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  • Cooperative Housing Is Redefining 'Home' for People with Disabilities

    Eric Krebs

    September 11, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    Striking a balance between interdependence and independence is crucial for those living with disabilities. Finding affordable housing that is accessible and accommodates a disability is difficult to secure and often the only options are institutionalized living. Able Community is a non-profit cooperative that has designed a house which provides independence along with all the accommodations needed for residents. Residents control critical aspects of the experience from health care to food options and maintenance. The Able community plans to scale its affordable and accessible housing plan.

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  • Inside the Student-Led Movement to Depolarize College Audio icon

    Gregory Scruggs

    September 04, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States

    BridgeUSA is a student-led organization aiming to find what unites students across college campuses, who may hold opposing views. The organization started in Notre Dame and has spread to the University of California - Berkeley, Oregon State and many others. The model consists of hosting small group discussions on a variety of hot topics like immigration or police brutality and aims to help people find commonalities by engaging in empathic dialogue.

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  • Cincinnati Tenants Are Building Equity With Each Rent Payment

    Emily Nonko

    August 28, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Dividend housing is an innovative initiative in Cincinnati giving renters the benefit of building equity without buying or selling real estate. Residents earn credits by maintaining the property, attending monthly tenant meetings, and paying their rent on time. In addition to equity, residents are guaranteed permanent affordable rent. Rental equity provides a security net, which can be cashed out and is also available as credits that residents can use to invest in other properties being built by their property developer.

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  • Scotland's 'Navigators' Transform Lives in the Emergency Room

    Alasdair Lane

    August 07, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Scotland, Glasgow

    In Scotland, the Navigators program performs violence interruption work in seven hospitals, at the bedside of victims of violence, with counseling and connections to social services to nudge people into safer lifestyles. Because Navigators act independently of the police and other authority figures, and because their service follows clients into the community, they are able to win the cooperation of 65-90% of those they approach. A survey of 100 clients showed 23% fewer emergency room visits in the year after cooperating with the program. Navigators started after violence in Scotland raged in 2005.

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  • We Know How to Fix Student Debt

    David Byrne

    July 31, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States

    A study found that students without debt ended up with a higher income than students with debt, an overall benefit to the larger economy. In the U.S., "44.7 million American adults are saddled with student debt totaling $1.6 trillion.” This article explores what other countries like Germany, New Zealand, and South Korea, among others have done to lower the cost of university tuition and thus student debt.

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  • Wine Country's Farmworkers Are Staying Healthy Against All Odds

    Hannah Wallace

    July 13, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Willamette Valley, Oregon

    ¡Salud! mobile clinics were a vital factor in keeping farm workers in Oregon vineyards safe during the national health crisis. The nonprofit is supported by the state's wine industry and has provided primary care wellness checks, vaccinations, and more for decades to workers, the majority of whom do not have any other access to health care. ¡Salud! provided testing and masks early on in addition to information about the importance of masks and social distancing. Translated CDC updates were also sent to the mostly spanish-speaking workers about the constantly-changing guidelines and precautions.

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  • The Perks of Roommates With a 50-Year Age Difference

    Daniel J McGraw

    July 10, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Intergenerational home sharing is a mutually beneficial option for seniors and young people. There are about 60 programs, run by cities, nonprofits, and platforms in the style of Airbnb, that connect seniors and young people for cohabitation. Seniors benefit by being able to stay in their homes, collect income, and have someone to help with social isolation and household chores. Young people benefit from access to affordable housing options in high-cost areas and engaging in rich relationship building. Home sharing services are facing legal challenges and the Covid-19 pandemic made cohabiting more risky.

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  • These Unsung Countries Are Vanquishing the Virus

    Will Doig

    May 22, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Finland

    During the onset of the pandemic, countries around the world took a variety of different measures to protect its citizens and economies. While some countries continue to be negatively affected by the coronavirus, places like Vietnam, Canada, Croatia, Finland, and New Zealand reacted by taking restrictive measures from the start and have successfully contained the virus. Responses include distributing funds to individuals and businesses on the honors system, closing down everything except grocery stores, hospitals, and pharmacies, as well as rapid implementation of widespread testing.

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  • Emptier Jails Could Stay That Way

    Daniel J McGraw

    May 04, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland’s city jail has released close to 900 inmates in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in its overcrowded facilities. And the response isn’t unique – New York, LA, Detroit, Chicago, New Orleans, and Houston are just a few of the other cities that have taken similar measures. While an immediate response to the pandemic, advocates say the release of low-level offenders could bode well for larger prison reforms that have been slowly taking hold.

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  • Can We All Be Like Texas?

    David Byrne

    April 27, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Georgetown, Texas

    West Texas, traditionally known for its oil business, has become a thriving home for wind energy. Beyond political ideology, wind power as a form of renewable energy is thriving for economic reasons, as it can be more profitable in the long run. In Texas, tax incentives and legislation helped develop the industry, and the proliferation of wind power is being replicated in places like Wyoming and Oregon.

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