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  • La dignidad cruzó muros: la historia de Keren y las mujeres que abrieron paso a la menstruación libre en la prisión de Tlaxcala

    June 23, 2025 |

    Escenario Tlaxcala |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala

    En el Centro de Reinserción Social Femenil, un programa de intervención con muchas alianzas transformó la experiencia menstrual de mujeres privadas de la libertad: Voluntarias educadoras menstruales permitieron brindar conocimientos técnicos, perspectivas de género, y nuevos suministros para que las mujeres privadas de la libertad y las custodias que protegen su seguridad tuvieran mayor sensibilidad cuando se habla de gestión menstrual.

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  • Despite DEI pushback, guides along Boston's Freedom Trail widen the lens of inclusion

    June 23, 2025 |

    GBH |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Amid national attempts to roll back diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, tour leaders in Boston are making a concerted effort to highlight historical information about people from all backgrounds, from Indigenous history to important LGBTQ+ figures. One such tour, the Rainbow Revolutionaries tour, has been so popular that organizers have had to schedule additional sessions.

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  • Seaweed farming as an eco-friendly alternative for Tanzanian fishing communities

    June 23, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

    Documentary |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Tanzania, Pemba Island

    Seaweed farming on Pemba Island is allowing women to earn income and support their families. Improved cultivation techniques introduced by the Tanzanian government and The Nature Conservancy via a training program have not only accelerated economic but also environmental rehabilitation.

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  • What one town learned by charging residents for every bag of trash

    June 23, 2025 |

    Grist |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Plympton, Massachusetts

    When Plympton, Massachusetts residents agreed to institute a "pay-as-you-throw system" (PAYT), the community halved its trash disposal—in part thanks to robust compost and recycling systems. In 2022, before the PAYT system, the town threw away 640 tons of trash; in 2024, that figure was 335 tons.

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  • Youth mental health? There's an app — many apps — for that. But are they effective?

    June 16, 2025 |

    Capital News Service Maryland |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    Some youth are using mental health apps to supplement therapy or help them manage their emotions, making mental health care more accessible. While there are limitations regarding the apps’ regulations and validity, some research has found that mental health apps have moderately reduced anxiety, depression and suicide risk among the youth who use them.

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  • One Community Took a Radical Approach to Fighting Addiction. It's Working.

    June 15, 2025 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Chesterfield, Virginia

    Chesterfield County, Virginia implemented a multi-faceted response to the opioid crisis, including a jail-based recovery program, Helping Addicts Recover Progressively (HARP), that brings people in recovery to the local jail to talk about addiction and treatment resources. Combined with other efforts, overdose deaths have dropped by half in a single year, and around 4,000 people have participated in HARP.

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  • Prison Reform Left Women Behind. Then Prosecutors Stepped In.

    June 13, 2025 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Chowchilla, California

    For the People identifies eligible cases for California’s resentencing law, conducts outreach to incarcerated women, reviews applications, and makes referrals to prosecutor resentencing units in participating counties in an effort to address the gender gap in resentencing cases. The program has helped resentence about 1,000 people, including three women, and is being implemented in five other states.

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  • New dashboard empowers North Carolinians to track air pollution in real time  

    June 13, 2025 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    CleanAIRE NC, an organization that trains residents to collect and share air quality data, uses AirKeeper Dashboard—an interactive mapping tool that displays real-time data from sensors across the state—to help North Carolina communities track and understand local air pollution and advocate for cleaner, healthier air.

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  • Trash sucks: A Norwegian city uses vacuum tubes to whisk waste away

    June 11, 2025 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Norway, Bergen

    Bergen, Norway’s pneumatic waste system uses high-powered vacuum tubes to suck trash and recycling from central receptacles to nearby waste stations, reducing the need for garbage trucks and helping to keep the streets cleaner. According to city officials, the system, which is still in the process of being built out, has helped to reduce air pollution, cut diesel emissions, and save the city money on waste collection.

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  • Maine's Heat Pump Boom Has Been Promising for Rural Workforce Development. Can It Last?

    June 10, 2025 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    To meet the state’s clean energy goals, Maine communities and institutions like Kennebec Valley Community College are launching training initiatives to bolster HVAC, refrigerant and electrical knowledge to support the clean energy workforce. With the help of these initiatives, in Somerset County alone, where KVCC is located, the number of clean energy workers has grown by 44% since 2020.

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