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  • Why Prisoner Education Is Key to Reducing Crime

    Mike Riggs

    September 09, 2013 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Inmates who get correctional education are less likely to become repeat offenders, but education costs money. An organization is funding educational opportunities for prisoners in various cities in the U.S. to improve their reentry into society.

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  • Africa's New Agents of Progress in Female Health: Traditional Male Chiefs

    Olga Khazan

    June 13, 2013 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: Malawi, Ntcheu

    Some groups are making strides at ending child marriage and female genital mutilation, practices that are common and yet dangerous. They're doing so by reaching out to the men in charge.

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  • Medicine by Text Message: Learning From the Developing World

    Courtney E. Martin

    April 04, 2013 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: Malawi

    Health communication systems designed for rural, developing countries -- where hospitals are often understaffed and transportation is inadequate -- are being adapted to improve care in U.S. cities.

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  • The Writing Revolution

    Peg Tyre

    September 25, 2012 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Staten Island, New York

    For decades, no one at New Dorp public high school seemed to know how to help low-performing students, and unfortunately, this troubled population made up most of the school, which caters primarily to students from poor and working-class families. Now, New Dorp school district is seeing a huge change in test scores due to the new emphasis on writing skills, which is allowing students greater reading comprehension and ability to receive college acceptance.

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  • How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths

    Max Fisher

    July 23, 2012 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: Japan

    While the United States struggled with thousands of gun-related homicides in 2008, Japan had a meager eleven. Despite Japan being a developed country, it has controlled and restricted gun-use from the police on the streets to ordinary residents by making policies based on their 1958 law. U.S. gun laws are rooted in the Constitution’s freedom to bear arms, thereby making policy changes more difficult to restrict gun use.

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