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15 May 2014
Karnataka, India
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800-1500 Words
B. Godihal is one of the thousands of communities in Karnataka that have worked to hold clean elections, stirred by a confluence of awareness campaigns by nongovernmental organizations and rising public frustration wi...
17 April 2014
Altiplano, Bolivia
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Over 3000 Words
The solution is quinoa, the problem is a bit more complicated. As the human population increases alongside environmental challenges like water scarcity and climate change, quinoa shines as the answer to what can withs...
16 April 2014
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The pressure is on for the federal government to spend tax money more wisely. Evidence-based policy making is gaining in popularity as a way for the government to spend tax money wisely. While not quite as flashy or e...
1 April 2014
Alberta, Canada
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Over 3000 Words
A robust population of grizzly bears can be an indicator of healthy land; however, the bears also can destroy grain bins, consume vegetation, and kill livestock. Ranchers work with the Canadian government and local co...
National Geographic
Laurel Neme
12 March 2014
Bharatpur, Nepal
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800-1500 Words
Bucking the worldwide trend, Nepal continues its successful fight against poaching, thanks to a multilayered system of information gathering, enforcement, and swift justice.
25 February 2014
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Many subprime borrowers in the United States are financially unable to buy a home themselves. An unconventional lender is trying to make it easier for low-income people to buy houses despite the tighter requirements t...
Fayetteville Observer
Greg Barnes
22 February 2014
Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States
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Under 800 Words
In Fayetteville, the Mayor and Police Chief have taken a personalized approach in seeking a solution for blighted, low-income neighborhoods and are working to increase the number of city staff on-hand to help address ...
19 December 2013
Henderson, North Carolina, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Obesity has become a health crisis for many women in the African-American community, but a group known as GirlTrek is working to change this by making exercise a social norm and creating supportive connections between...
11 December 2013
Brazil
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1500-3000 Words
Physical illnesses trigger and exacerbate poverty because costs are too high to treat them. The Associação Saúde Criança in Rio de Janeiro counsels helps by assisting families with services such as food, medicine, voc...
1 December 2013
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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1500-3000 Words
As the elderly become more likely to have multiple chronic conditions and experience a gradual decline in health towards the end of their lives, a health care approach that centers hospitalization and intensive care m...
25 October 2013
Kentucky, United States
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800-1500 Words
Accessible affordable health care is needed for millions of uninsured Americans. The Affordable Care Act is a viable solution that helps the uninsured. Although the launching of the website had some glitches, many st...
17 August 2013
Jamaica
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800-1500 Words
Marking a departure from other countries in the Caribbean and Central and South America, Jamaica has seen its crime rate fall after many years of lawlessness. A combination of factors helped bring this about, includin...
5 July 2013
Los Angeles, California, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
Dissatisfied with the opportunities for residents of assisted living facilities to engage in creative pursuits, Tim Carpenter developed senior ‘art colonies’ that provided writing, performance, and visual arts classes...
19 June 2013
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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800-1500 Words
The human papillomavirus is a primary cause of cervical cancer. The HPV vaccine has reduced the rate of infection by half in recent years among teenagers. However, the vaccine has still encountered resistance by some ...
2 June 2013
Ghaziabad, India
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800-1500 Words
Over half of India’s population of 1.2 billion is under the age of 25. As such, there is a massive demand for skills training for young people to ensure their skills are matched with the needs of the job market. Gras ...
29 May 2013
British Columbia, Canada
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1500-3000 Words
Big money has big lobbyists - but small lobbyists can also bring about big changes. Groups like Results and the Citizens Climate Lobby train ordinary people to approach and make arguments to politicians and journalists.
The New York Times
Liz Alderman
14 May 2013
Paris, France
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
The impoverished communities in Paris had high unemployment for adults and youth. The French government has offered financial incentives to hire people from the banlieues. Talents de Cités, a governmental program, off...
Al-Fanar Media
Sarah Lynch
11 May 2013
Cairo, Egypt
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800-1500 Words
Maps, art exhibitions, and online documents, are all methods in which women, activists, and students are fighting against sexual harassment on university campuses in the middle east. “It’s actually being broached as a...
28 April 2013
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
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Over 3000 Words
*Medical research has done wonders to rid populations of diseases; however, the U.S. health care system has failed to appropriate the right resources to Medicare patients with one or more chronic conditions. Health Qu...
27 April 2013
Mumbai, India
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1500-3000 Words
In India “more than 75 000 cases of cruelty by husbands or relatives against women were registered in 2009.” There are no general, medical guidelines for doctors to follow when examining victims of sexual assault. An ...
1 April 2013
Seattle, Washington, United States
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1500-3000 Words
An estimated 6,000 "never events" — egregious errors like operations on the wrong limb or instruments left inside a surgical wound — occur every month among Medicare patients alone. Hospitals across the country are re...
13 February 2013
Alaska, United States
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800-1500 Words
Alaska has created a way for residents to financially benefit from the state's dependence on oil revenues. By giving residents a yearly portion of the revenue, the state has been able to see positive effects from an o...
23 January 2013
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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800-1500 Words
Social programs are seen as a fiscal burden on the U.S. However, investment in effective social programs saves taxpayer dollars so evaluating the performance of federal programs could help Congress act more responsibly.
17 October 2012
United States
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1500-3000 Words
We’re getting smarter about the way we’re addressing social problems. Patterns in the most effective solutions are emerging, such as making evidence-based decisions, accepting that humans act irrationally, and bringin...
14 September 2012
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
As kids and teachers head back to school, we wanted to turn away from questions about politics and unions and money and all the regular school stuff people argue about, and turn to something more optimistic — an emerg...
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