Arizona Daily Star
8 March 2018
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Scope of Response: County
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Implicit biases, among other systemic factors, can lead to a disparately punitive approach to child welfare and services for people of color, especially African Americans. Allegheny County has enlisted the help of consultants to help train caseworkers about implicit bias and to track the data about racial differences in treatment by child services agencies. So far, the effort has improved the "disparity between how often black and white children are removed from their homes improved by 28 percent," along with other disparities.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/a-better-way-to-talk-about-faith?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
David Bornstein
The New York Times
12 June 2012
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With religious intolerance and wars fueled by faith such a prevalent issue, how do we unite people whose religious beliefs cannot be reconciled? A campus-based interfaith program, Better Together, is showing the way with a system of inclusiveness.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/a-network-of-support?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
David Bornstein
The New York Times
25 February 2011
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It’s now common for youth to remain in foster care or residential treatment for years. For troubled or victimized children in need, assistance at home is often more effective than foster placement.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/health/a-racial-gap-in-attitudes-toward-hospice-care.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Sarah Varney
The New York Times
21 August 2015
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Despite years of change, African Americans still feel ostracized from the Medical care community that is dominated mainly by whites, especially when it comes to hospices. Some are trying to remove the stigma of hospice care as well as make health care systems more fair.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/at-years-end-news-of-a-global-health-success?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
19 December 2012
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Child mortality rates in third-world countries are often shockingly high. But they are gradually decreasing due to efforts that target contagious diseases and more widespread health education.
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-farmers-markets-food-stamps-20140609-story.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Lee Romney
Los Angeles Times
8 June 2014
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People in poor neighborhoods struggle to eat healthy. Roots of Change, a non-profit, is making farmers markets accessible to people on federal nutrition benefits, in San Francisco, through creative financing and new technology.
http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/policing-police-how-cincinnati-police-community-relations?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
John Hockenberry
The Takeaway
25 June 2014
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After a policeman shot and killed a teenage African American, a community in Cincinnati blamed law enforcement for racial profiling and riots expanded throughout the city. With the help of the Department of Justice as a mediator, Cincinnati made policy changes. The city now has an African American Police Association that brings police officers in communication with representatives of communities.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/how-conservative-tough-on-crime-utah-reined-in-police-milita?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Evan McMorris-Santoro
Buzzfeed
1 September 2014
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The militarization of police forces in cases such as Ferguson, Missouri’s riots has led the state of Utah to question what can be done to prevent such an overuse of force from happening. Utah expanded upon a law passed by Democratic legislature in Maryland, which Utah’s ACLU reworked with some libertarians, to require the police to provide data about SWAT team usage. Utah’s success demonstrates that demilitarization bills passed with bipartisan support are not impossible.
http://freakonomics.com/2014/12/04/how-to-fix-a-broken-high-schooler-in-four-easy-steps-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Stephen J. Dubner
Freakonomics
4 December 2014
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Fixing the education system in the country requires addressing the problem of student motivation to endure and succeed in school. Pathways to Education is a Toronto-based program designed to keep at-risk kids in school. It offers four different kinds of support: counseling, academic, social and financial, all of which contribute to a 46 percent decrease in the student drop-out rate.
http://www.onbeing.org/program/evolving-city/4720?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Krita Tippett
On Being
21 June 2012
Podcast / Over 15 Minutes
David Sloan Wilson takes what he knows about evolution and applies it to social groups in his hometown of Binghamton to show how people can live at their best for the good of the whole. He discusses how cities and communities can be improved in favor of social cooperation by applying the ingredients necessary for constructive social evolution, including group identity, equal distribution of benefits, monitoring, constructive correction of negative behavior, fast and fair conflict resolution, a safe environment, and local autonomy.
http://civileats.com/2015/09/09/former-black-panther-launches-oakland-urban-farm-to-give-ex-prisoners-a-fresh-start?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Sarah Henry
Civil Eats
9 September 2015
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After incarceration, Black men and women have a difficult time re-integrating into society without financial and educational resources. A former Black Panther activist has created the non-profit Oakland &the World Enterprises to offer an urban farm as a prisoner re-entry program and community center. The Oakland project supports self-sufficiency, self-determination, and empowerment for Black people.
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