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22 January 2021
Bogotá, Colombia
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The Calm Hotline takes calls from men in Bogotá, Colombia, in an effort to address the root causes of domestic violence: a culture of machismo. Four psychologists take emergency calls – about 700 calls came in the ser...
21 January 2021
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
St. Louis' Concordance Academy of Leadership turns the traditional approach to prison re-entry programs on its head. Rather than pushing people just released from prison to find housing and a job, the academy pays its...
The Christian Century
Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
19 January 2021
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Eugene's well-established CAHOOTS program for replacing police as first responders to certain types of 911 calls has become a model for multiple cities as they seek to replicate its success in an era of questioning th...
16 January 2021
South Bend, Indiana, United States
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Reconfiguring streets to slow automobile traffic through its downtown business district and encourage pedestrians and bicycling enlivened South Bend's street life and proved a boon to its restaurants and other busines...
14 January 2021
Eugene, Oregon, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Providing people with housing and then giving them the services they need to stay housed is also a very effective way to save tax-payer money. Reducing chronic homeless through programs like The Madrone Project helps ...
13 January 2021
Colombia
Radio
5-15 Minutes
In Colombia – where having an abortion can be stigmatizing, in some cases illegal, and now even more difficult due to the coronavirus pandemic – a clinic has set up a national hotline to help women who are up to 10 we...
12 January 2021
United States
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800-1500 Words
IBM is one of only a handful of companies that doesn’t give money to political candidates. IBM does spend millions on lobbying and runs an in-house government relations team, but the company doesn't have a political a...
10 January 2021
Flint, Michigan, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A new Juvenile Justice Center that will focus on trauma-informed treatment of children rather than simply jailing them is still more than one year from completion. But, in the years leading to its opening, the county'...
8 January 2021
Deora, Bihar, India
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Sadiya Riyaz Shaikh wanted more students, specifically girls, in her village to have access to books and a place to study. She created the Maulana Azad Library, a repurposed family guesthouse full of hundreds of new a...
7 January 2021
West Virginia, United States
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800-1500 Words
West Virginia managed to deliver approximately 90% of the COVID-19 vaccine doses allocated to the state within a week by "charting its own path to vaccine distribution." Rather than rely on chain stores as part of the...
The Philadelphia Citizen
Jessica Blatt Press
7 January 2021
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A pediatric care center in Philadelphia has partnered with a nonprofit that "helps people with tax prep and asset-building" as well as an organization that provides financial counselors to offer young patients free, o...
6 January 2021
Denver, Colorado, United States
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1500-3000 Words
To encourage more Black people to explore outdoors, individuals and organizations in Colorado are working to address underlying barriers such as access to transportation and gear, as well as fear and concerns of safet...
5 January 2021
Mountain View, California, United States
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Across the U.S. an influx of new mental health facilities are being designed through a lens of "evidence-based" architecture that aims to use the design itself as a means of treatment. With studies indicating that acc...
4 January 2021
Montana, United States
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800-1500 Words
A set of criminal justice reforms enacted in Montana in 2017 that were meant to reduce incarceration and reinvest some of the savings in crime prevention programs has had little effect on the prison population. The st...
4 January 2021
San Francisco, California, United States
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Over 3000 Words
The San Francisco Bay Area has had fewer COVID-19 deaths than would be expected for such a densely populated area, largely by "drawing on resources and expertise that predated the coronavirus pandemic." Unlike other l...
2 January 2021
Italy
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800-1500 Words
Advancing Women Artists (AWA) is a nonprofit foundation that has identified around 2,000 pieces of art by women artists that were forgotten or stored away in Italy’s museums and churches. The organization has financed...
31 December 2020
China
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1500-3000 Words
The Chinese government is providing money, livestock, and better homes to successfully help break the cycle of poverty. $700 billion in loans and grants have gone toward the rural poverty alleviation program in additi...
30 December 2020
United States
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1500-3000 Words
Various government policies and programs have been implemented in Black communities facing urban decline but not all of them have been completely successful. Initiatives included: Expanding public transportation, ref...
28 December 2020
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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Over 3000 Words
A street-level view of White Bird Clinic's CAHOOTS program in Eugene explains its appeal as a cost-saving, humane alternative to sending the police to 911 calls concerning mostly minor problems involving homelessness,...
28 December 2020
Central African Republic
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1500-3000 Words
When the coronavirus pandemic caused lockdowns in Africa, many community members became hesitant to continue taking part in malaria prevention efforts for fear of contracting COVID-19, so health care workers began vis...
Honolulu Civil Beat
Allan Parachini
24 December 2020
Kauai, Hawaii, United States
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800-1500 Words
Affordable housing and wraparound services are being offered to residents experiencing homelessness in Kauai, Hawaii. A new development constructed from shipping containers isn’t meant to be a permanent solution but i...
24 December 2020
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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800-1500 Words
A network of trauma recovery centers nationwide helps victims of violence and survivors of murder victims by focusing on their emotional, medical, and financial needs first. What started as a single healing center run...
23 December 2020
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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800-1500 Words
In Baltimore, a non-profit known as the Next One Up program is helping young men who are struggling in school by supporting and advancing their academic, athletic, and social development through small group activities...
23 December 2020
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
In Florida, a hospital's respiratory department decreased readmission rates for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) by emphasizing patient education and encouraging cross-sector collaboration between departme...
22 December 2020
New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
When the coronavirus pandemic complicated child care options for essential workers, a care work activist in New York devised an initiative to better connect parents with care networks and redistribute money to those w...
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