Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
12 April 2021
Jos, Nigeria
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
With help from nongovernmental organizations, the people of two communities who clashed violently since 2001 found ways to coexist peacefully since 2019. Violent attacks and reprisals between the Christians of Unguwar...
9 April 2021
Colbert, Georgia, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
After Georgian residents raised concerns about a pollutant that was being emitted by a nearby biomass plant, they banded together to pass legislation that effectively put an end to the practice. These concerned reside...
6 April 2021
London, England, United Kingdom
Text
800-1500 Words
To discourage the spread of misinformation about the Covid vaccine and decrease vaccine hesitancy in minority communities, religious leaders and other influential people in Britain have launched campaigns to dispel co...
4 April 2021
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
High-profile violence directed at Asian-Americans generated enormous interest in bystander intervention training. The most popular program in New York, a free online course from Hollaback!, teaches five approaches to ...
2 April 2021
France
Text
1500-3000 Words
The French National Assembly overwhelmingly passed “the Law to Promote the France of Accents,” which criminalizes discrimination against someone based on their accent. The bill makes linguistic discrimination, or “glo...
30 March 2021
San Francisco, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Rising alarm over hate crimes targeting Asian-Americans, particularly the elderly, drew many volunteers to the community patrols that have organized over the past year in the Bay Area. Chinatown Safety Patrol, started...
28 March 2021
United States
Text
Under 800 Words
16-year-old Maayan Segal and her father launched Queeng, a deck of cards that represents gender equality and includes a range of racial and cultural identities. The first iteration sold over 50,000 decks but was re-de...
24 March 2021
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Child Tax Credit included in the coronavirus relief package provides a guaranteed income for families with children. The merits of guaranteed income have been established in multiple countries as well as local pro...
20 March 2021
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Companies are making the move to Atlanta in their efforts to diversify their workforces. Corporate diversity is hard to achieve in places like Silicon Valley. Instead, companies like Pandora have drastically increased...
19 March 2021
Denver, Colorado, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Platte Farm Open Space used to be a garbage dumping ground in Denver, but it’s now an urban green space thanks to the efforts from community members, organizations, and the government. This community-led project was a...
19 March 2021
Bangladesh
Text
1500-3000 Words
Artolution provides art education and supplies to Rohingya Survivors in Bangladesh refugee camps, all of whom experienced severe trauma, to create life-affirming and informative murals. Topics range from safe hygiene ...
18 March 2021
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Environmental Voter Project has contacted nearly 6.2 million non-voters that care about the environment in 17 states since 2015, estimating that over 733,000 of them now vote regularly. They identify voters using ...
Grady Newsource
Abir Saberi
17 March 2021
Athens, Georgia, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Georgia’s Racial Justice Centering Committee, part of the University of Georgia’s United Campus Workers, runs the Racial Justice, Labor, and the South Book Club at the Avid Bookshop. The moderator-led discussions prov...
16 March 2021
Costa Rica
Text
1500-3000 Words
A court in Costa Rica decided that a local municipality was illegally polluting a stream and this ruling set the stage for the country to ensure that a clean and healthy environment is a human right. They ingrained th...
11 March 2021
Oakland, California, United States
Radio
5-15 Minutes
With hate crimes against Asian Americans on the rise, Oakland's Community Ambassadors program serves the city's Chinatown by caring for the neighborhood and making people feel safe. Started as a way for formerly incar...
10 March 2021
Durham, England
Text
Over 3000 Words
Using the tools of medical research can help transform policing from an arbitrary and often-damaging practice ruled by gut instinct into a carefully calibrated approach to reducing crime without causing so much collat...
10 March 2021
Bangladesh
Text
800-1500 Words
Bangladesh has made huge strides in reducing poverty by investing in women experiencing the most economic hardships. As a result, children have lower rates of malnutrition, fewer child marriages, higher rates of compl...
9 March 2021
New York City, New York, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
An equitable alternative to Uber and Lyft is giving drivers ownership of a ride-hailing platform with many perks that aren’t available to workers in the gig economy. The Drivers Cooperative is providing drivers with l...
9 March 2021
Stockton, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A guaranteed income pilot program in Stockton, California, resulted in improved mental health and even increased full-time employment rates. The extra cash gave recipients who were struggling with poverty the mental a...
6 March 2021
Stockton, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A guaranteed income pilot program in Stockton increased full-time employment rates amongst recipients. Cash payments provided “the stability they needed to set goals, take risks, and find new jobs.” In addition to emp...
5 March 2021
Stockton, California, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
A guaranteed income pilot program in Stockton increased full-time employment rates amongst recipients. Cash payments improved mental health and gave participants the stability, bandwidth, and time to apply and intervi...
4 March 2021
Xinjiang, China
Text
800-1500 Words
A growing community of young Uyghurs are working to preserve and promote their culture from the diaspora. Many online networks provide ways for young people to connect, and also offer courses on traditional culture, U...
3 March 2021
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
A shortage of available affordable housing in Santa Fe, New Mexico was exacerbated by inclusionary zoning laws that discouraged real estate development. Restrictions on new rental properties drastically increased rent...
3 March 2021
Stockton, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A pilot project provided residents who made less than the median income in Stockton, California, with monthly cash payments. The extra money helped recipients secure employment, avoid housing instability, handle unexp...
Mongabay
Patricia Moll
24 February 2021
Ibirapitanga, Bahia, Brazil
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
After there was a fungal disease outbreak in the 1990s that affected cacao crops in Brazil, a group of 150 community members got together to collectively manage a farm to grow back cacao trees using agroforestry techn...
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