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  • 2021 Will Be the Year of Guaranteed Income Experiments

    January 04, 2021 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States

    Universal Basic Income is gaining popularity across the United States, where 11 cities in 2021 are either extending or piloting new programs that provide cash payments without any conditions on how to spend the money. The success of UBI has been detailed in several other cities, most notably in Stockton, California, under Mayor Michael Tubbs, who has been voted out but has since launched the Mayors for a Guaranteed Income. The coalition of 30 mayors will run experiments by choosing families and individuals facing economic hardship; the ultimate goal being a federal UBI program.

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  • What the San Francisco Bay Area Can Teach Us About Fighting a Pandemic

    January 04, 2021 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The San Francisco Bay Area has had fewer COVID-19 deaths than would be expected for such a densely populated area, largely by "drawing on resources and expertise that predated the coronavirus pandemic." Unlike other large cities, the Bay Area was able to quickly identify where hotspots may emerge, and initiate changes – such as allowing only one entrance to hospitals and not using traveling certified nursing assistants in multiple nursing homes. City health officials also increased outreach to at-risk minority neighborhoods, after seeing the virus disproportionately impacting these communities elsewhere.

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  • A Mariachi Family

    January 03, 2021 |

    Daily Emerald |

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    Response Location: United States, Springfield, Oregon

    Springfield High School's mariachi program creates a cultural bridge between generations and offers opportunities for high school students to learn about and share their culture. The school’s Mariachi Del Sol began in 2008 as just the second ethnically diverse music program in the state. Open to any student playing any instrument, it has grown significantly over the years and now offers a beginning and advanced class. The advanced class performs publicly, including an annual gig at Disneyland. The program's popularity led other schools throughout the state to offer mariachi to their students.

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  • New laws lead some Washington prosecutors to rethink three-strike life sentences

    January 03, 2021 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Nearly three decades after Washington voters made their state the first to enact a three-strikes law, imposing life imprisonment for repeated, serious offenses, some prosecutors have found ways to avoid the law's effects that are seen as unduly harsh or racially biased. Some have interpreted a law authorizing resentencing to apply to three-strikes cases. Others have pushed the governor to grant clemency more often. This new willingness to question the law's effects is not universal among prosecutors, and the state Supreme Court soon will weigh in on the issue.

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  • Five Days Without Cops: Could Brooklyn Policing Experiment be a ‘Model for the Future'?

    January 03, 2021 |

    The City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    For 50 hours over five days, police and community members collaborated on the Brownsville Safety Alliance pilot project, which kept police officers away from a longtime crime hotspot so that community members could provide for police-free public safety. During the experiment, no one in the neighborhood called 911 to report a serious crime. Criminologists caution that the test does not prove that police can step away permanently. But residents say that after longstanding friction over policing, they and the police struck a new tone of cooperation in community-led crime prevention that they hope can continue.

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  • Teachers on TV? Schools Try Creative Strategy to Narrow Digital Divide

    January 03, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    “Let’s Learn NYC!” Is the New York City Public School System's answer to teaching students via television. The program is one of many around the country, which began at a FOX station in Houston. Through the program, students are able to watch science, math, and even dance lessons. The program has been scaled and adapted to a variety of large cities like San Francisco, Houston, Chicago, and others.

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  • 'Where Are The Women?': Uncovering The Lost Works Of Female Renaissance Artists

    January 02, 2021 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Italy

    Advancing Women Artists (AWA) is a nonprofit foundation that has identified around 2,000 pieces of art by women artists that were forgotten or stored away in Italy’s museums and churches. The organization has financed the restoration of 70 works from the 16th to the 20th centuries. Although women generally couldn’t study or devote themselves to art, some of the artists’ works were known during their times but disappeared from public writings around the 19th century. AWA’s work restoring, documenting, and exhibiting women’s art has contributed to increased interest in and awareness of art by women.

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  • In Brattleboro, a new kind of police patrol pushes treatment, not jail

    January 02, 2021 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Brattleboro, Vermont

    Police officers paired with substance abuse counselors go onto Brattleboro's streets to offer no-strings-attached help to people using drugs. Without using arrests or other coercion, the Project CARE "recovery coaches" have connected dozens of people to rehab and other needed services since the program began in July 2018. Modeled on bigger, successful programs in Gloucester and Brockton, Massachusetts, CARE's effect on overdoses is unknown and the involvement of police is seen by some as a drawback. But the outreach has let the community know help is available for the asking – even from cops.

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  • The train carriage for stray pets

    January 01, 2021 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Russia, Moscow

    An initiative on the Moscow metro system has posters on the train featuring cats and dogs that are looking for a home. Known as the “Tails and Paws” train, these animals come from 13 animal shelters in the city and riders can use their phone to scan the poster to learn more about the animals up for adoption. “It’s about forming a new culture of responsible attitude to animals,” says one of the workers at a shelter.

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  • Fishermen Team up With Food Banks to Lend a Hand

    January 01, 2021 |

    Goodnet |

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    Response Location: United States

    Catch Together is supporting both fishermen and food banks by buying catch that would typically be sold to the restaurant industry. Fisheries were hit hard when the pandemic resulted in an economic slowdown and food banks had an increasing need for resources. Innovative programs have been launched in Mississippi and Alaska where local, fresh fish has been served to demographics that typically don’t have the access to it.

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