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10 January 2021
Newark, New Jersey, United States
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800-1500 Words
In 2020, six years after the Justice Department imposed a series of reforms on the Newark Police Department, Newark police officers have reduced their use of force so much that they didn't fire their guns at all in 20...
6 January 2021
Durham, North Carolina, United States
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1500-3000 Words
When city planners rushed early in the pandemic to close streets to automobile traffic in order to give residents a safe space to roam outdoors, they ended up learning lessons entirely apart from their original goals ...
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...
3 January 2021
New York, New York, United States
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800-1500 Words
For 50 hours over five days, police and community members collaborated on the Brownsville Safety Alliance pilot project, which kept police officers away from a longtime crime hotspot so that community members could pr...
29 December 2020
East Haven, Connecticut, United States
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1500-3000 Words
After East Haven, Connecticut, police officers were caught harassing residents based on race, the Obama Justice Department took the police department to court and won a consent decree requiring a long list of reforms,...
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...
20 December 2020
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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1500-3000 Words
In order to keep track of students and prevent them from dropping out, the Nashville district created “Navigators.” A corps of 5,600 school employees- teachers, lunchroom workers, and bookkeepers, who track students t...
18 December 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
In the 1980s, a virtual messaging network, then known as bulletin board systems (BBSs), acted as a support group for many who were in search of peer support and reliable information as the AIDS epidemic spread. Althou...
18 December 2020
New York, New York, United States
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1500-3000 Words
When a smallpox outbreak was deemed to be a likelihood in New York City in 1947, the city’s health commissioner rapidly launched a vaccination campaign that leveraged internal collaboration, consistent and transparent...
17 December 2020
Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
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1500-3000 Words
When the coronavirus pandemic threatened to spread to the Matamoros tent camp where thousands of asylum-seekers lived, local health officials and aid workers proactively launched a public health campaign to boost educ...
15 December 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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800-1500 Words
To address gaps in the healthcare system that were only being exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic for Black Philadelphians, a group of healthcare professionals joined efforts to create the Black Doctors COVID-19 C...
14 December 2020
Adelphi, Maryland, United States
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Over 3000 Words
Prince George's County in Maryland ranks fourth in the country for the number of unaccompanied students with sponsors. Often, these students have experienced a lot of trauma by the time they arrive at school. School o...
The Narwhal
Matt Simmons
10 December 2020
British Columbia, Canada
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1500-3000 Words
The Canadian Coast Guard is building a working relationship with indigenous communities that live on the coast of British Columbia, in order to better coordinate rescue efforts. The indigenous tribes "have intimate kn...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Natalia Rodríguez Medina
7 December 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The Chicago-based Latino Alzheimer's and Memory Disorders Alliance (LAMDA) has helped connect "Latinos who have memory diseases with clinical support" by focusing on creating connections and using memory-health survey...
24 November 2020
Columbia Gorge, Oregon, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
The Bridges to Health program in Oregon is helping to improve community health by connecting individuals and families to resources such as housing, food aid, transportation options, and health-care facilities. Althoug...
18 November 2020
Finland
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Both Finland and Norway have successfully kept COVID-19 cases at a minimum without fully implementing lockdowns within their countries thanks to a united government, closed borders, and mandatory quarantines. The stra...
15 November 2020
New York, New York, United States
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1500-3000 Words
New York City established its Civilian Complaint Review board in 1993 to strengthen its police-discipline system, a response to complaints that police officers rarely were punished for harassment and brutality, especi...
14 November 2020
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The Violence Intervention Program at the University of Maryland Medical Center's Shock Trauma Center helps people meet basic needs after they have suffered a gunshot injury. Along with clothing, transportation voucher...
13 November 2020
Denver, Colorado, United States
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800-1500 Words
By creating a centralized team of detectives to focus on non-fatal shootings, Denver police improved their rate of solving such crimes from 39% in 2019 to 65% in the program's first seven months. The team of six detec...
11 November 2020
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Radio
5-15 Minutes
A health clinic in Minneapolis has played a significant role in combating racial gaps in health by prioritizing community-oriented primary care and recruiting staff – including leaders and doctors – from the local com...
9 November 2020
Los Angeles, California, United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
Even while Los Angeles police criminalize homelessness with "sweeps" to clear encampments from public property, state and local programs have helped thousands of people find housing and receive services like counselin...
4 November 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube implemented pre-planned measures that limited the ability to use their sites to spread election-day disinformation. Twitter quickly added warning labels to election day tweets from polit...
3 November 2020
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Black and Latinx enrollment in clinical studies has nearly doubled in HIV vaccine clinical trials due to the HIV Vaccine Trials Network in Cleveland implementing an engagement model that addresses community distrust t...
3 November 2020
Senegal
Text
800-1500 Words
The death toll and infection rate from the coronavirus pandemic have been extravagant in the U.S., especially compared to that of other countries. The difference is largely explained in how different governments handl...
31 October 2020
San Diego, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
A contact tracing program jointly launched by San Diego State University and San Diego County is helping to combat misinformation and dispel fears for immigrants, refugees, and minorities in San Diego by employing eth...
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