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  • A Prescription for More Black Doctors

    September 09, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    On average, black students in public schools receive fewer resources giving them a late start. A mostly black university in New Orleans has increased overall achievement by developing students’ shared responsibility for one another’s success.

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  • Green Energy for the Poor

    September 09, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Niger

    Creative, bottom-up solutions in renewable energy and land use are helping combat poverty in many parts of rural Africa. An innovative business model combining solar power and cellphones allows rural areas to access clean electricity. Agroforestry techniques also restore degraded land, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and increase agricultural productivity.

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  • Serving Up School Lunches of Tomorrow

    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

    September 04, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    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

    August 31, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    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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  • A Racial Gap in Attitudes Toward Hospice Care

    August 21, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    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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  • Recycled Kitchens, Salvaged Splendor

    August 21, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    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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  • Zen and the Art of Dying Well

    August 14, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    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)

    August 11, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    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

    August 08, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    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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