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  • Disaster debris is pushing Puerto Rico's landfills to the brink

    Camille Padilla Dalmau María E. Ocasio Torres

    October 21, 2022 |

    Grist |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States Minor Outlying Islands, Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico’s landfills are filling up quickly, but a nonprofit composting program in Vieques called Isla Nena Composta collects, processes, and composts organic materials from hurricane debris to help ease pressure on the landfills.

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  • Clients say pregnancy resource centers change lives by supporting life

    Anna Wilgenbusch

    October 20, 2022 |

    The Catholic Spirit |

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    Response Location: United States, Little Canada, Minnesota

    Pregnancy resource centers like Women’s Life provide support to those dealing with an unexpected pregnancy, including offerings like parenting classes, life coaching, job resources, diapers, and maternity clothes. Some centers also offer medical services like ultrasounds and testing for sexually transmitted diseases and infections.

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  • Planting trees – and hope – in a flood-prone Nigerian town

    Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi

    October 18, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Igbajo, Osun

    The community-formed Igbajo Development Association has spent years planting 50,000 trees to help protect the community from severe weather and flooding.

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  • Can SB 9 really help build housing for all in Sacramento?

    Russell Nichols

    October 18, 2022 |

    Sacramento News & Review |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The California Housing Opportunity and More Efficiency Act eliminated single-family zoning so homeowners can split their lots to create rentals and make more housing available statewide.

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  • Covert network provides pills for thousands of abortions in U.S. post Roe

    Caroline Kitchener

    October 18, 2022 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    In response to the Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade, a covert international network is emerging that provides abortion pills without a prescription to those without access in anti-abortion states. One such organization, Las Libres, has helped terminate approximately 20,000 pregnancies this year.

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  • Ugandan Health Innovators Show It's Possible to Provide Medicare Under Two Hours

    Rhonet Atwiine

    October 18, 2022 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Healthcare providers in Uganda are turning to telehealth to improve the accessibility of medical care. Patients can speak to doctors over the phone and have samples picked up or medicine delivered straight to them.

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  • Struggle and Success: Section 8 vouchers provide a pathway to stability, but challenges remain

    Dave Gong

    October 17, 2022 |

    Fort Wayne Media Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Fort Wayne, Indiana

    Programs like the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program — or Section 8 — and the Fort Wayne Housing Authority’s Family Self-Sufficiency Program help low-income individuals and families afford quality homes through participating private landlords and housing developments. With the voucher program, the tenant’s financial obligation is capped at about 30% of their annual gross income, while the voucher covers the rest. In some cases, the voucher can cover up to 100% of the tenant’s rent.

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  • Georgia's largest school district seeing success in recruiting, keeping bus drivers

    Jorge Estevez

    October 14, 2022 |

    WSB-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Georgia

    Gwinnett County Schools in Georgia is using active recruitment to keep an appropriate number of bus drivers on staff. Their team dedicated to transportation holds weekly job fairs, sends flyers home with students’ meals, and trains potential drivers on site.

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  • Just add water and stir — Owens Lake shows Utahns that even when salty lakes hit their lowest point, they can recover

    Leia Larson

    October 12, 2022 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Lone Pine, California

    To adjust from L.A. regularly draining Owens Lake for its water supply, locals have found that they can recover the dry lake by simply re-adding water to it, which prevents it from creating toxic dust storms. When water is added to the lake, the environment wakes up and becomes home to several plants and animals, specifically millions of birds, which depend on habitats like Owens Lake when traveling around the world.

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  • Putting a stop to labor trafficking!

    Jason Nguyen Ana Lastra Robert Arnold Adrian Montes

    October 11, 2022 |

    Solutionaries |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    The Equal Justice Center helps people who have experienced issues in the workplace like wage theft, labor trafficking and discrimination get justice against their employers.

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