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26 April 2016
Medicine Hat, Canada
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
The city of Medicine Hat in Canada ended homelessness by giving every person living in the streets a home. The Inquiry looks into whether this "Housing First" approach could work in other cities.
20 April 2016
Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
After going to prison themselves, John Knight of Jackson and Shanduke McPhatter of Brooklyn are living straight and determined to make changes. They work as "violence interrupters" in their neighborhoods, using an app...
19 April 2016
Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland
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1500-3000 Words
Despite being an island of seamen, Iceland used to experience high numbers of drownings every year, fostering a keen interest in swimming education. The government stepped up and tapped into the underground hot water ...
WBEZ
Susie An
18 April 2016
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A decrease in arrests in Chicago public schools is a result of the district moving away from a zero-tolerance policy for discipline and acting in favor of more instructional intervention. This approach has allowed for...
6 April 2016
Pittsfield, New Hampshire, United States
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1500-3000 Words
'Student-centered learning' has taken on new life at one of the nation's lowest-performing high schools in the form of student-led parent-teacher conferences.
OR Magazine
Erin Hampton
1 April 2016
Oregon, United States
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800-1500 Words
Female farmers are working to close Oregon's gender gap in the agriculture industry. Communities like the OSU farm networks provide a forum where these women can share experiences.
OR Magazine
Zachary Silva
1 April 2016
Eugene, Oregon, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
A policy adopted in Eugene’s 4J School District has been creating safe spaces for transgender students from kindergarten through high school. Gender-inclusive programs at the University of Oregon have marked the schoo...
PBS NewsHour
Stephen Fee
27 March 2016
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, United States
Broadcast TV News
5-15 Minutes
An epidemic of Hepititis C has been effecting members of the Cherokee Nation at alarming rates, while consistently going unnoticed. Establishing screening systems with free care for members, the Hep C Elimination Proj...
24 March 2016
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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1500-3000 Words
At the University of Virginia, the all-male peer education group One in Four works to create new standards surrounding sexual violence against women.
22 March 2016
Canton, Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
National research suggests that training officers in community policing and using city crime analyses is more effective in lowering gun and drug crime, then hiring more cops to a department.
22 March 2016
Canton, Ohio, United States
Multi-Media
Under 800 Words
Community policing models in Lowell Mass., Boston and Philadelphia, have significantly decreased violent crime, and inspired the Canton's Police Department.
22 March 2016
Mityana, Uganda
Text
1500-3000 Words
In Uganda, a country with high levels of corruption and political patronage, citizen-led grassroots efforts to root out graft and enforce accountability have sprung up across the country. “Village budget clubs,” train...
18 March 2016
Panaji, India
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800-1500 Words
A business in Panaji is helping to decrease the stigma around sexual health in India by selling products such as condoms and encouraging customers to ask questions. While stigma still persists throughout the region, t...
15 March 2016
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Molecular biologists and neuroscientists are tweeting with the hashtag #ASAPbio in protest of a system that keeps research from being shared with the public, typically for more than six months.
9 March 2016
Suri, West Bengal, India
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1500-3000 Words
India has an estimated 2.5 million medical “quacks.” Can they be trained to do no harm?
8 March 2016
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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800-1500 Words
In Indonesia, a country where cases of domestic violence have increased recently, efforts are made to give women business training and financial help to encourage them to leave bad situations at home.
Deseret News
Allison Pond
6 March 2016
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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1500-3000 Words
As views become more polarized, people increasingly sort themselves into tribes based on political ideology. In a effort to diminish this polarization, a small group of activists and academics is searching for ways to...
Citizen Matters
Shree D N
16 February 2016
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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1500-3000 Words
While laws and regulations banning the use of plastic bags and wrappers lag in the government, neighborhoods within the city of Bengaluru (Bangalore) have taken it upon themselves to remove wasteful plastic from their...
6 January 2016
Durham, New Hampshire, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
To protect the heads of football players, it might be advisable to have them occasionally practice without head protection, according to a counterintuitive new study of a successful Division I football program.
6 January 2016
London, United Kingdom
Radio
3-5 Minutes
"The Abdullah-X Show" on YouTube is the creation of a former Islamic extremist who says he was attracted precisely to the kind of ideology terrorists espouse these days. He has used the medium to warn potential extrem...
5 January 2016
Reading, Massachusetts, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A broader effort at Birch Meadow Elementary School and Reading’s eight other schools is putting students at ease and getting them more in tune with their emotions, and one another, so they can concentrate on learning.
4 January 2016
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A few adult children have found that the simplest arrangement can be found in an apartment at the same retirement community, as it enables them to care for their elderly parents efficiently.
3 January 2016
Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
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800-1500 Words
Uganda has the best quality of death among low-income countries, according to the Economic Intelligence Unit. Its success stems in part from the strictly regulated but available supply of morphine, which is distribute...
25 December 2015
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Former convicts learn essential life and culinary skills in a tailored program at D.C. Central Kitchen.
23 December 2015
Copenhagen, Denmark
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800-1500 Words
Thanks to years of government intervention, the city of Copenhagen has almost perfectly clean water — even better than bottled water. Denmark utilizes overflow barriers, underground water storage, and rerouted wastewa...
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