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  • The Problem We All Live With

    Nikole Hannah-Jones

    July 31, 2015 |

    This American Life |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    At the height of desegregation, the achievement gap between white and black students decreased to 18 percent, compared to 49 percent. Evidence suggests integrating schools works, because it gives students of color access to the same resources as white students. Yet, schools remain largely segregated along class and racial lines. In Missouri, after Normandy School District in Normandy lost its accreditation, black students were given an opportunity to transfer into the much more affluent, and mostly white school district, Frances Howell. This episode shows the challenges of integrating schools.

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  • When a Boy's Life Is Worth More Than His Sister's

    Valerie Hudson Andrew Den Boer

    July 30, 2015 |

    Foreign Policy |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: South Korea

    Due to patrilineality, sons are highly favored over daughters in many countries, with serious consequence. South Korea, the only country to have returned to normal sex ratios after having a highly abnormal ratio of boys:girls, has lessons for other countries.

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  • The Best Way to End Homelessness

    Alana Semuels

    July 11, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    America has the largest number of homeless women and children in the industrialized world - it’s a depressing statistic exacerbated by a housing crisis that forced thousands of families out onto the street. The first-ever large-scale study on the topic finds that permanent, stable housing can be more cost-effective than shelters.

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  • Women's Center Works to Lower Recidivism Rates With ‘Immersion in Sisterhood'

    Sarah Zahedi

    July 09, 2015 |

    Juvenile Justice Information Exchange |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    For 20 years, the Center for Young Women’s Development has been a safe space for thousands of young women ages 16 to 24 who have been incarcerated or are homeless in the San Francisco Bay Area. The center is most recognized for its strategies to give these women opportunities for personal and professional growth.

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  • Do no harm: Some hospitals let a preventable infection kill their patients

    Sarah Kliff Johnny Harris

    July 09, 2015 |

    Vox |

    Documentary |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Roseville, California

    Central line infections can be a death sentence to a patient, so hospitals have been trying to determine how to reduce this likelihood. The solution appears to be in the difference between hospitals willing to learn from failures compared to those that continue to use standard practices.

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  • Berlin's New Rent Control Laws Are Already Working

    Feargus O'Sullivan

    July 09, 2015 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    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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  • Beer and business: the unexpected benefits of water access in Cameroon

    Elias Ntungwe Ngalame

    July 07, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Cameroon

    Cameroon was plagued by droughts, water-related illnesses, and an influx of refugees--all of which required a surplus of clean water. The government devised solar panel water distribution systems, which brought fresh water for irrigation. The surplus also inspired citizens of Cameroon to start small businesses that used the water, including brewing beer.

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  • Solving the Homelessness Problem, with Housing

    Angela Hart

    June 25, 2015 |

    The Press Democrat |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Sonoma, California

    In a county in California, federal agencies are implementing a model known as Housing First which gets homeless people safe, secure housing before tackling root causes of homelessness.

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  • Poverty solutions that actually work

    Lane Anderson

    June 24, 2015 |

    Deseret News |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    Researchers from Yale and MIT conducted a poverty study across various countries and found that aid can relieve poverty if it is comprehensive and gives people a productive asset.

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  • Binge drinking in Wisconsin is just their culture, right? Except in one county.

    Angie Aker

    June 24, 2015 |

    Upworthy |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Marquette, Wisconsin

    Marquette County outmatched the rest of Wisconsin in binge-drinking rates back in 2005. By 2012, instead of going up by 5% like the rest of Wisconsin did, Marquette county reduced theirs by 15%. Evidence points to the Healthy Communities Healthy Youth initiative launched in 2003.

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