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The New York Times
John Leland
14 January 2021
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
To address the need and want for increased access to information, an 80-year-old woman living in a retirement home in New York City rallied her fellow residents and launched a newsletter to provide relevant news durin...
4 January 2021
New York, United States
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800-1500 Words
Landowners, residents, community leaders, and activist groups across New York state came together to halt several pipeline projects. By conducting research, holding public events, and building a multiracial coalition ...
31 December 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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1500-3000 Words
To promote the need to end intersex surgery, an organization launched a multi-pronged campaign that raised awareness about the potentially damaging impacts of the practice. The group used social media, created a petit...
12 December 2020
Arizona, United States
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1500-3000 Words
In Arizona, state officials recruited individuals for volunteer committees to have oversight of the state Division of Developmental Disabilities that was responsible for caring for those with developmental disabilitie...
9 December 2020
Magog, Quebec, Canada
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Under 800 Words
After its fossil fuel–powered furnace started to fail, St. Paul’s United Church converted its old radiators to electric units in order to better insulate the building and be more environmentally friendly. The church g...
9 December 2020
Long Beach, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
Nationally and historically, faculty of color have been underrepresented at most universities. At California State University Long Beach, the president proposed the “diversity training initiative,” in order to hire ...
6 December 2020
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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800-1500 Words
After banning the burning of raw coal as a way to reduce air pollution in Mongolia, residents of Ulaanbaatar switched to refined charcoal to heat their homes. However, that coal also wasn’t the cleanest and contribute...
4 December 2020
California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
From zoom workshops that teach people about the misconceptions of COVID 19, to Google docs, to Instagram profiles that shame people who are partying during the pandemic, university students are holding their communiti...
28 November 2020
United States
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800-1500 Words
Glenn Cantave is bridging two worlds- AR technology and school curriculum, in order to educate students about Black and Brown people's history. With a team of coders he created an app called “Movers and Shakers.” The ...
23 November 2020
United Kingdom
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800-1500 Words
The pandemic has highlighted the issue of child poverty in England leading to public indignation and the reversal of a government policy that sought to end free meals for children during summer vacation. Professional ...
9 November 2020
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
Despite segregation being deemed unconstitutional, nationally, many schools remain segregated along racial and class lines. Integrate Schools, a national grassroots movement, is focused on integrating schools. “The co...
Christian Science Monitor
Ann Scott Tyson
5 November 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
College athletes created a social media and digital campaign to publish a list of health and labor demands, some of them related to the COVID-19 pandemic. They also advocated for racial justice and elevated the Black ...
30 October 2020
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
The city of Chennai in India is engaging in wetlands restoration and stormwater management by using traditional knowledge and community action to reduce flooding and ensure that people have access to drinking water. T...
23 October 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Media Literacy Now is a nonprofit aimed at combatting misinformation, especially on social media platforms, and lobbying for media literacy education in schools. The organization was started by Erin McNeill in 2013 an...
21 October 2020
Rogers Pass, British Columbia, Canada
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Terrain closures, avalanche education, and parking management are some of the topics that Canada’s ski permit system tackles. This government-regulated permit system has resulted in zero skier-triggered slides on Roge...
16 October 2020
Hong Kong
Photojournalism
1500-3000 Words
The Mai Po Nature Reserve in Hong Kong shows how the protection of mangrove forests is possible. These ecosystems are seen as a way to combat the effects of climate change since the forests can help prevent flood dama...
14 October 2020
Rogers Pass, British Columbia, Canada
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Snowsheds are just one tool in Canada’s arsenal to combat the impacts avalanches can have on their complex road systems. Snowsheds are aboveground tunnels where snow can travel over it and into the river, thereby redu...
11 October 2020
Los Angeles County, California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Thousands of small farmers moved onto homesteads in Los Angeles County in the 1940s and transformed the area into one of the most productive agricultural hubs in the United States. If the Hawaiian government could sha...
7 October 2020
Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
A failed bridge construction project in the 1960s in Wyoming to mitigate the impacts of avalanches inspired Washington state to complete a similar project fifty years later. The project included an elevated bridge tha...
6 October 2020
Telukunchi, Andhra Pradesh, India
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1500-3000 Words
The Asian openbill stork makes its home in the Telukunchi village in India for six months of the year, and the locals band together to protect this migratory bird. The birds thrive off of the wetlands environment and ...
23 September 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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800-1500 Words
Twenty high school students enrolled in Territory, an urban design nonprofit, produced a zine and their own quality of life report for West Austin, where many of the students live. The students conducted interviews, s...
23 September 2020
Watford City, North Dakota, United States
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1500-3000 Words
North Dakota is using some of its COVID-19 pandemic relief funds to plug 239 abandoned oil wells and reclaim 2,000 acres of lands. Abandoned wells can contaminate groundwater and leak methane that is hazardous to huma...
26 August 2020
United States
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Over 3000 Words
There is a race problem within Christian schools. More than half of non-Catholic Christian schools reported that 80 percent of their students are white. At a time of heightened racial tensions in America, some evangel...
20 August 2020
Camden, New Jersey, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Once known for being dirty, the Delaware River is being cleaned up by nonprofits and government entities to the point where they’re encouraging people to swim in it again. The Camden County Municipal Utilities Authori...
18 August 2020
Akron, Ohio, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Health care providers at Summa Health Pride Clinic in Akron, Ohio are transforming the way care is offered to trans and gender nonconforming people by working to reduce barriers that they often face. All staff undergo...
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