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24 July 2017
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s cosmopolitan capital, has long been considered a world apart from surrounding rural communities, all of which suffer from reoccurring droughts and civil war. However, thanks to international ai...
23 July 2017
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Under 800 Words
The Supreme Court ruled about 2,500 life sentences handed down to juveniles were unconstitutional and resentencing hearings are taking place to decide if these men and women will receive parole. In Philadelphia, a gra...
22 July 2017
Rockford, Illinois, United States
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Over 3000 Words
In efforts to diminish violent crime, police agencies are revisiting a model law enforcement strategy of the 1970s, "community policing," as an alternative to the more recent "broken windows" style of the late ninetie...
18 July 2017
California, United States
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Under 800 Words
Since its inception, the controversial drawback with solar power is that it is powered by the sun, which fails to shine all of the time. To combat this issue, organizations are working to create a tool that can increa...
The Atlantic
Amadou Diallo
18 July 2017
Buffalo, New York, United States
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In a Buffalo school district where many students from low-income families struggled with trauma, attendance, and the effects of poverty, a non-profit initiative called Say Yes to Education is implementing drastic chan...
7 July 2017
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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A church in Philadelphia is adept at ministering to those coming out of incarceration and drug use because its two pastors come from that very same world. They hold members accountable, which could mean a required sti...
The Hechinger Report
Natalie Gross
5 July 2017
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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An alternative approach to education has long existed, but in the last decade, collaborations between non-profit student-support organizations and public schools have fostered a model called "Last-Chance Schools" with...
Forbes
Casey Hynes
3 July 2017
Lahore, Pakistan
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800-1500 Words
The rapid evolution of technology is continually opening new doors for how microfinance projects can be implemented, improved, and scaled. The team at ADDO A.I. sees artificial intelligence as the catalyst for both mi...
Citiscope
Simone D'Antonio
30 June 2017
Oberhausen, Germany
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Oberhausen is long past its heyday and its railway station exemplifies this, its run down and filled with empty spaces. However, now the space is being developed into a cultural area as well as one for art and innovat...
30 June 2017
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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1500-3000 Words
When admitted to see a doctor, legal sex is typically documented, but gender identity can oftentimes be overlooked. Realizing this gap in identifying potential health factors, a software developer began implementing w...
29 June 2017
Long Beach, California, United States
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Under 800 Words
Unlike the rest of Los Angeles County, the City of Long Beach has managed to decrease its homeless population; coordination of key departments has been crucial to the city's success. "Since 2015, Long Beach has increa...
CityLab
Liz Wolfe
28 June 2017
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Under 800 Words
Mitigating homelessness on Los Angeles' infamous "Skid Row" comprises myriad obstacles. But a collaboration between city officials, a USC architecture class project, and the Skid Row Housing Trust has responded with a...
CityLab
Krutika Pathi
28 June 2017
New York, New York, United States
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800-1500 Words
The homeless population in NYC stands at the highest number since the Great Depression. The Bowery Residents Committee has suggested changes to how shelters emerge, run and are funded. With a focus on results-based fu...
28 June 2017
New York, New York, United States
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With new mayor-ordained shelters and support services unlikely to function until 2020, NYC’s 60,000+ homeless population is left in need of assistance in the meantime. But recently, an anti-homelessness nonprofit—Brea...
27 June 2017
Norway
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1500-3000 Words
With climate change, population pressures and mobilization epidemics will occur more frequently, and past ones have proven to be disastrous and expensive. The Center for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is foc...
27 June 2017
Vienna, Austria
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With the staggering amounts of garbage produced by modern lifestyles, waste disposal is becoming an increasingly difficult challenge for communities around the world. Vienna has tackled the trouble of trash with an in...
26 June 2017
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Pennsylvania's attorney general may sound more like a defense attorney as he lays out plans to focus more resources on helping people returning from incarceration integrate into society. But Josh Shapiro insists his a...
23 June 2017
Nueces County, Texas, United States
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In Nueces County, Texas, military-style boot camp was the norm for troubled juveniles, who were forced to complete drills that simulate ROTC with instructors. The newly named Robert N. Barnes Region Juvenile Facility ...
The Courier-Journal
Morgan Watkins
22 June 2017
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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1500-3000 Words
For people like Jasmine Smith, a single mother of two who lost her job after her broken and unfixable car thwarted her commute, one's options to provide for themselves and their families are few and far between. Howev...
21 June 2017
New York, New York, United States
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1500-3000 Words
As a relatively new field, digital media companies were without the “building blocks” that formed the infrastructure of traditional media companies. Unionizing efforts at digital media companies are an effort to put t...
21 June 2017
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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1500-3000 Words
In Chicago, like other cities, there is a shortage of services and housing for homeless youth. One developer is addressing the problem by building permanent supportive housing with comprehensive services for those bet...
Barron's
Dyan Machan
17 June 2017
Pokuase, Ghana
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800-1500 Words
Microfinance was widely lauded for decades as a surefire and promising way to break the cycle of poverty and uplift the economies of the developing world, especially when targeted for women. But hard data has shown th...
Christian Science Monitor
Henry Gass
14 June 2017
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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New Orleans is home to a high number of teens with severe trauma and emotional disturbance, who are underserved in regular school settings. Alternative programs that focus more on 'behavior than academics' are offerin...
Montana Public Radio
Rachel Cramer
13 June 2017
Wisdom, Montana, United States
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With the reintroduction of predators such as wolves and grizzly bears in Montana's national parks, these carnivores are increasingly targeting ranchers’ livestock. To mitigate this issue, livestock composting sites ha...
12 June 2017
Connecticut, United States
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Over 3000 Words
Dual language programs that split the school day into half English instruction and half in a different language have been shown to be effective for students learning English as well as native English speakers to learn...
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