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24 December 2020
Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A community currency was introduced to boost the local economy in the Berkshires region of Massachusetts. $133,000 worth of BerkShares, as the currency is known, are in circulation and accepted by small businesses in ...
20 December 2020
Cook County, Minnesota, United States
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800-1500 Words
In Minnesota, cross-sector collaboration, contact tracing, and a focus on adhering to public health safety protocols have helped Cook County avoid an outbreak of COVID-19 cases, despite being a tourist destination. Lo...
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 ...
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Katia Mullova
3 December 2020
Germany
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1500-3000 Words
To mitigate the problem of unfair supply chains, Tip Me allows consumers to send money directly to the workers creating the merchandise in factories halfway across the world. Brands pay a fee to sign up for the system...
24 November 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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The Life Do Grow Farm in Philadelphia, run by the nonprofit Urban Creators, is a two-acre plot that yields food needed to feed the community who might not be able to make ends meet. Since June, the farm has distribute...
22 November 2020
Maine, United States
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Over 3000 Words
An online directory is helping consumers find small, black-owned businesses in Maine. Black Owned Maine has highlighted businesses, providing examples of success for Black youth and has also provided grants for busine...
The Huffington Post
Carly Stern
12 November 2020
Norway
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800-1500 Words
To reduce income inequality, progressive U.S. senators look to Norway for ways to raise revenue by taxing those with the greatest capacity to pay. A wealth tax of 0.85% kicks in when individuals amass roughly $165,000...
5 November 2020
Canada
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800-1500 Words
Platform co-ops are providing a third option to the gig economy and traditional employment. Stocksy United is a photography cooperative which is owned by the independent contractors who are members of the platform coo...
Grist
Adrienne Day
30 October 2020
United States
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800-1500 Words
Prime Coalition is financing clean tech startups and climate-focused technologies that often don’t get a lot of funding. These technologies can be expensive to build and don’t generate profits immediately. So far, the...
24 October 2020
Hawaii, United States
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Over 3000 Words
A 100-year-old program provides virtually free land for Native Hawaiians to build their own home or buy one from a developer. Despite a $1/year land lease and low taxes, the program has failed to promptly provide affo...
L.A. TACO
Nancy Guan
22 October 2020
San Gabriel Valley, California, United States
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Over 3000 Words
Facebook groups and Asian delivery apps have helped Asian restaurants survive - and sometimes even thrive - the coronavirus lockdown in one of the largest Asian-American communities in the U.S. Food delivery apps like...
14 October 2020
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Philanthropies are funding “tough tech” startups that are developing technologies to cut greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change. Since 2014, the nonprofit Prime Coalition has channeled mor...
12 October 2020
Texas, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, small business in Texas are struggling to stay afloat. A university sponsored crash course might help struggling businesses find solutions catered to their community. 58 communities partic...
12 October 2020
Detroit, Michigan, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Motor City Match is an entrepreneurial development initiative that provides grants for historically marginalized business owners in Detroit. It also matches minority entrepreneurs with empty retail space in addition t...
Fall 2020
Nepal
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1500-3000 Words
Tourists can travel to remote destinations in the Himalayas and help install solar technology in villages where residents live without electricity. GHE has used funds from the tourism component to electrify 100 villag...
2 October 2020
Bristol, England
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800-1500 Words
Bristol Redistro is an experiment in wealth redistribution that taps the social-justice consciences of people who pool what they see as their excess money to make grants to small community groups that are "challenging...
29 September 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Jumpstart Germantown and five spinoff programs trained about 1,000 people in the art of locally controlled neighborhood rehabilitation. The Jumpstart programs target particular neighborhoods, mainly mid-range housing ...
28 September 2020
Kenya
Video
5-15 Minutes
Gjenge Makers Ltd is an alternative building product manufacturing company that creates products – such as pavers and blocks – out of recycled plastics. Founded by four Kenyan engineers, the team began by studying the...
18 September 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Throughout the United States, people living below the federal poverty level often struggle to pay for utilities, but in Philadelphia, the Tiered Assistance Program (TAP) aims to alleviate that burden by basing water u...
15 September 2020
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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800-1500 Words
Teens selling water on the sweltering streets of Atlanta are typically dealt with by police officers who often crack down on "unpermitted sales of water by youth." In a new approach, city officials convened a council ...
14 September 2020
Mississippi, United States
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800-1500 Words
Low-income families, which are disproportionately black, have been given $1,000 each month in an effort to address the racial wealth gap through the Magnolia Mother's Trust program. The cash payments yield an increase...
11 September 2020
Johannesburg, South Africa
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800-1500 Words
The South African government has provided free apartments to millions of people since the end of apartheid, in part as a way to address structural inequalities rooted in apartheid. The program has been a lifeline for ...
8 September 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Investors are using their clout to call for racial justice through the investment consulting firm Activest. The firm is attracting millions of dollars from companies that want to make fiscal justice investments. In a ...
Rafu Shimpo
Tomoko Nagai
Gwen Muranka
5 September 2020
Los Angeles, California, United States
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800-1500 Words
Business counseling for struggling entrepreneurs has been crucial for small businesses trying to get back on their feet in the aftermath of the shutdown. The Asian Pacific Islander Small Business Program was specifica...
South China Morning Post
Julian Ryall
2 September 2020
Japan
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800-1500 Words
The Japanese government is embracing the idea of "workation" trips for employees across industries as a means to "help the travel industry and keep the economy ticking" as the country moves forward in the wake of the ...
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