Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
5 October 2018
Colorado, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Colorado has developed and is currently implementing a comprehensive plan to address rising suicide rates. The intervention touches on suicide risk at all ages including increased supports in high schools, new avenues...
5 October 2018
Hazard, Kentucky, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
In eastern Kentucky, where the coal industry is struggling and workers are finding themselves out of work, a six-month internship program is helping workers re-train into jobs that ensure energy efficiency in homes an...
Quartz
Jenny Anderson
5 October 2018
New York, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Public libraries have remained one of the last public non-commercial spaces where people from all walks of life can coexist and learn. New York Public Library in particular is working to improve and expand their servi...
IOL Business Report
Vernon Pillay
4 October 2018
South Africa
Text
Under 800 Words
GovChat is the world's first platform that connects citizens with politicians via WhatsApp. It allows citizens to rate public services and report issues, submit service requests, and donate to community organizations....
2 October 2018
Copenhagen, Denmark
Text
1500-3000 Words
A school near Copenhagen, Denmark utilizes a unique open floor plan - no walls and no separate classrooms - to help advance their mission of "personalized learning," a holistic approach to education that emphasizes st...
Talk Africa
Henry Owino
2 October 2018
Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya
Text
800-1500 Words
In a slum in Kiberia, Kenya, a new invention called Peepoople Kenya (or Peepoo for short) is addressing a mounting sanitation issue from open defecation and lack of clean facilities. The solution is a single-use, biod...
27 September 2018
Wake Forest, North Carolina, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Field Minister Program by the College at Southeastern Baptist Seminary offers inmates inside Nash Correctional the opportunity to study ministry and ultimately be used as a tool to reduce recidivism. Inmates with ...
27 September 2018
New Bern, North Carolina, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In the aftermath of natural disasters, like Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, SBP is an organization that works to provide long-term assistance for affected communities through a limited volunteer base, partnerships with ...
27 September 2018
Stockholm, Sweden
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
Sweden has a reputation for being one of the most socially-progressive and gender-equal countries in the world. This article breaks down the different policies that Sweden has become so famous for and looks at its myr...
25 September 2018
Karnataka, India
Text
1500-3000 Words
In rural communities, firewood extraction hurts both human health and wildlife habitat. In India, a group of conservationists are helping villages switch from wood-burning to liquified petroleum gas. While logistics a...
25 September 2018
Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
Text
1500-3000 Words
Being in a conflict zone, primary healthcare in the state of Borno in Nigeria has suffered in recent years. In response to the crisis, Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) centers provide Ready-To-Use The...
25 September 2018
Los Angeles, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In Los Angeles, seniors finding themselves unable to pay rising rents on fixed incomes and those attempting to age in place in need of some extra help are being paired together in a new home share program. Organizatio...
21 September 2018
District of Columbia, Washington, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Chris Finlay, who manages a real estate company in Washington, D.C., decided to try hiring homeless people to work in his buildings. His goal was to provide a job alongside significantly discounted housing as a benefi...
20 September 2018
Glen Cove, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A Long Island health care system has implemented projects that address the centrality of food to people’s health and how hospitals can provide healthy food both during and after admission. These include hiring chefs t...
18 September 2018
Edinburgh, Scotland
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
Two innovative solutions in Great Britain in education are proving to be highly successful in improving students' performances in math and reading. A school in Edinburgh uses the Daily Mile (spending 15 minutes a day ...
17 September 2018
Washington, United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
Washington’s Snohomish County has implemented a program that embeds social workers with the police. The program has been an effective method to bring services to people in need rather than arrest and process them as c...
India Climate Dialogue
Hiren Kumar Bose
17 September 2018
Dharwad, Karnataka, India
Text
1500-3000 Words
In the arid Karnataka region of India, millet is largely replacing rice as a staple crop. Not only does this drought-resistant grain require far less water and pesticide, but it's also highly nutritious. Perceptions a...
15 September 2018
Australia
Text
800-1500 Words
A grassroots community campaign called YCHANGe is fighting disease in a rural Australian town by promoting healthy eating. The group works to make healthy choices easier by changing the whole community's approach—rath...
14 September 2018
California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In California, the highest poverty rate also corresponds with an alarmingly high rate of tooth decay in children. Now, state officials are working to pilot changes to Denti-Cal, which is part of California's health pr...
14 September 2018
Zwolle, Netherlands
Text
Under 800 Words
What do you get when you combine the efforts of an engineering company with an energy company? In the Netherlands, you get a new type of environmentally sustainable roads. PlasticRoads, a piloted initiative in the cit...
14 September 2018
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Multi-Media
Under 800 Words
After her neighbor was incarcerated, a Delaware teenager and her brother began supporting youth coming out of detention with clothes, school supplies and other items. Their nonprofit grew and was so successful in rais...
12 September 2018
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
As new Medicare requirements and expenses change, new start-ups are stepping up to move the hospital industry to share data more easily and break down the silos that keep care from being efficient for both patient and...
12 September 2018
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Despite reports of projected increased spending on Medicare and Medicaid, Medicare spending per-person has actually decreased in recent years, a change that has been attributed to a web of factors like value-centered...
Politico
Rochelle Sharpe
12 September 2018
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
In Massachusetts, nonprofit Commonwealth Care Alliance is piloting a new experiment: using federal dollars from Medicare and Medicaid to provide preventive care and pay for the things that aren't explicitly medical, b...
Next City
James A. Anderson
10 September 2018
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
In St. Louis, Philadelphia, Detroit, and other postindustrial cities, community organizations and city officials are trying a number of methods to reduce the number of empty lots and vacant houses that plague neighbor...
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