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Seven Days
Ken Picard
4 March 2015
Burlington, Vermont, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Medical providers, tech experts and business professionals joined together to create in Vermont to create MEDSINC, a mobile app that helps people with no medical background to treat children with health risks. The "mo...
2 March 2015
Chhattisgarh, India
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Under 800 Words
Fulwaris—meaning "flower beds"—are a network of nurseries run entirely by moms in the community who take turns feeding and caring for each other's children, allowing the community to raise children in a tough environm...
25 February 2015
The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
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800-1500 Words
There are increasing costs to business when they fail to respect basic human rights. Many are therefore taking steps to avoid abuses – and are taking a proactive rather than reactive approach.
24 February 2015
San Francisco, California, United States
Broadcast TV News
5-15 Minutes
Veterans are at a higher risk for getting in trouble with the law, especially those with PTSD. San Francisco city defendants and the VA created a special veterans court which prosecutes veterans through treatments and...
The Guardian
Jim Hall
23 February 2015
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Under 800 Words
The densely populated Canadian city is tenth most at risk of flooding in the world as climate change raises sea levels. The government has instated a number of successful flood adaptation projects, with an ambition to...
20 February 2015
New York, New York, United States
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800-1500 Words
Educational nonprofit OneGoal has proven that its model of education helps provide low-income students in Chicago and Houston with the tools needed to pursue a college degree. Now, the nonprofit hopes to improve the c...
18 February 2015
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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Over 3000 Words
Teenagers around the world are at risk of indoctrination by Islamic extremism and volunteering to fight for the Islamic state. Different European nations seek to make Islamic extremism unattractive to youth by bolster...
12 February 2015
Helsinki, Finland
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Under 800 Words
Bureaucratic impediments previously blocked Timo Santala from opening a mobile bicycle bar, but he used this barrier to establish 'Restaurant Day' which has now spread worldwide. On these days people sign-up to open a...
5 February 2015
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Radio
5-15 Minutes
Louisiana and Vietnam both need affordable solutions to rising sea levels. Leaders from Vietnam visited Louisiana to compare ideas.
25 January 2015
Austin, Texas, United States
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800-1500 Words
Most of Texas has emerged from a drought that started in early 2011, but water supplies are still far below normal. Scientists are using new technology to monitor ground water levels and contemplate potential conserva...
22 January 2015
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Radio
5-15 Minutes
Geography and climate change challenge the viability of sea-level cities in Vietnam, but architects, researchers, and urban planners work together to find creative solutions. One architect in Ho Chi Minh City designed...
20 January 2015
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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800-1500 Words
New Orleans implemented an extraordinary 10-year plan that engaged unprecedented cross-sector collaboration between government, non-profit, and private entities to provide housing and housing services to the city's ho...
14 December 2014
Clint, Texas, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Population growth, historical dryness and predictions of a warming climate all mean a future of scarce water in the Rio Grande's Upper Basin. Farmers and the irrigation districts are left to try and find ways to conse...
The New York Times
Jane E. Brody
1 December 2014
New York, New York, United States
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800-1500 Words
Wholesome Wave, a nonprofit organization that advocates for access to better food in low-income neighborhoods runs a program based on a simple idea to deal with a complex problem: instead of drugs or admonishments to...
21 November 2014
Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
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800-1500 Words
Not all seniors need the various discounts they receive. The Boomerang Giving project allows them to donate back the difference of the discounts on things like movie tickets to a charity of their choice, benefiting no...
17 November 2014
Kilmore, Victoria, Australia
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1500-3000 Words
In Australia, the Murray-Darling Basin Ministerial Council was formed after a severe drought to bring together federal, state and regional governments and bridge parochial concerns. It was meant to manage the basin as...
16 November 2014
Elephant Butte, New Mexico, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The El Paso Times reports from the heart of the Rio Grande Basin - where drought has led to dramatic decreases in water supply, and serious changes in management of river resources are called for - on how the region p...
7 November 2014
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Thread is a social enterprise out of Pittsburgh taking a two-for-one approach to the issues of both poverty and pollution in Haiti. They help take plastic waste out of the environment by turning it into durable fabric...
Positive.News
Kirsten Downer
4 November 2014
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Under 800 Words
For 150 areas in the UK needing the most help, support came in the form of 1 million pound grants to fund community-led projects. What sets this funding apart is that 75% of those on the decision-making boards are loc...
29 October 2014
Columbus, Ohio, United States
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1500-3000 Words
In recent years, Columbus, Ohio's community college has taken a leading role in citywide economic development efforts. This has involved bolstering "career pathways" by better aligning high schools, community colleges...
19 October 2014
Lagos, Nigeria
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800-1500 Words
When the Ebola virus struck Nigeria and Senegal the governments of both countries took several steps to prevent an outbreak. Both countries responded to the first reported case quickly, traced all of the people that t...
17 October 2014
Columbus, Ohio, United States
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1500-3000 Words
In the case of the Columbus Partnership, the word "collaboration" - which often doesn't have much meat behind it in the private sector - is at the core of the civic organization's success. The organization brings toge...
11 October 2014
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Previous efforts to rein in Milwaukee's infant mortality rate have focused on services for mothers: increasing access to prenatal care, treating underlying medical conditions such as diabetes, and reducing behaviors s...
25 September 2014
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Middle-class children don’t regress as readers during the summer, because they go to the library, do educational activities, take classes - poor children, however, lose between one and two months in reading achievemen...
1 September 2014
Utah, United States
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800-1500 Words
The militarization of police forces in cases such as Ferguson, Missouri’s riots has led the state of Utah to question what can be done to prevent such an overuse of force from happening. Utah expanded upon a law passe...
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