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Vox
Julia Belluz
19 November 2020
Vermont, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The state of Vermont has been able to keep COVID-19 cases to a minimal, at least in part by focusing on offering preventive protections for the most at-risk and vulnerable – such as the unhoused. The state's response ...
17 November 2020
United States
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1500-3000 Words
A public-education campaign to enlist gun owners in suicide prevention work by first informing them of the problem's scope has spread to programs in 21 states. Although the campaign's ultimate effects on suicide rates...
15 November 2020
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Teachers are having to restructure the way they teach due to the pandemic imposed challenges of virtual classes. This story chronicles how three different teachers adjusted their instruction. From having students brea...
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...
12 November 2020
Georgia, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Civic engagement organizers have decreased the gap between Republicans and Democrats in Georgia over the past several elections by increasing voter participation and leveraging the shifting state demographics. Groups ...
12 November 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
In the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, local community members are leading the effort to reach out to those experiencing homelessness during the coronavirus pandemic. This effort has been successful in coordinat...
Vox
Rachel Ramirez
10 November 2020
Arizona, United States
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800-1500 Words
Voter outreach campaigns effectively boosted turnout among Native voters. The Rural Utah Project left informational flyers inside plastic bags at people’s doors (a Covid-19 tactical adjustment), held drive-through vot...
9 November 2020
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
In Nashville, school officials quickly found out that English Learner families were technologically falling behind and not logging into class. The school district decided to help families by creating 10 in-person tech...
9 November 2020
Amarillo, Texas, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
An estimated one-in-three students in the Texas Panhandle is experiencing food insecurity. In Amarillo, Texas, a local food bank, and two school districts are feeding students. “Between Amarillo and Canyon school dist...
9 November 2020
Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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1500-3000 Words
Nas Most uses artistic and cultural initiatives to combat loneliness among seniors. Over seven years, informal weekly meet-ups turned into formal painting and handicraft courses and membership grew from 30 to over 100...
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...
9 November 2020
Springdale, Arkansas, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
The Springdale School District in Arkansas has turned to visual communications in order to address the needs of ESL students. The district started by hiring bilingual communication specialists who help produce multime...
5 November 2020
Richmond, California, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Urban Tilth, an urban farm in California, is providing food directly to communities in need and upending the traditional food supply chain so they can help people access healthy and sustainably-grown food. They have b...
1 November 2020
Houston, Texas, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Some locations, such as North Carolina and the extremely populous Harris County, Texas, have enacted solutions that make voting easier and take less time. In addition to early voting running up until election day, the...
1 November 2020
Hawaii, United States
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800-1500 Words
A group of health care workers and social workers formed to help connect hard-to-reach communities in Hawaii to COVID-19 testing and information about the pandemic. So far, they have been able to test more than 200 pe...
29 October 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
National get-out-the-vote efforts are turning out people to vote, despite Covid19-related challenges. Vote Forward organized 182,000 people to participate in a 50-state letter writing campaign urging people in over 17...
29 October 2020
United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The Violence Against Women Act was billed as a way to make a patriarchal society, and policing profession in particular, take domestic violence more seriously. It encouraged policies making arrest of alleged abusers m...
29 October 2020
Oregon, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Rule changes in counties impacted by wildfires have made it easier for displaced residents to vote in the 2020 presidential election by using their temporary residence, shelter, a P.O. box, or their county election of...
28 October 2020
South Dakota, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Some officials took steps to make registration and voting easier and safe during the coronavirus pandemic. After issues during the primary, many counties enlisted additional staff and expanded infrastructure to proces...
28 October 2020
Colfax, Louisiana, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
When the coronavirus pandemic caused organizations and businesses to shut their doors, some medical practices, such as facilities that treat addiction, found relief by moving to telehealth services. In Lousiana, "emer...
27 October 2020
United States
Video
5-15 Minutes
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in many businesses moving their operations to remote-based work, which has consequently expanded access and eliminated barriers for those with disabilities. Although working from ...
26 October 2020
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Muslim civic advocacy groups Emgage and Ismailis Rise Up have partnered to engage a more diverse Muslim population in the 2020 election. They added thousands of contacts among new Muslim voters in six states, trained ...
26 October 2020
Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
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1500-3000 Words
In southwestern Louisiana, the Acadiana Regional Coalition on Homelessness and Housing wrangled 19 hotels into a makeshift network during the pandemic to house people experiencing homelessness. With help from Beacon C...
25 October 2020
Portland, Oregon, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Temporary housing providing drug treatment and other services to people experiencing homelessness appears to cut the chances that people arrested in Portland on minor charges will cycle repeatedly through the criminal...
23 October 2020
California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
California Students Vote Project, a public-private partnership, encourages college students to vote. Covid-19-adjusted strategies include sending out multiple emails, using social media, and encouraging peer-to-peer c...
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