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  • Youth Vote Goes Virtual

    Charlotte West Ilyne Castellanos

    October 23, 2020 |

    Voices of Monterey Bay |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    California Students Vote Project, a public-private partnership, encourages college students to vote. Covid-19-adjusted strategies include sending out multiple emails, using social media, and encouraging peer-to-peer contacts to inform students about how to register to vote and the ways they can actually cast their ballots. Group representatives also visit Zoom classrooms to share information and some students have organized virtual events, such as political trivia night, to foster student engagement. Over 65,000 California students have registered to vote since August, triple the number from all of 2016.

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  • Cold Hard Cash for Your Greenhouse Gas

    Sarah Gonzalez Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Alex Blumberg

    October 22, 2020 |

    Gimlet Media |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    Refrigerants being used in old air conditioners or grocery story cooling systems leak into the atmosphere contributing to global warming. Tradewater, a company in Illinois, picks up these containers, destroys the refrigerants, gives them cash, and then sells them as carbon offset credits. They collect up to 250,000 pounds of refrigerants per year, but there is still more out there. Supermarkets in the United States could switch to more natural refrigerants, but barely 1 percent are known to have done that. Getting rid of these refrigerants can be an important solution to combating climate change.

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  • Viadutos para animais silvestres começam a ser implantados no Brasil

    Dimas Marques

    October 22, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Silva Jardim, Rio de Janeiro

    A reportagem é sobre a construção de viadutos com vegetação no Brasil para evitar que animais sejam atropelados em rodovias. A reportagem também mostra os resultados positivos de viadutos vegetados construídos há anos em países como Canadá, Estados Unidos e Holanda.

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  • They lost their brothers to addiction. Now they're tackling deadly stigmas head on, with humor

    Tim Greiving

    October 22, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Two women who lost their brothers to heroin overdoses launched the podcast "Last Day" to address death – by drugs and, in season two, by suicide – with a mix of humor, unsettling candor, and conventional-wisdom-busting storytelling. At first a modest startup, their production company now employs 17, topped the podcast charts with almost 4 million downloads, and has rolled out other programs on such topics as body image, bullying, the pandemic, policing, and loneliness. Many of the topics were proposed by listeners to "Last Day," who wanted their problems or questions to get the same treatment.

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  • The Country Where Diversity Is Enforced by Law

    Keshia Naurana Badalge

    October 22, 2020 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Singapore

    Singapore's Ethnic Integration Policy (EIP) has prevented ethnic enclaves in the city-state through the use of quotas. The four recognized ethnicities cannot surpass the set quotas in public residential buildings, which are inhabited by 80 percent of Singaporeans, resulting in diverse apartment complexes where residents regularly interact with people from different races. Racial dynamics are regulated through government policies for the purpose of "harmonious coexistence."

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  • Midwestern Youth of Color Are Using Art and Culture to Build Their Political Power

    Cinnamon Janzer

    October 22, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The Midwest Culture Lab consists of three organizations working to increase voter turnout among young people, especially young people of color. The partners work with artists, musicians, and other creative people to create messaging and campaigns that are culturally relevant and engage young people in civic participation. One partner, the Ohio Student Association, had artists create an ad that used relatable messaging about a criminal justice reform ballot measure to appeal to young people to vote. The ad brought in over 150 volunteers and contributed to doubling Ohio’s youth voter turnout from 2014 to 2018.

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  • The Chinese Delivery Apps and Heroic FB Group That Are Keeping the SGV's Mom and Pop Restaurants Alive

    Nancy Guan

    October 22, 2020 |

    L.A. TACO |

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    Response Location: United States, San Gabriel Valley, California

    Facebook groups and Asian delivery apps have helped Asian restaurants survive - and sometimes even thrive - the coronavirus lockdown in one of the largest Asian-American communities in the U.S. Food delivery apps like Chowbus, Fantuan, HungryPanda, and Runningman focus on Asian cuisine in San Gabriel Valley and have been responsible for recovering up to 70 percent of pre-pandemic business. These apps cater to Chinese-speaking, small-business owners, are more in tune with their needs, willing to negotiate fees, provide additional marketing, and offer personalized customer service to their merchants.

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  • Latinos the targets of election disinformation – but activists are fighting back

    Amy Yee

    October 22, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States

    Civic and advocacy groups fight disinformation targeted at Latinx voters and conduct voter registration and education outreach. Voto Latino encourages young people to help older relatives spot disinformation and trained its staff to spot and report it to the watchdog group, Disinfo Defense League. Social media posts then flag the information as false. Personal relationships are an effective way to counter disinformation and also help encourage people to vote. Voto Latino alone has registered over 500,000 voters since mid-2019, more than the total amount since the organization began in 2004.

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  • Athens Community Fridge Changes How People Seek, Provide Aid: For Everybody, Owned by Nobody

    Kate Ross

    October 22, 2020 |

    Grady Newsource |

    Photojournalism |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    A community refrigerator full of free food in Athens, Georgia is a local solution to food insecurity in the area. The fridge stays stocked up through donations from locals and businesses who want to help their neighbors. The mini-food-bank serves as a form of mutual aid for those who are struggling to find their next nutritious meal.

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  • Contact tracing apps: Worth the hype?

    Ed Butler

    October 22, 2020 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Switzerland

    Contact tracing apps have received a lot of attention since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, but researchers caution they should be used in conjunction with other tactics and not be relied on to help on their own. However, an early study has indicated that even when only fifteen percent of the population downloads a contact tracing app, infection rates are reduced by eight percent and deaths are reduced by six percent.

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