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  • How Beitar Jerusalem's football club owner took on racism and won

    December 20, 2019 |

    BBC |

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    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: Israel, Jerusalem

    Ending discrimination in football requires directly addressing some of the negative aspects of fan behavior. In Israel, the owner of the Beitar Jerusalem football club has threatened to take legal action against the La Familiar fan club, claiming damages to Beitar’s brand. In addition to the threat of lawsuits, the team promotes a youth club, known as the Team of Equals, which encourages connections between young Jewish and Muslim football fans.

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  • The Cost of Regulating Pain

    December 20, 2019 |

    Secret Structures |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The CDC's 2016 guidelines on prescribing opioids for chronic pain attempted to address the opioid-addiction crisis by restricting the supply of the drugs at their source. The guidelines discouraged their use when possible and suggested strategies to taper patients off of them. Since then, thousands of people have lost access to necessary medications and to their doctors, thanks to overreactions to the CDC guidelines that unintentionally led to deaths by street drugs or withdrawal.

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  • Inside the secret food bank that keeps farmworkers from going hungry

    December 20, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Santa Cruz, California

    In Santa Cruz County, California, Dr. Ann López, of the Center for Farmworker Families, organizes a secret monthly food bank for marginalized farmworkers who are mostly indigenous and undocumented. Organized completely by word of mouth to avoid deportation threats from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, the food bank helps defray farmworkers' costs, which include about 75% to 80% of their typical salaries in rent.

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  • Penn Medicine-created texting tool may save hundreds of new moms' lives in Philly and beyond

    December 19, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    After deducing that preeclampsia was "the number one cause of maternal hospital readmissions and maternal mortality," doctors at Penn Medical began sending new mothers home with a blood pressure cuff and then texting them for readings. Proving to be a successful intervention methodology, this practice has expanded to other hospitals in the state and may soon scale nationally.

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  • The Ohio River community of Newport bands together to slow runoff and add greenspace

    December 19, 2019 |

    Eye On Ohio |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Newport, Kentucky

    To promote the implementation of greenspaces while also decreasing the likelihood of runoff after heavy rain storms, community groups in Newport, Kentucky worked together to implement strategic depaving. This practice of removing pavement has now led to the creation of a park which will soon have rain and pollinator gardens.

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  • How Local Trash Disposal Affects Climate Change

    December 18, 2019 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    With Georgia’s Athens-Clarke county landfill nearing its fill limit, residents, organizations, and the city are taking a multi-pronged approach to reducing waste. A key part of this has been the fact that nearly half of what goes into the landfill can be recycled, and Georgia-based industries like aluminum and carpet manufacturing are willing to buy recyclables. In addition, composting supported by the state has grown in popularity, and universities have taken on recycling education and collection programs.

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  • Arts Group Evaluates Five Years of Fair-Pay Certification

    December 18, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Bringing labor organizing practices to the art world strengthens the fight for equitable pay. Working Artists and the Greater Economy (W.A.G.E.) provides certification to arts organizations that agree to minimum pay standards. Artists and organizations can use payment calculators on the W.A.G.E website and track fee requests. W.A.G.E also acts as a negotiator for artist services, sending fee requests to other institutions.

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  • Explaining 'Citizens Assemblies', a Real Kind of Democracy

    December 18, 2019 |

    Vice |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Leeds

    In the city of Leeds, England, a group of randomly selected demographically representative citizens came together to solve the climate crisis. This group of twenty-one strangers formed the Leeds Climate Citizens' Jury, which is a smaller version of the better-known Citizen's Assembly. Over the course of several weeks, the members of the assembly or jury learn about and discuss how to tackle a certain political problem, like climate change. Similar assemblies have formed in Ireland, Australia, and Poland to tackle political problems like abortion and nuclear storage.

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  • Volunteers step in to keep asylum seekers healthy on border

    December 18, 2019 |

    Associated Press |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Tijuana

    In Tijuana, many asylum seekers are left without access to health care while they await a decision on their cases so medical professionals are volunteering their time to try to help those that need it. Although they are faced with a myriad of barriers, their pop-up clinics that promote “border-less medicine,” have grown to hundreds of volunteers who have seen more than 9,000 patients.

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  • Why students with disabilities are going to school in classrooms that look like Staples and CVS

    December 18, 2019 |

    Chalkbeat New York |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A Brooklyn school for students with cognitive disabilities or special emotional needs combines in-class instruction with "learning labs" that prepare students for work in stores and other work environments. Some critics worry that the school, which serves mostly minority students, funnels students into lower-paying jobs.

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