The Washington Post
7 April 2016
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
The incarceration rate in the United States is one of the highest in the world, and it is paid for – heavily – by the tax payers. To combat this, students argue that more funding should go to supervised release instead of incarceration.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/a-green-revolution-this-time-for-africa
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
9 April 2014
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The Green Revolution in Asia and Latin America never spread to Africa, due to the continent's varied climate, degraded soil and lack of infrastructure. Now, scientists look to develop a high grossing wheat seed to bring a new green revolution to Africa. The seeds are extremely promising, but there are still some challenges to getting farmers to implement the seeds.
http://onforb.es/25yAXop
Devin Thorpe
Forbes
15 March 2014
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Population scale and density, insanitary conditions, and malnourishment meant that eradicating polio in India was a tall order. The government, alongside WHO, managed to do it in 2014 using a comprehensive approach.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/17/in-bangladesh-a-half-century-of-saving-lives-with-data
Amy Yee
The New York Times
17 November 2015
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A research center in rural Bangladesh has continuously collected health data for decades, thereby improving public health in the region and serving as a control population for vaccine programs.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/07/us-cities-immigrants-economy/398987
Ted Hesson
The Atlantic
21 July 2015
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Despite their stigma, foreign-born populations are helping the economy of U.S. cities. Welcoming America is a national network of organizations that preach the economic upside of immigration and in this way attract immigrants to certain cities and improve their experience.
https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/a-vision-of-vertical-slums-in-mumbai
Mark Bergen
Next City
11 December 2012
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For a megacity with more than 18 million people in its metro area, Mumbai, India is not a particularly vertical city. Many of its inhabitants squeeze into low-rise slums crammed into the urban space. But an ongoing slum rehabilitation program seeks to clear these corrugated metal shacks and relocate the slum-dwellers to new high rises.
http://theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/05/welfare-utopia/484607
Alana Semuels
The Atlantic
31 May 2016
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States deal with poverty and employment differently, depending on their state legislature and, historically, their racial composition. Oregon is a predominantly white state with some of the most generous welfare and employment programs available in the union. Giving states the option of flexibility with their anti-poverty programs can cause some to reduce their safety nets, but Oregon serves as a model for bipartisan cooperation on generous welfare and employment reforms.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/06/12/gun-killings-fell-by-40-percent-after-connecticut-passed-this-law
Jeff Guo
The Washington Post
12 June 2015
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins and Berkeley say that Connecticut’s “permit-to-purchase” law requiring people to get a purchasing license before buying a handgun - despite early criticism - was actually a huge success for public safety in reducing gun homicides, especially relative to other states.
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/04/establishing-the-rule-of-law-in-a-country-where-justice-hardly-exists/391113
Jessica Carew Kraft
The Atlantic
22 April 2015
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Advocates are on a quest to improve the quality of life in Haiti through legal education.
http://www.issuemediagroup.com/features/rustbeltimmigrants100115.aspx
Douglas J. Guth
Issue Media Group
5 October 2015
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Cities along the USA's rust belt, such as Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Detroit, have been encouraging immigrants to settle in their cities through various organization as a way to combat their population decline. The influx of immigrants not only increases the population, but spurs innovation, new businesses, and the creation of new jobs.
http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/07/berlins-brand-new-rent-control-laws-are-already-working/398087
Feargus O'Sullivan
CityLab
9 July 2015
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To address the increasing unaffordability of housing in Berlin, the city introduced a new rent control law to prevent rates from exponential growth. The city has also outlawed vacation rentals in certain zones of the city and created a program that aims to have 30,000 new rental properties available over the next decade.
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