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Ugly Is the New Look for Cigarette Packs

Tina Rosenberg

July 05, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United Kingdom

During the twentieth century, imagery on cigarette packs communicated that smoking was cool and young, and it encouraged young people, as well as adults, to smoke. In 2012, Australia started “unbranding the pack,” which standardized cigarettes without a brand and showed the physically gruesome effects of smoking with health factoids on the packaging. Since then, the World Health Organization has recommended this new kind of packaging and the idea has spread to other countries to scale the success.

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Poaching Leaves Elephant Daughters in Charge

Amy Yee

July 04, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Kenya

It's not just poaching that is changing the landscape of the elephant kingdom, it's human's actions in general. In an attempt to understand the geographical needs of elephants, scientists are arming the species with radio collars to track movements in hopes of impacting conversations around land use and development.

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Refugees Encounter a Foreign Word: Welcome

Jodi Kantor Catrin Einhorn

June 30, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Canada, Toronto

Fueled by xenophobia, many countries around the world are refusing refugees at the border. But Canadian hockey moms, poker buddies, and neighbors are personally resettling Syrians, one family at a time.

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From Uruguay, a Model for Making Abortion Safer

Patrick Adams

June 28, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Uruguay

In Uruguay, illegality and stigma surrounding abortions resulted in problems with maternal mortality rates. Utilizing a unique solution, a medical protocol was created to provide initial information and followup care to women seeking abortions.

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In Search of the Felon-Friendly Workplace

Mark Obbie

June 25, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

One of the hardest parts of being in prison is not knowing what to do when you get out. By pitching ex-cons as good for business, the Eastern District of Missouri’s prison-to-work program has become a model for inmate re-entry nationwide.

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Campaigning to Make India's Roads Safer

David Bornstein

June 21, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: India

In India, failing road safety and accident respondent systems have created a nationwide crisis. SaveLife Foundation is addressing these problems head on, through outreach, legal battles, and innovative solutions to ineffective government policy.

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Liberia, Desperate to Educate, Turns to Charter Schools

Tina Rosenberg

June 14, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Liberia

In Liberia, a failing educational infrastructure is finding potential solutions through charter school partnerships. Through Partnership Schools for Liberia, these new schools present a unique model for increasing positive educational outcomes.

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Changing Kenya's Landscape for Wildlife and Jobseekers

Amy Yee

June 08, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Kenya

In the face of crippling unemployment, environmental degradation, and species extinction, communities in Southern Kenya joined with various stakeholders to establish REDD+ project. This project sells carbon credits on behalf of the community, distributing funds for necessary services, employing community members, and protecting the environment.

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Educate Your Immune System

Moises Velasquez-Manoff

June 03, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Why do poorer countries like Russia have much lower rates of autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes? Preventing autoimmune disorders may require emulating aspects of that “dirtier” world: safely bottling the kinds of microbes that protect the Russian kids, so we can give them to everyone and guide the “postmodern” immune system along a healthier path of development.

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Legal Aid With a Digital Twist

Tina Rosenberg

June 01, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Software and apps are helping millions of Americans trying to solve civil problems on their own.

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