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Luring Refugees: N.Y. Cities Desperate for People Try a New Strategy

Christina Goldbaum

May 13, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Utica, New York

Places like Utica, New York are working to convince refugees and new immigrants to move to their cities to stimulate the local economy and counteract population decline over the decades. Through more comprehensive services, a welcoming atmosphere, and word-of-mouth, refugees are arriving and making these cities home.

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Making Playgrounds a Little More Dangerous

Richard Schiffman

May 10, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York

In the United States, most playgrounds are equipped with the same types of monkey bars, slides and swings, but a few are replacing these typical options with "dismembered store mannequins, wooden packing crates, tires, mattresses" among other things. Following the success of similar "adventure" or "junk" playgrounds in other countries, the research thus far is showing positive results such as fewer injuries and longer physical playtime.

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Baby Steps Toward Guaranteed Incomes and Racial Justice

Courtney E. Martin

May 08, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

A pilot program in Jackson, Mississippi is providing a cohort of 20 single black mothers with a guaranteed income of $1000 a month as part of their "radical resident-driven approach." While the experiment is still in the middle stages, it is already changing the lives of the women involved - and setting the stage for a national debate on guaranteed income policies.

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Saving the Teeth of Patients With Special Needs

Catherine Saint Louis

May 02, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

People with special needs can face medical challenges when buildings aren't built in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act or doctors claim they can't treat them. In New York, the N.Y.U. College of Dentistry’s Oral Health Center for People With Disabilities directly combats this problem by treating "adult and pediatric patients across the spectrum of disabilities,"

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The New Mall Tenant Is Your Office

Tom Acitelli

April 30, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

To bridge the gap between the growing demand for co-working office spaces and the downfall of retail malls, developers across the nation convert abandoned storefronts into public work space for freelancers, entrepreneurs, and start ups. Malls serve as central city locations close to public transportation -- features that are in high demand for office space developers.

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I Served My Prison Time. Why Do I Still Have to Pay?

Courtney E. Martin

April 30, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

In 2018, San Francisco county forgave $32 million worth of criminal justice administrative fees. These fees are issued to formerly incarcerated individuals upon release from prison, most of which are not employed and without stable housing. The coalition pursuing this policy change cited economic justice for those that have already paid their societal debt and an overall state savings in collection costs as the primary reasons to end this practice.

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Virtual Reality as Therapy for Pain

Jane E. Brody

April 29, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Virtual reality isn't just for gaming anymore. Known as Virtual Reality Therapy, this new use for the technology is bringing relief to those suffering from intense pain by immersing "the patient in an entertaining, relaxing, interactive environment that so occupies the brain, it has no room to process pain sensations at the same time."

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Running Out of Children, a South Korea School Enrolls Illiterate Grandmothers

Choe Sang-Hun

April 27, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: South Korea

In some schools in rural South Korea, grandchildren and grandparents learn side by side. In recent years, a declining birthrate in South Korea has led to empty seats in many elementary schools. Many elder women, who missed out on the chance at a full education themselves, are helping to fill the vacancies.

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Can Humans Help Trees Outrun Climate Change?

Moises Velasquez-Manoff

April 25, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Scituate, Rhode Island

A dark synergy of extreme weather and emboldened pests could imperil vast stretches of woodland. Foresters are only starting to wrestle with solutions.

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San Francisco Had an Ambitious Plan to Tackle School Segregation. It Made It Worse.

Dana Goldstein

April 25, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

San Francisco's choice-based enrollment process, once heralded as a solution to the city's segregated schools, is now called "a cautionary tale" by most local parents. The system gives preference to residents of neighborhoods with low test scores. Among other issues, such as incomplete transit options, this system fails to account for rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods where affluent residents are increasingly living in historically low test score zones.

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