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  • Paid Family Leave Is a Game Changer for New Parents' Health, Not Just Their Economic Security

    August 12, 2019 |

    The Nation (New York) |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The United States is the only developed nation to not have a national paid family leave policy, so several states are enacting their own form of the policy in order to better serve families and child development. The handful of states that have implemented a policy that allows for time off work with at least partial pay, have reported a myriad of successful outcomes including a decrease in infant and maternal mortality rates and overall better health of the child.

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  • One year after Red for Ed, teacher shortage plagues AZ schools

    August 12, 2019 |

    KPHO-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    Over the past year, a school in Arizona has filled the gap in teacher vacancies by growing its own teachers from within the community and issuing "emergency teacher certifications." The approach is helping but doesn't make up for the shortage of fully certified and qualified teachers, district officials say.

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  • 26 soluciones a plásticos de un solo uso

    August 12, 2019 |

    La Nación (Costa Rica) |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Costa Rica

    Este reportaje explica 26 soluciones a plásticos de un solo uso que se dividen en soluciones personales, empresariales y políticas (leyes). Se analiza cómo algunas leyes han funcionado — o no — en diferentes lugares del mundo, se ofrece y se explica qué soluciones o alternativas a estos plásticos existen para las personas comunes, y también para las empresas que deseen ayudar con acciones concretas al medio ambiente.

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  • The community hub of the future isn't a library or a shopping center. It's city hall

    August 12, 2019 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: Sweden, Kiruna

    In Kiruna, Sweden's northernmost city, a new city hall building is embodying transparency and community engagement. The building boasts a public cafe, seating nooks, studios, and a public art museum among the more traditional municipal offices of typical city halls. There are no barriers in this city hall, and the public has full access to everything except the offices and the chamber.

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  • Citizens of the Week Gaye Harley and Jamie Powell

    August 12, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Wilmington, Delaware

    In Wilmington, Delaware, Gaye Harley repurposes her hospital's operating room wraps, the oversize sheets of synthetic material used to package instruments, into portable maps for the homeless. Instead of disposing of the materials, she has urged the hospital to recycle them into nearly 100 mats and counting. They have also used the mats to make tote bags, which they distribute with donated socks, also to the homeless.

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  • A tiny garden in Boulder is showing signs of stress from smog. The scientist behind it is thrilled.

    August 12, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    A garden at Boulder, Colorado’s Museum of Natural History is being used to track the effects of smog and educate visitors as well. Called an “ozone garden,” this plot – and other like it around the world – shows researchers and visitors how plants are damaged by ground-level ozone levels. Beyond education, the researchers behind the ozone garden are using it to show how crops and food availability will diminish as climate change continues.

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  • Gun owners in New Zealand voluntarily surrender more than 10,000 firearms

    August 12, 2019 |

    CNN |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: New Zealand, Wellington

    Since July 2019, New Zealand has held gun buybacks across the country and collected over 10,000 firearms. After a mass shooting at Christchurch mosque, the government rushed through legislation to ban semi-automatic and automatic firearms, offering owners of such weapons cash and a no-questions-asked policy. Such legislation has been implemented in other countries as well, including Australia, who in 1996 collected over 600,000 weapons.

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  • In Nigeria's overcrowded prisons, Catholic group frees inmates through free legal services

    August 12, 2019 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Thousands of people incarcerated in Nigeria’s rapidly growing prison system, many of them awaiting trial without lawyers, receive free legal, health, and educational services from an NGO that for decades has paid twice-weekly visits to prisons around the country. Serving the prisoners’ general welfare, the Catholic Institute for Development, Justice, and Peace seeks the release of defendants on bail, advocates for better health care, and delivers aid packages to people held in the overcrowded lockups.

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  • New Zealand gun buyback: 10,000 firearms returned after Christchurch attack

    August 11, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: New Zealand

    A month after a mass shooting at New Zealand’s Christchurch mosque, New Zealand’s government has bought back over 10,000 firearms. The country passed legislation banning automatic and semi-automatic weapons a month after the event, setting aside $150 million New Zealand dollars for the buyback, and offering a no-questions-asked policy for those that do turn them in.

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  • School on Wheels Program Turns Bus Into School for Asylum-Seeking Children

    August 11, 2019 |

    NowThis News |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    School on Wheels is a program serving children in a refugee camp along the U.S.-Mexico border by transforming an old school bus into a space for learning. The school can fit up to 80 children, all of whom are waiting for asylum in the U.S. It is run by the California-based nonprofit, Yes We Can, and it currently has 3 teachers and over 30 students. The school aims to teach the children values like love, happiness, and being a good person while they are at a particularly tumultuous time in their lives.

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