Artwork stating 'Education Destroys Barriers', 'We Demand Treatment', and 'I Need A Chance'

Search Results

You searched for: -

There are 16561 results  for your search.  View and Refine Your Search Terms

  • When your dorm room is at the W, student housing offers a dose of the high life

    September 03, 2020 |

    The Boston Globe |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    In order to supplement the limited on-campus housing due to pandemic restrictions, East-Coast universities are opting to rent out floors at hotels for students to stay in. The situation is beneficial not only to colleges and hotels which have seen a decrease in business, but also to students who are experiencing a more luxurious version of dorm-life.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Where Calling the Police Isn't the Only Option

    September 03, 2020 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    As the "defund-the-police" campaign sparks interest in alternatives to police-only responses to crises involving mental illness or similar problems, cities as disparate as Eugene, Oregon, and Stockholm serve as exemplars of ways to handle thousands of calls per year without involving the police. Like Eugene's CAHOOTS program, Stockholm's Psykiatrisk Akut Mobilitet (PAM) sends mental health and medical professionals to help people suffering mental crises. Now Oakland, Portland, Denver, New York, and other cities are exploring how to customize such programs to their own communities' needs.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • An Ohio county had the second-highest infant mortality rate in the nation. Then they started listening to Black moms.

    September 03, 2020 |

    The Lily |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    A local collaborative in Hamilton County, Ohio has reduced infant mortality by initiating regional educational campaigns and creating “sacred spaces” where Black women meet and learn how to become empowered to "tell the government what pregnant Black women needed." The program, which focused on three pilot neighborhoods and included leaders from the largest maternity systems in the county, resulted in the county recording the "lowest levels of infant mortality ever."

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Maryland Stands Up Online Grants Application in Just 8 Hours

    September 02, 2020 |

    Government Technology |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    The Maryland Department of Information Technology adapted an existing system to quickly distribute small-business grants and loans due to Covid-19. The Maryland OneStop platform, a single site for state licenses, permits, and certifications, was built with an agile approach decoupling front-end user experience from the back-end where the program does the work, which allowed quick front end modifications to launch the loan and grants online when coronavirus hit. The system processed 18,000 applications in the first 3 days and 56,000 within a month. The success was preceded by many years of planning and work.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Coastal Louisiana tribes team up with biologist to protect sacred sites from rising seas

    September 02, 2020 |

    Southerly |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

    Indigenous communities in Louisiana are working with scientists to restore wetland ecosystems and protect tribal mounds along the Gulf Coast through backfilling projects. Depleted oil wells and canals in the area are often abandoned, creating reservoirs of stagnant water that affects freshwater plants and animals. The group has started to identify priority canal sites to fill in and seek funding to kick off the project, which can be challenging to get.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Wisconsin voters should request ballots now for mail-in voting

    September 02, 2020 |

    Wisconsin Watch |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    In the 2020 Wisconsin primary, increased mail-in voting overwhelmed the system and last-minute decisions to vote by mail led to voter confusion. This increased ballot rejections, which can systematically disenfranchise some populations. Learning from these failures, officials will send absentee voting guidelines and applications to 2.6 million voters and use barcodes to track ballots. Due to mail delivery issues, officials also publicly urged voters to request and submit ballots well before the deadline. Critics believe the state could do much more to make voting safe and easy during the Covid-19 pandemic.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Interest in Community Police Watch Training Soars as Courses Go Online

    September 02, 2020 |

    San Francisco Public Press |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Groups in the Bay Area that have successfully sought to have police disciplined for misconduct and won new police-accountability policies have turned their form of organized monitoring into a training platform for protesters nationwide. Responding to widespread Black Lives Matter protests, groups like Berkeley Copwatch and Wecopwatch use online education to teach hundreds of activists nationwide how to use videotape archives to systematically document abuses, and how to perform the work of legal observers at protests. Those activities are meant to act as deterrents to abuse.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • How Switzerland delivered health care for all -- and kept its private insurance Audio icon

    September 02, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Switzerland, Oberhofen am Thunersee

    Switzerland is home to the world's lowest avoidable mortality rate and residents of the country live longer lives and are healthier than those who live in the United States. Health policy experts credit the Swiss health care system for playing a significant role. Despite the high cost and the penalty for not carrying insurance, the system is praised as guarateeing access to quality health-care and "unlike the U.S., people rarely go bankrupt from medical bills."

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • What sewage can tell us about the spread of COVID-19

    September 02, 2020 |

    High Country News |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Bozeman, Montana

    Scientists in Bozeman, Montana are tracking community spread of COVID-19 by studying samples from the city’s wastewater. Although this form of tracking is more tedious and not necessarily as effective as testing individuals via a swab, the wastewater tracking program is able detect the virus and help health officials identify the area where it likely originated from.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Minnesota COVID-19 outreach focuses on vulnerable communities of color

    September 02, 2020 |

    Sahan Journal |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    To extend aid to the Minnesotans most vulnerable to the coronavirus, state and local health departments, backed by $4 million in state funding and by community groups' on-the-ground help, conducted an extensive campaign of culturally appropriate outreach to offer free COVID-19 tests and healthcare advice. The efforts have included one-on-one contacts, email blasts to free-school-lunch recipients, and TV and radio ads on media targeting Black, Latinx, immigrant, and refugee populations. Immigrant communities and people of color have been disproportionately hit by the pandemic.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

Go to All Solutions in Focus