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The New York Times
Caroline Preston
25 October 2016
Seattle, Washington, United States
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800-1500 Words
In Seattle, the over-policing of drug users has been extensive and frequently racially biased. Looking for a new solution, the LEAD (Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion) program, driven by a harm reduction philosophy, ...
24 October 2016
Colorado, United States
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Under 800 Words
Colorado employs a wide array of methods to increase voter turnout, and it pays off. The state is one of the country's most successful in terms of voter turnout, thanks to Election Day voter registration, mail-in ball...
20 October 2016
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Chicago's Cook County Jail seeks to short-circuit the cycle of violence by involving young men from the city's most violent zip codes in a program that includes counseling, conflict resolution and anger management. Th...
Al-Fanar Media
Sarah Lynch
20 October 2016
Syria
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800-1500 Words
“100 Syrian Women, 10,000 Syrian Lives,” is a scholarship program providing opportunities for Syrian women in higher education institutions. As a result of the Syrian war, the rate of women enrolled in universities an...
15 October 2016
Seattle, Washington, United States
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800-1500 Words
Restorative justice, a process that originated in New Zealand, aims to repair damaged relationships rather than merely meting out punishment. It can be far more demanding than a traditional route through court, but fo...
High Country News
Lyndsey Gilpin
9 October 2016
Center, Colorado, United States
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800-1500 Words
The Migrant Education Program, which offers educational and social services to migrant worker families in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, is growing in popularity among the valley’s migrant worker population, and has rece...
5 October 2016
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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800-1500 Words
Albuquerque, New Mexico, has the second highest unemployment rate in the country. To solve this problem, the Healthy Neighborhoods Albuquerque, a city wide initiative was formed. Their strategy is to train, hire and b...
5 October 2016
Jackson, Mississippi, United States
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800-1500 Words
Mississippians who receive earned probation for crimes that do not carry a death sentence or involve deadly weapons will now have access to high-school equivalency education, alcohol and drug counseling, re-entry and ...
Governing
J.B. Wogan
1 October 2016
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Different states have demanded welfare recipients to work and report their logged hours to a welfare counselor, but this practice can make welfare recipients feel more like a statistic than real people. Ramsey County,...
29 September 2016
London, United Kingdom
Text
Under 800 Words
Cameras worn on police uniforms have been lauded as a possible solution to many of the problems facing officers in the line of duty, from violence against law enforcement to the unnecessary use of force. The US Depart...
29 September 2016
New Hampshire, United States
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Under 800 Words
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center geriatrician Dr. John Batsis has obtained a $796,500 grant to develop a home-based system of helping obese seniors lose weight, build muscle, and improve their strength using technol...
Reuters
Chris Arsenault
28 September 2016
Brasilia, Brazil
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800-1500 Words
13 years ago, Brazil didn't have satellite data or heat mapping to track illegal logging. Neither did they have weapon wielding agents working to stop ecological crime. These tools, in addition to the help of indigeno...
Richland Source
Brittany Schock
27 September 2016
Mansfield, Ohio, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Richland County, OH has a 7.3 percent infant mortality rate per 1,000 infants born, which is one point higher than the national rate. The rate is influenced by socio-economic issues and a lack of pre-and post-natal ca...
16 September 2016
San Diego, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
What can you do to enjoy time with Alzheimer’s patients? A suburb near San Diego has recently opened a new town square with architecture designed to look like it is from the 1950s. The space offers aging baby boomers...
16 September 2016
San Jose, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
In San Jose, manufacturing jobs can help reduce the economic inequalities in the region. Youth from marginalized communities are being recruited to join a high tech manufacturing job with the potential for career adva...
Santa Fe Public Radio (KSFR)
Ellen Berkovitch
12 September 2016
Chimayo, New Mexico, United States
Radio
5-15 Minutes
Chimayo, New Mexico has a heroin overdose rate that is five times the national rate. Barrios Unidos is a community center in Chimayo that offers drug abuse treatment to whole families through community therapy and hol...
10 September 2016
Seattle, Washington, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The Highline school district in Washington implemented a radical new strategy to break the school-to-prison pipeline based on mounting data that suspending students pushed them into a vicious cycle of violence and del...
The Atlantic
Leah Todd
7 September 2016
Alamosa, Colorado, United States
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800-1500 Words
ERs are often ill-equipped to handle mentally ill patients and cause them more stress than they do help, furthermore, these recurring patients are costly. Mi Esperanza, a wellness center in CO, reduces unnecessary and...
Akron Beacon Journal
Stephanie Warsmith
30 August 2016
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Across the country, various communities are struggling with a heroin usage epidemic. This article highlights communities taking unique approaches to this problem,whether it is innovate treatment recruitment or early p...
25 August 2016
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Police abolitionism, an idea that strikes many as fanciful and dangerous, lies at the root of many community projects in Chicago that have demonstrated on a small scale the ways that problems can be solved without pol...
The New Yorker
Siddhartha Mukherjee
22 August 2016
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
In the past two years, Zika virus has arisen as one of the most pressing public health concerns. This piece charts the worldwide efforts by doctors using new technology to develop a vaccine for Zika.
20 August 2016
Ithaca, New York, United States
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1500-3000 Words
In Ithaca, New York, Catholic churches are teaming up with local collaborators to utilize the services they already provide through a new role - that of a resettlement agency.
TakePart
Kyle Dickman
19 August 2016
California, United States
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
In California’s Sequoia National Park firefighters are using controlled fires as a tool to reduce the damage of wildfires as well as an instrument to protect the current species.
17 August 2016
Walla Walla, Washington, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The development of the ACE score in the late 1990s revealed that the causes behind many serious social issues-- from violence to graduation rates to poverty-- were rooted in trauma and stress experienced by the indivi...
16 August 2016
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Many businesses are in need of technical-skilled laborers, however, such training has decreased in the last 30 years. A few non-profits are working with employers in the region to provide "skill-based" training for fr...
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