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26 June 2020
Iwilei, Hawaii, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
When Covid-19 began spreading throughout the United States, officials in Hawaii set up a quarantine facility for those experiencing homelessness that helped connect residents with other services to reduce their risk o...
25 June 2020
Berkeley, California, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
City officials in Berkeley have recently implemented a mobile testing site for Covid-19 to better reach vulnerable populations throughout the region. Although the physical testing site will remain as the central point...
25 June 2020
Mexico City, Mexico
Text
1500-3000 Words
In New Mexico, the world’s largest wholesale food market managed to contain the spread of Covid-19 by taking an aggressive, early intervention course of action that included widespread testing, contact tracing and iso...
24 June 2020
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Radio
1500-3000 Words
When schools and daycares closed at the onset of the pandemic, YMCA centers around the country remained open to provide care for the children of essential workers. In Phoenix, YMCA staff worked to screen children for ...
The Discourse
David Minkow
24 June 2020
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
Text
800-1500 Words
A coalition of local groups in the Cowichan region focused on the welfare of vulnerable populations during COVID-19 opened five tenting sites that have provided people experiencing homelessness with safety, meals, and...
Yellowstone Public Radio
Charles Bolte
24 June 2020
Missoula, Montana, United States
Radio
5-15 Minutes
In response to COVID-19 infection fears, Montana jails rapidly shrank the numbers of pretrial detainees held on nonviolent charges in a demonstration of how quickly a change in policy – without even changing state law...
23 June 2020
Bonner, Montana, United States
Radio
5-15 Minutes
In Montana, a handful of manufacturers have adapted their facilities to make products and materials that help healthcare workers safely work on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic. From face shields to liquid tran...
CNN
Ashley Vaughan
23 June 2020
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Multi-Media
Under 800 Words
University Rebuild brings together theater members in Minneapolis who are not working due to Covid-19 to use their skills in support of the Black Lives Matters movement by helping communities clean up, make repairs, a...
23 June 2020
Mumbai, India
Text
800-1500 Words
In Mumbai’s famous Dharavi slum, the impracticality of social distancing has been overcome with an intensive community response to bring an earlier COVID-19 outbreak under control through the use of “fever camps” and ...
23 June 2020
Minnesota, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
As the novel coronavirus disrupts how farmers get their products to consumers, many of them are looking for mental health resources to manage their stress. While the stigma of mental health issues prevents some farmer...
22 June 2020
Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Telehealth is being implemented and used across the United States to assist both patients and doctors during the coronavirus pandemic. Although this practice has its limitations and cannot replace in-person diagnostic...
22 June 2020
Montana, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Many Montana musicians are holding virtual streaming events to deal with the financial and psychological impact of canceled music events due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Early events were well attended, with up to 100 pe...
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...
19 June 2020
District of Columbia, Washington, United States
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800-1500 Words
When the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in widespread lockdowns, a Washington, D.C. Episcopal day school partnered with a retirement home to help students and seniors provide companionship to one another and decrease lone...
19 June 2020
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Over 3000 Words
While many states across the United States are still working to contain the coronavirus, Hawaii has managed to curb cases in part because of the state's geography, but moreso due to local government officials prioriti...
18 June 2020
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Quick, restrictive and decisive action helped the "oldest African American owned and operated nursing home" in Maryland remain free of Covid-19 cases. With only 15 cases reported in the country, the nursing home didn'...
17 June 2020
Bangor, Maine, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A tension fabric structures manufacturing company in Maine has repurposed their facility and transformed their local workforce to create grade-one medical masks for the local hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic. Bec...
Yes! Magazine
Tracy Barnett
17 June 2020
Oaxaca, Mexico
Text
1500-3000 Words
Mark Brown has brought Ghandian economic principles of economic justice and local autonomy to the Mexican countryside to form a farm-to-garment textile business that employs villagers who once made woolen textiles unt...
NPR
Cardiff Garcia
17 June 2020
United States
Podcast
5-15 Minutes
Varying tactics have been adopted in response to the worldwide pandemic, prompting financial implications; some more successful than others. Germany and Japan, in particular, have been able to maintain low unemploymen...
16 June 2020
Bangor, Maine, United States
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800-1500 Words
Bangor drug court in Maine has turned to the use of Zoom to keep in contact with program participants during the Covid-19 pandemic. Although meeting via video call can disguise some physical symptoms of drug use, this...
16 June 2020
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Nonprofit bail funds, which use donated money to pay the bail of low-income people held in jail on pending charges, have won the release of about 55 people in Detroit during the COVID-19 crisis. Beyond the immediate n...
16 June 2020
Hawaii, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Teachers and administrators at schools across Hawaii are adjusting to what it means to teach summer school during the time of coronavirus—and how it'll shape their protocols once fall rolls around. These adjustments i...
NBC News
Erin Einhorn
16 June 2020
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
After the pandemic forced schools to close, educators in Detroit had to take on the role of "detectives" in order to track down missing students and help them stay on-track. After realizing the extent of the impact th...
16 June 2020
United States
Text
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...
Staten Island Advance
Jessica Jones-Gorman
16 June 2020
Staten Island, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Although the pandemic has set a serious tone, teachers in Staten Island are helping their students cope with at-home learning through laughter and unconventional methods. Two teachers recorded videos of themselves whi...
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