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10 July 2020
Denver, Colorado, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
After an emotionally intense visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., students from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College in Denver realized their history curric...
6 July 2020
United States
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800-1500 Words
Students at colleges across the U.S. are taking to social media to confront racism and biases at their campuses. Over 40 "Black at" Instagram accounts were launched in June on which students share their personal stori...
2 July 2020
England
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1500-3000 Words
Ignoring the pleas of victim-aid groups and the examples set by other countries, the British government and courts failed to protect domestic violence victims during the pandemic. Italy, Spain, Germany, and New Zealan...
20 June 2020
Japan
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800-1500 Words
Japan's unemployment has barely grown during the COVID-19 crisis, thanks in large part to a business culture that prizes employees' interests over short-term profits. Much of the country's economy remained open in the...
18 June 2020
Washington, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Employees at 7 Yakima Valley fruit packing plants, who are predominately Latinx, went on strike to protest inadequate protection and pay during the Covid-19 pandemic. Agricultural workers accounted for nearly one-fift...
16 June 2020
United States
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800-1500 Words
Graduate students at several major universities organized to secure benefits during the Covid-19 pandemic. For example, the University of Illinois Graduate Employees Organization fought for and won the expansion of me...
11 June 2020
Australia
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
ABC News in Australia is using a solutions-focused, or constructive, approach to reporting on social problems. Focusing in particular on three areas, affordable housing, stormwater, and obesity, the Hobart newsroom is...
11 June 2020
Denver, Colorado, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Civilian oversight panels serving as watchdogs and disciplinary enforcers for police departments have a generally poor record of effectiveness, thanks to multiple structural flaws. But examples of successful oversight...
4 June 2020
New Jersey, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Citizen watchdogs can hold local police accountable by using the tactics of investigative reporters that have successfully exposed systemic problems and sparked reforms. One reporter shares five approaches he’s used t...
30 May 2020
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Derek Chauvin's journey through the Minneapolis Police Department’s officer-disciplinary system illustrates the weaknesses of that system and the failure of efforts to fix it. Chauvin, the officer charged in the death...
28 May 2020
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The Minneapolis Police Department’s repeated failures to reform a broken police-discipline system underscore the lack of public trust that exploded in local and nationwide protests after an officer with a troubled rec...
26 May 2020
Islamabad, Pakistan
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800-1500 Words
Two organizations in Pakistan are working to tackle the country’s waste problem. Saaf Suthra Sheher in Islamabad set up partnerships with offices and schools to process their dry waste like plastics and glass. TrashIt...
25 May 2020
Matsudo, Japan
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1500-3000 Words
Japan's model of prioritizing societal care for their elderly has helped the country achieve the highest life expectancy and be named the healthiest population in the world. Now amid the coronavirus pandemic, the coun...
OZY
Nick Dall
22 May 2020
Cape Town, South Africa
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800-1500 Words
From Cape Town to Nairobi, innovations in waste processing are gaining increasing attention and adoption. Fresh Life toilets turn waste into fertilizer, while Safi Sana turns waste into electricity, giving new life to...
20 May 2020
Detroit, Michigan, United States
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800-1500 Words
The city of Detroit’s government spearheaded new partnerships at the start of the coronavirus pandemic to provide transit options for people living in city shelters and residents who don’t have cars to access COVID-19...
Southerly
Barry Yeoman
12 May 2020
Houma, Louisiana, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw has long had a culture of cyclicality which is now coming in handy during the Coronavirus pandemic. Because they assume that hardship will come after periods o...
28 April 2020
Oakland, California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A nonprofit called Common Future is acting quickly to support business owners during the coronavirus crisis. Their board allocated a set amount of money specifically to keep on hand as a rapid response fund, and by ea...
23 April 2020
Tennessee, United States
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1500-3000 Words
In Tennessee and Kentucky, rural coal communities are drawing on their decades-old networks of mutual aid to protect coal miners from COVID-19. At the legislative level, the National Black Lung Association and other A...
23 April 2020
United States
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1500-3000 Words
The research field has often been siloed, with each discipline focusing on its own lane, but in the wake of COVID0-19 the shift toward interdisciplinary research is happening – and proving necessary. Often incentivize...
16 April 2020
Taiwan
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Over 3000 Words
As the world continues to grapple with COVID-19, we’re also learning lessons from one another. For instance, Taiwan’s ability to have a designated Central Epidemic Command Center helped to coordinate a comprehensive r...
16 April 2020
Chengala, Kerala, India
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800-1500 Words
The state of Kerala, India has been particularly effective in their fight against COVID-19. Kerala happens to have a grassroots democracy with community leaders and the consent of the people, as well as a decentralize...
14 April 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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800-1500 Words
An online tool called Mighty serves as a “Tripadvisor” for banks, connecting users with publicly-available data on how banks across the United States use their money so that they can make informed decisions when it co...
13 April 2020
Sudher, Himachal Pradesh, India
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1500-3000 Words
A group of women volunteers, known as the Mahila Mandal, from Sudher in India are fighting against the dumping of garbage in their village and the pollution and potential negative health effects that come with it. Des...
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Judit Ruprech
13 April 2020
Pécs, Hungary
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1500-3000 Words
In Pécs, Hungary, the Rolling Basket wheelchair basketball team is helping to integrate typically isolated people into the community through sports and recreation. Beyond the physical benefit, wheelchair basketball is...
10 April 2020
Los Angeles, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
The Mayor’s Fund for the City of Los Angeles has launched a program that literally hands people cash, no strings attached as long as they can prove that they have lost their jobs during the pandemic. In order to make ...
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