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Richland Source
Tierra Thomas
7 May 2020
Mansfield, Ohio, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Lip-reading is very important for clarification for those who are deaf and hard-of-hearing, but the masks mandated by the coronavirus pandemic hinder that. In response, the nonprofit Catalyst Life Services (which curr...
29 April 2020
Bismarck, South Dakota, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The Bank of North Dakota is the only state-owned bank in the country, and their lending program is so effective that the federal government followed suit in the face of the unprecedented coronavirus. North Dakota's pr...
18 April 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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800-1500 Words
From 1802 until 1895, Philadelphia ran a quarantine center that required all in-bound ships to stop and all on-board to be quarantined until cleared of any possible infectious diseases. Although the center is no longe...
Boston Review
Paul Katz
Leandro Ferreira
9 April 2020
Maricá, Brazil
Text
Over 3000 Words
The local government in Maricá, a small municipality in Brazil, is being said to have initiated "the most ambitious city-level response to COVID-19 in Brazil, and one of the most notable in the world." Even before the...
4 April 2020
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In North Carolina's Mecklenburg County, Spanish is more commonly spoken than English, yet information about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic wasn't being translated from English before being distributed. To address th...
3 April 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Throughout the economic crash of 2008, banks were "vilified" for their response, but as the economy again teeters on crashing during the coronavirus pandemic, regulators have been able to be proactive in their approac...
3 April 2020
New York, New York, United States
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1500-3000 Words
As small businesses, nonprofits, and independent contractors try to access funds made available through the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program, bankers across the country are doing what they can to step ...
2 April 2020
New York, New York, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Renaissance Economic Development Corporation, a nonprofit loan fund in New York City, has helped Chinatown small businesses recover through 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy, and COVID-19 is the newest crisis it needs to navig...
31 March 2020
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
In the U.S., service announcements about the spread of coronavirus were originally only released in English, so local governments, organizations, and news outlets across the nation have stepped in to help non-English ...
27 March 2020
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
The Minnesota Freedom Fund has ramped up its spending to pay bail for people with low-level charges. The COVID-19 threat has added urgency to this increasingly popular response to the cash bail system. With jails and ...
26 March 2020
France
Text
Under 800 Words
France is transporting patients from areas with high concentrations of coronavirus victims to areas where hospitals have vacant beds and ventilators. This helps to relieve some pressure on some of the hardest-hit regi...
26 March 2020
San Diego, California, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
Upon seeing a need for educational resources to support the out of school transition due to the COVID-19 outbreak, two high school seniors in the San Jose area stepped up to fill that gap. Sarika Sriram and Uditha Vel...
19 March 2020
Akron, Ohio, United States
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800-1500 Words
Even as ridership plummets for public transit, some cities are making rides entirely free to keep riders and drivers safer. The move to drop fares limits close interactions between drivers and passengers, as well as b...
Are We Europe
Isabelle de Pommereau
18 March 2020
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
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1500-3000 Words
Germany is unusual amongst countries in its attitude towards religion—it considers faith to be "sociologically and psychologically important and part of both individuals and society." In these advances, it has begun t...
18 March 2020
Australia
Video
Under 3 Minutes
Many supermarkets spend most days overcrowded and rapidly out of stock due to the coronavirus crisis, so the major grocery retailer in Australia designated the first hour of business to serving seniors and the disable...
18 March 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A group of researchers of infectious diseases, virologists, computer scientists, doctors, and nurses have taken to moderating a community coronavirus message board on Reddit to help spread awareness and decrease infor...
17 March 2020
Norway
Text
Under 800 Words
The Norwegian government has banned residents from retreating to their rural, vacation homes as they self-isolate during the COVID19 pandemic. Those that do will face a nearly $2,000 fine, or 15 days in jail. This ban...
16 March 2020
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The coronavirus pandemic swept the nation at a time when many would be going to polling stations to cast their votes in primary elections, but vote-at-home practices are providing a solution for this civic inconvenien...
16 March 2020
Houston, Texas, United States
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
The Houston Community Land Trust (CLT) is a nonprofit that sells affordable homes in Houston to help resist gentrification. They keep it affordable by only selling the houses on top of the land and not the land itself...
9 March 2020
Florida, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The Fair Food Program, which educates and empowers farmworkers to report on-the-job sexual harassment, has all but eliminated sexual assaults at participating farms in an industry that otherwise is known for vast powe...
2 March 2020
Cascade Lockes, Oregon, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Washington State could pass one of the toughest restrictions on water bottling operations in the United States, thanks to activists who raised environmental concerns over a bottling facility that wanted to open in a t...
24 February 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Black Girl Ventures levels the playing field for women of color who seek capital for their business ventures. Entrepreneurs are invited to pitch their ideas at crowdfunded sessions, which means the funding varies depe...
19 February 2020
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Since 2014, Johns Hopkins University has not considered legacy status in admissions decisions. In the wake of the 2019 college admissions scandal, other schools are weighing the value of similar measures.
19 February 2020
Bogota, Colombia
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1500-3000 Words
In a time when many Western countries are closing their doors to refugees, Colombia has been particularly welcoming to migrants and refugees. The country has enacted a series of laws that make it easier for incoming V...
17 February 2020
Tuba City, Arizona, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
In the Navajo Nation, more than 70 percent of local income leaves the tribal area, but one effort is helping native-owned businesses expand their reach. Change Labs, a business incubator, helped birth Rez Rising, an a...
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