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  • Grocery cooperatives help keep small towns alive

    Nafeesa Syeed

    January 14, 2007 |

    The Spokesman-Review |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Anita, Iowa

    Anita, Iowa faced many of the same challenges as other small towns when the last local grocer closed amid competition with large chains like Costco and Walmart. But when its residents realized the value of a local "mom-and-pop" food purveyor to the town's economy, they created the Anita Grocery Cooperative and a board to oversee it. The Coop marks a testament to collective action, resilience, and sustainable, locally-sourced solutions.

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  • Special Report: Abandoning our mentally ill

    Meg Kissinger

    March 19, 2006 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    With the promise of community care, psychiatric wards were unlocked 30 years ago. Today, the sickest patients live in squalor.

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  • Coalition eager to apply lessons at home, Milwaukee anti-crime group inspired by its mission to Boston

    James H. Burnett III

    May 28, 2000 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Now that a coalition of Milwaukee preachers, police and prosecutors has witnessed firsthand the success of a crime-fighting partnership in Boston, the local coalition is clearing its first obstacle -- putting its ideas into action at home.

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