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23 October 2020
Maryland, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Police and the public have invoked Maryland's law allowing for court orders denying gun access to people at high risk of harming themselves or others far more often than in most states with such laws. Though it is dif...
21 October 2020
Fresno, California, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Project Rebound is a program aimed to help formerly incarcerated students navigate and succeed in pursuing their higher education goals. The program works by working with potential candidates, whether they are incarce...
21 October 2020
United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
Nationally, civic courses lack rigor, partly because few states require coursework in civics. A new video game called “Portrait of a Tiger,” based on the Declaration of Independence, could change that. “Let’s gamify a...
19 October 2020
United States
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The uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and the health impacts it may have for different people prompted doctors from across the U.S. to create a national patient database to better study and understand how the virus int...
14 October 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
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A doula program in San Francisco is helping to create jobs and build equity in maternal health, especially for Black mothers. Training is free for the client as well as for the doulas, with trainees also receiving men...
14 October 2020
Thibodaux, Louisiana, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
In southern Louisiana's Lafourche Parish, sheriff's deputy Valerie Martinez Jordan used her history as a domestic violence victim to create a countywide program to legally seize the guns of people convicted of domesti...
14 October 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
To entice paying subscribers to its ad-free news site, and to spark informed discourse in its comments section, The Correspondent promotes an unusual degree of interaction between its journalists and readers and activ...
12 October 2020
California, United States
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High schools and colleges across California are turning to virtual campus tours and remote recruiting in order to appeal to college-bound students. College representatives are hosting Zoom sessions to connect with stu...
8 October 2020
Venezuela
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800-1500 Words
Facing a shortage of supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic and with little help from the government on the horizon, doctors and community members across Venezuela "created a grassroots support network" as a means of ...
7 October 2020
Minnesota, United States
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800-1500 Words
In Minnesota, tribal leaders from the Band of Chippewa Indians worked closely with state officials at the start of the coronavirus pandemic to implement measures that would reduce the impact of the pandemic in their c...
7 October 2020
Fond du Lac Reservation, Minnesota, United States
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Leaders of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Minnesota acted early and aggressively when the coronavirus pandemic began sweeping the nation, and so far, it has appeared to have helped the region to kee...
The Boston Globe
Johanna Seltz
7 October 2020
Hanover, Massachusetts, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
In Hanover, two collaborative efforts – one between the hospital system and the town and another between the public school district and paramedics – have helped residents access coronavirus testing without leaving the...
7 October 2020
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, South Dakota, United States
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1500-3000 Words
An indigenous community has tapped into new technology to provide broadband internet access which is critical for virtual learning during the coronavirus shutdown of schools. Digital radio waves were used to broadcast...
The Seattle Times
Alia Wong
5 October 2020
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The city of Tulsa took a variety of steps to make sure English as a Second Language learners didn’t fall behind in their virtual classes during the COVID-19 pandemic. First, school officials made sure students had the...
5 October 2020
Canada
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1500-3000 Words
The First Nation–Municipal Community Economic Development Initiative is a nationwide initiative to foster positive relationships, empowering First Nation and municipal leaders to talk as equals. There have been hundre...
4 October 2020
Oklahoma, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Oklahoma mental health and police agencies supply free tablets to police departments, enabling officers summoned to a mental health crisis to connect on the spot with a licensed mental health professional. The telehea...
2 October 2020
United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
As the coronavirus pandemic takes a toll on the U.S. economy, some people are struggling to afford the cost of care for their pets, so a network of animal services leaders have joined together to transform the role th...
NPR
Nina Feldman
1 October 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Comprised of doctors, nurses, and medical students, the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium is helping to bring free coronavirus testing to Black Philadelphians who are "contracting the coronavirus and dying from COVID-...
1 October 2020
United States
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1500-3000 Words
Apps that track students’ online activity, door-to-door visits, and receiving input from families on how to reopen schools, are all ways school districts across the country are responding to absenteeism during the pan...
29 September 2020
Ibadan, Nigeria
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800-1500 Words
In Nigeria, a methodology known as task-sharing is helping to lessen the burden on the country's mental health care system. The premise of this model is to train "other health personnel, such as community health worke...
29 September 2020
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Text
800-1500 Words
Crime-tracking mobile apps give millions of Brazilians crowdsourced data on urban violence, alerting people to dangerous places and filling gaps in government data on shootings, robberies, and other risks. But apps su...
29 September 2020
Portugal
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800-1500 Words
Led by Portugal and Spain, European nations have shifted their responses to wildfires from a heavy emphasis on suppression to a more prevention-based approach. Climate change has increased fire risk greatly. By lettin...
28 September 2020
New Mexico, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Mutual aid groups in New Mexico are packing and delivering groceries and other staples to New Mexicans in need during the pandemic who have not been adequately served by existing social safety nets. Groups like Albuqu...
28 September 2020
Villanueva, New Mexico, United States
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1500-3000 Words
During the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations and government agencies are connecting farmers with people in need by making fruits and vegetables more affordable or even free. For example, Bueno Para Todos, a small farm ...
27 September 2020
Taiwan
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800-1500 Words
vTaiwan is a mixed-reality, scaled listening exercise used by the government as a new way to make decisions. The platform provides an online space for citizens to debate and for politicians to listen to. The governmen...
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