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  • Solving the unsolved: How cities are turning up heat on cold cases

    February 25, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Police departments across the United States are implementing strategies and reforms in response to the growing number of unsolved criminal cases. With cold cases often linked to declined trust in police and the undermining of wellbeing in, typically urban, neighborhoods, these reforms are seeking to reverse course.

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  • The orchid whisperers: Rare blooms find an urban perch

    February 14, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Coral Gables, Florida

    The Million Orchid Project has been reintroducing native, endangered plants into urban areas. From planting in school yards, to city parks, to the sides of busy roads, the initiative aims to preserve biodiversity by changing the assumption that nature has to be something separate from human society. While the project is still in early phases, it has shown indicators for progress, like the reappearance of wildlife species thought to have been extinct.

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  • Putting the sun in Sunshine State? Florida's about-face on solar power

    February 11, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    “We’re in the midst of one of the largest solar expansions in the country,” says Alys Daly, a spokesperson for Florida Power and Light, the largest utility provider in the state of Florida. This statement represents a shift in which Florida has seized on decreasing costs of solar power and is working to increase its capacity tenfold. Power companies are helping residents save costs in an environmentally conscious way.

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  • Healing a generation wounded by Boko Haram

    February 08, 2019 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri

    The Neem Foundation brings intensive counseling and 1-on-1 therapy to survivors who escaped the horrific violence of Boko Haram, a terrorist group in northeastern Nigeria. With months of aid and tough conversations, the organization attempts to reunite women and children who fled the violence with their families, many of whom shun the Boko Haram escapees.

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  • In Nigeria, documentary films spark social change

    February 07, 2019 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Port Harcourt

    A local, grass-roots art project in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, spreads awareness about and encourages action against government-sponsored evictions in the city's low-income communities. Cinematic films, music, and journalistic storytelling help spread the humanity and character of the communities to appeal to government entities to let people stay.

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  • Can old-fashioned journalism combat fake news?

    February 07, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Human-based fact checking offers a more dynamic and thorough way to determine the credibility of news outlets than the use of machine learning software. Although humans are still prone to implicit biases, NewsGuard’s model of employing a team of human fact-checkers to rate news websites pushes back against the tendency of algorithms to disseminate false or misleading content. A user-installed plug-in offers details about the credibility and transparency of over 2,000 websites.

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  • ‘Feels like home': Israeli school for migrant kids wins by bridging worlds

    February 06, 2019 |

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    Response Location: Israel, Tel Aviv

    A school in Tel Aviv welcomes immigrant and refugee children with open arms, providing language classes, long school days, extracurricular activities, and more. Members of the community volunteer to tutor and lead after-school courses, allowing children to learn while their parents work late. Now, more schools are popping up in Tel Aviv with similar aspirations.

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  • To fight trafficking, Indian groups turn to the experts: survivors

    January 31, 2019 |

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    Response Location: India, West Bengal

    In India, survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation are joining together to form support groups that aim to change community perspectives around prevention and rehabilitation efforts for young women. Not only has this created more awareness around the topic, but has also allowed those involved to gain a sense of agency and independence.

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  • High school class aims to bring students face-to-face with extremist viewpoints

    January 28, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Worthington, Ohio

    In a Ohio high school social studies class, U.S. Political Thought and Radicalism, the teacher invites representatives from the country's most extreme political groups, including the National Socialist Movement and the Weather Underground, to teach students how to hold a respectful discussion with others who hold differing perspectives. "Our teachers generally are like, 'You know what? Let's redirect to a different topic, because that one sounds like it's loaded with land mines. The idea of [the class] is let's explore all those land mines and talk about them."

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  • For young Native Americans, running is a lesson in their own history

    January 15, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Fe

    Wings of America is a New Mexico based organization that uses running as a way for Native Americans to reconnect with their pasts and cultures while combatting pervasive stereotypes. The organization also organizes runs as protest and resistance, giving youth an opportunity to speak up on the issues they care about.

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