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  • The Group of Artists That's Winning Fair Pay By Targeting Nonprofits

    January 26, 2016 |

    In These Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In response to the low percentage of artists who are paid—even by large, prestigious museums—for exhibiting their work, the organization Working Artists and the Greater Economy (WAGE) advocates for fair pay for artists. This is done primarily by a “certification” program that calculates fair compensation for an artist based on the exhibiting institution’s operating budget and the type of labor executed by the artist.

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  • Reducing Preventable Harm in Hospitals

    January 26, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Agencies and hospitals working together want methods and protocols with which to guard better against the risks that can harm the patient. The key may be the "Swiss cheese model," by which a hospital must have multiple lines of defense to compensate for each individual system's weaknesses.

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  • A Bold Shift to Make Public Schools Serve Poor Students

    January 25, 2016 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    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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  • How 3 Simple Words Are Changing an Indian Town

    January 06, 2016 |

    Cosmopolitan |

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    Response Location: India, Puthol, Rajasthan

    Daughter, water, trees: A simple strategy to address ecological and gender concerns. Since 2007, villagers in Piplantri have embraced Paliwal's the ethos by planting 111 saplings every time a girl is born.

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  • In Seattle, a team approach gets victories against traffickers

    January 04, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Seattle's anti-trafficking program has enabled a high number of prosecutions against human traffickers. The program's task force depends on coordinating a number of actors across agencies and gaining funding from the Justice Department.

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  • Tomato pickers persuade big food companies to sign on to human-rights movement

    December 31, 2015 |

    Sun Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Immokalee, Florida

    Tomato pickers have spent more than 20 years on a campaign for dignity and fair pay. The workers have succeeded, against incredible odds, in getting some of the biggest corporations in the country to recognize their plight.

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  • The Unlikely Rise of Restorative Justice in a Conservative Upstate New York County

    December 29, 2015 |

    Slate |

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    Response Location: United States, Batavia, New York

    In a conservative upstate town in New York, an early advocate of what is now known as restorative justice pioneered the idea of finding alternatives to incarceration that address root causes of crimes and offer victims larger roles in the process. He did this by engaging different people across law enforcement, the community and social services. That built broad support, but the programs have struggled to maintain these innovations or make them permanent after the departure of the visionary founder.

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  • Mexico's first 'union' for guest workers fights abuses at home and in US

    December 28, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal

    Formed in 2013, the coalition of guest workers is recognized by the Mexican government. It gives transnational workers a platform to demand solutions to issues like recruitment fraud and trafficking.

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  • A year later, how this grassroots effort to help elders live at home is snowballing

    December 25, 2015 |

    Bangor Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Blue Hill, Maine

    As the traditional family structure changes and the elderly population of the United States grows, options for independent living grow challenging for the aged, who struggle with issues like loneliness, transportation to medical appointments, and carrying groceries. A grassroots effort called At Home is working to bring together community services, medical providers, and volunteers to provide assistance to seniors and afford them the opportunity to live independently in their own houses.

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  • How a regulation turned Bologna's civic pride into action

    December 23, 2015 |

    Citiscope |

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    Response Location: Italy, Bologna

    Bologna is demonstrating the utility of allowing citizens to help with projects in cash-strapped cities. A new policy makes it easier for citizens to head city projects and to participate in guiding the future of the municipality.

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