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Serving Up School Lunches of Tomorrow

Mark Bittman

September 08, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

It’s no secret that, although progress has been made, school lunches need help to become more nutritious and sustainable. School officials in San Francisco are partnering with researchers from UC Berkeley's School of Public Health to better school lunch programs and, ultimately, curb child obesity.

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For Teens in Crisis, the Next Text Could Be a Lifesaver

David Bornstein

September 04, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

With pressures of depression, anxiety, and suicide on the rise, teenagers in the United States are challenged to find the comfortable outlet and accessibility for emotional support. The Crisis Text Line offers a counseling service through mobile texting, which reduces the shame that can occur when approaching an in-person counselor, and expands access to professional mental health counseling nationwide.

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Training Midwives to Save Expectant Mothers in Chiapas

Denise Grady

August 31, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Chiapas

Through simple training and trust-building with their patients, midwives become more effective in Chiapas - and childbirth death rates drop.

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Recycled Kitchens, Salvaged Splendor

Tim McKeough

August 21, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Staten Island, New York

Renovating and furnishing a home can be hugely expensive. Homeowners who are renovating on a budget, and want to do so in a way that is evironmentally friendly, can find recycled luxury kitchens and other lightly used fixtures at stores like Green Demolitions.

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A Racial Gap in Attitudes Toward Hospice Care

Sarah Varney

August 21, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

Despite years of change, African Americans feel ostracized from the medical care community that is dominated mainly by white people, especially when it comes to hospices. Some are trying to remove the stigma of hospice care as well as make health care systems more fair.

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Zen and the Art of Dying Well

Courtney E. Martin

August 14, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Patients' last years of life are the most expensive for the health care system. For a fifth of the cost, a Zen hospice program, in San Francisco, is helping those who are dying improve their quality of death by enjoying the present.

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How to Cut the Prison Population (See for Yourself)

Erik Eckholm

August 11, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Prisons in the United States are overcrowded with many non-violent offenders and the cost to keep them in jail consumes public budgets. Criminal justice reform has attracted bipartisan interest with diverse proposals to aid adjust the incarceration rate. The Urban Institute has developed an interactive “prison population forecaster,” which helps citizens to assess the impact of different policies.

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What Do the Poor Need? Try Asking Them

David L. Kirp

August 08, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

Neighborhood Centers, a Houston anti-poverty program has a simple philosophy: “The people are the asset, the source of potential solutions, not the problem.” The non-profit has scaled nationally, employing its bottom-up approach to disburse funds in poor communities.

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How to Save a Sinking Coast? Katrina Created a Laboratory

John Schwartz

August 07, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, in 2005, Louisiana and federal officials launched an audacious $50 billion master plan to rebuild the receding coast in an effort to mitigate the effects future storms. These are expensive and massive in scale, and although success is not guaranteed, they're attracting interest from cities around the U.S., and low-lying countries like Bangladesh and the Netherlands. Moving beyond engineered “solutions” of the past, many of these efforts focus on rebuilding land through methods that mimic natural processes for building land mass and vegetation.

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Scavengers Are India's Real Recyclers

Raghu Karnad

July 29, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Bhalswa, Delhi

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to tackle the mounting trash problem in India, millions of unacknowledged urban poor – known as scavengers and ragpickers to the locals – have been making their livelihood identifying resources from what others have deemed trash. If brought into the nation-wide effort, India may see a cleaner future at a faster rate.

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