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  • Prison Voicemail: Messages from behind bars

    August 04, 2020 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: England

    Prison Voicemail is a smartphone app that lets incarcerated people in the UK stay connected to their families, improving their mental outlook while imprisoned and their chances of success once they're released. The fee-based app closes gaps left by ordinary pay phones and other means of communication by letting people communicate through recorded messages, rather than when they both happen to be available. Sound clips of families talking in this podcast drive home the profound personal impact of children and parents sharing the routine news of their lives across the barrier of prison walls.

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  • How the Pandemic Defeated America

    August 04, 2020 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The U.S. has recorded a worldwide record number of COVID-19 cases after missteps and overall lack of action from the federal government limited the nation's response, but in some areas of the country where local institutions and communities enacted their own safety measures, lessons have emerged despite the national failure. Additionally, early surveys have indicated that the majority of Americans are still practing social distancing and support mask-wearing, even without the federal guidance.

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  • Using Telemedicine to Treat Opioid Addiction

    August 04, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    The coronavirus pandemic has largely led to the expansion and adoption of telemedicine, which has helped those seeking treatment for addictions more easily access care. Although advocates of medication-assisted treatment have been working to eliminate barriers to virtual care for years, the pandemic has accelerated these efforts and the outcome has been successful. According to the associate executive director of Prevention Point Philadelphia, “It’s a reduction of the hassle, wait times, anxiety and fear of withdrawal in a waiting room."

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  • When Covid Subsided, Israel Reopened Its Schools. It Didn't Go Well.

    August 04, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Israel

    When schools in Israel reopened in May—believing its coronavirus cases were under control—infections quickly rose, and the country experienced an immediate second outbreak. The country has now become an example for others of lessons to learn like: placing emphasis on contact tracing, maintaining students in small groups if in-person instruction is happening, staggering schedules, and maintaining a safe social distance.

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  • How the Queensbridge Cure Violence Team Is Changing Community Norms

    August 03, 2020 |

    Spectrum News 1 New York |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In the nation's largest public housing development, 696 Build Queensbridge uses the Cure Violence approach to mediating disputes before they turn violent. In 2017, its first year, there were no shootings in the development where the group does its violence interruption work. In the first 7 months of 2020, there were six shootings, up 2 from the same period in 2019 but far better than the rise in violence seen citywide. "Credible messengers" gain the trust of the community to prevent violence and counsel people to use "tools to communicate with other than violence," and without police involvement.

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  • How Mexico City's poorest neighbourhood is battling climate change

    August 03, 2020 |

    Inkline |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

    The people in a neighborhood in Mexico City are coming up with innovative solutions to handle climate-related disasters like flood. They use an early warning system that uses a radio signal and WhatsApp to warn residents of environmental dangers. However, the app does not always work. And a mobile classroom offers simulations about how government decisions are made when deciding danger levels of disasters. While thousands of residents had been trained, the classroom is usually only in the neighborhood for a day. Yet, these solutions based on education and communication could be applied to other communities.

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  • The ‘solar canals' making smart use of India's space

    August 03, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India, Gujarat

    Covering canals with solar panels has allowed Indian communities to save land, water and carbon emissions, and even bring electricity to rural villages. The solar panels are suspended on metal structures over the canal, which can generate electricity for farmers and be fed into the state grid or sold to public utilities. While these canal-top solar power plants can be expensive to build, so far, eight Indian states have commissioned canal solar projects.

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  • Alleviating anxiety via internet

    August 03, 2020 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Sweet Grass County, Montana

    A partnership between Montana State University and Seattle-based Waypoint Health Innovations is helping bring virtual mental health services to rural communities in Montana. Although the program has only been in research stages thus far, the positive effects already documented has led the program to be ushered into "widespread implementation" amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Agricultura Familiar vem dando seu jeito para sobreviver na pandemia

    August 03, 2020 |

    Agência Eco Nordeste |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Ceará

    Por causa da pandemia de Covid-19, agricultores familiares do Ceará criaram listas virtuais e até aplicativo para continuar vendendo os próprios produtos.

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  • Why the Botched N.Y.C. Primary Has Become the November Nightmare

    August 03, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City received ten-times the average number of mail-in ballots in the June 2020 primary, which caused problems and highlighted changes needed in the general election. The postal service had to hand sort the pre-paid envelopes to postmark them because pre-paid postage doesn’t normally get post-marked. Some envelopes were missed and those ballots were rejected. There were also delays tallying the votes, with some contests remaining undecided for weeks after the election. Ballots were also rejected due to minor errors. Better voter education and increased city and postal service staff is needed.

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