter in Mexico as US government seeks to limit record-high crossings

    January 13, 2023 |

    Episcopal News Service |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Nogales

    In Nogales, Mexico, La Casa de Misericordia y de Todas Las Naciones provides food, shelter, and education to migrants while they work through the process of applying for asylum in the United States.

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  • Voluntary initiatives give hope to refugees on the Greek island of Samos

    January 13, 2023 |

    Equal Times |

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    Response Location: Greece

    The Skills Factory provides refugees and migrants a place to develop valuable skills, like phone repair, and express their creativity through activities like painting, photography, and furniture making. Not only does the Skills Factory provide a place for refugees to improve upon their skillsets, but it also offers a sense of community.

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  • Some Regenerative Farms Are Weathering California's Unprecedented Rainfall

    January 13, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Farmers in California practicing regenerative organic agriculture are weathering the heavy rainfall better than their peers because regenerative practices improve soil health allowing more water to infiltrate and stay in the soil.

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  • ‘A lifeline': mental health camps bring peace of mind to thousands in rural Assam

    January 13, 2023 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Assam

    The Ant, or Action Northeast Trust, is a rural development organization that provides low-cost psychological support and treatments to those in need. The Ant works with psychiatrists who provide their services at discounted rates and sources generic drugs from a non-profit to provide care on a monthly basis at 25 locations throughout the region. Since it began in 2007, The Any has treated more than 8,000 patients.

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