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  • It Takes A Village to Not Marry A Girl

    Some communities in Malawi are beginning to fight child marriage their own way—with music, dance, and a few tears, using theater to motivate cultural change.

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  • How a 19th-Century Town Became a New Millennium Marvel

    Manchester, New Hampshire used creative financing and collaboration between businesses and the state to rise up from its industrial past and create a promising future in the tech landscaping. Developers purchased dilapidated factories and abandoned buildings and constructed updated office and commercial space for Internet and tech companies to make their way into the city, bringing young workers with them.

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  • Sustainability Pioneers: From Paris to New York

    While many countries are committed to working towards goal set forth by the Paris Climate Agreement, not many individual states in the United States have taken noticeable action. New York is an outlier in this scenario, however. Grassroots efforts include creating an Eco Village and geothermal installations, while the government has acted as a leader and partner in helping to earmark finance for these innovative solutions.

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  • A Bold Shift to Make Public Schools Serve Poor Students

    Last year, New York City began turning schools in poor neighborhoods into community schools—combining rigorous instruction and extracurricular enrichment with a broad social support system.

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  • Cuba's Focus on Preventive Medicine Pays Off

    Cuba’s emphasis on public health, primary care, and training thousands of medical professionals has resulted in health successes and lessons for other countries.

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  • When Women Must Choose Between Abuse And Homelessness

    New Destiny Housing — the only nonprofit in New York City providing low-income rental housing specifically for domestic violence survivors is trying to make it easier for domestic violence survivors to leave their partners.

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  • The revival of Foster High: A school filled with refugees makes a comeback

    Just four years ago, Foster High’s test scores were low and morale lower. But in a dramatic turnaround, achievement now is way up, especially in math, in part due to the new, higher degree of teacher involvement.

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  • How Denmark Dumped Medical Malpractice and Improved Patient Safety

    Instead of filing expensive lawsuits for malpractice, patients who have experienced undue harm in the course of care go through an internal system both compensates victims and allows doctors to learn from their mistakes. By focusing on reducing patient harm, the system in Denmark places emphasis on problem solving rather than creating an adversarial relationship between the patient and the caregiver.

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  • Researchers Unearth 100-Year-Old Affordable Housing Solution

    A new book chronicles each below-market subsidized housing project ever built in New York, highlighting in particular Co-op City, where residents have come to care for their city-subsidized homes.

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  • This superintendent has figured out how to make school work for poor kids

    School districts don’t usually operate homeless shelters for their students, run food banks or have a system in place to provide whatever clothes kids need. Few offer regular access to pediatricians and mental health counselors, or make washers and dryers available to families desperate to get clean. But the Jennings School District — serving about 3,000 students in a low-income, predominantly African American jurisdiction just north of St. Louis — does all of these things and more.

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