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  • People Fixing The World, Smashing the glass ceiling for young Africans

    June 15, 2021 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Zimbabwe

    A network of mentors is helping young Zimbabweans navigate school and work life in an effort to help students succeed. A student came up with the idea when he realized mentors are most effective when they themselves come from similar backgrounds and are familiar with the obstacles and unique challenges faced by those they are trying to help.

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  • The force that could redraw the peninsula of India

    June 15, 2021 |

    BBC |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India

    In the South Indian coast, erosion is leading to disappearing beaches. A study found that this erosion was in part due to man-made structures like a harbor that was built in the late 80s, groynes, and seawalls. These structures were interfering with the natural movement of sand. To fix it, they needed a structure that could block waves but also allow sand movement, the solution? An artificial reef. It was installed and some beaches are already seeing the results.

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  • Delivery Apps like Grubhub and DoorDash charge restaurants huge commission fees. Are delivery co-ops the solution?

    June 15, 2021 |

    The Counter |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Lexington, Kentucky

    Delivery cooperatives are being formed as alternatives by drivers who are pooling their money and charging customers a one-time fee in a subscription-based model. Customers and restaurants alike pay a set monthly fee for delivery services without any extra or hidden costs. Drivers are full-time employees that are eligible for benefits such as medical insurance and profit-sharing options. Restaurants are able to avoid exorbitant commission fees while drivers avoid predatory business practices.

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  • Federal program that helps farmers during the pandemic is changing the local food landscape

    June 13, 2021 |

    The Almanac |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    The Farmers to Family program, an initiative from the U.S Department of Agriculture set aside $3 billion for its Farmers to Families Food Box program, part of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. The program awarded contracts farmers and distributors to provide food for families experiencing food insecurity. The article lays out some of the challenges with the program like issues with how the contracts were awarded, difficulty coordinating between distributors and farmers, stringent requirements, as well as the quick, creative solutions that were deployed to overcome them.

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  • Co-ops are democratizing the food chain

    June 10, 2021 |

    The Real News Network |

    Video |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The food-supply business is known for exploitative pay and poor working conditions. But Brooklyn Packers, a Black-owned cooperative launched in 2016, pays its owner-workers and vendors fair wages and is founded on traditions in the Black community of food sovereignty and mutual aid. Those values paid off at the start of the pandemic, when demand for fresh produce deliveries exploded. Brooklyn Packers retooled its business model to meet the demand, showing that a non-hierarchical business can move quickly.

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  • The push to remake policing takes decades, only to begin again

    June 10, 2021 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    Three "historic firsts in policing reforms" show how attempts to root out systemic problems in policing can fail. In all three cases – federal intervention to curb civil rights abuses in Pittsburgh, a computerized early-warning system to spot abusive Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies, and rules put in place to reduce racial profiling in New Jersey traffic stops – bureaucratic and leadership failures, plus cultural resistance to change in police ranks, undermined early successes or good intentions. In all three cases, the problems persist decades later.

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  • Bringing wild bison and an endangered ecosystem back

    June 04, 2021 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Research suggests that in the 1500s there were 30 million to 60 million bison, 400 years later roughly 1,000 remained. Today, their ecosystem, the Great Plains, is one of the most endangered in the world. However, there is a growing movement trying to change that. Across the U.S. indigenous communities are trying to return bison to parts of their historic range. This article looks at various ways indigenous communities are unfolding different methods to do just that, not only to grow the population, but to return them to their culture.

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  • Community Ambassadors Are the Link to Toronto's Unvaccinated Populations

    June 04, 2021 |

    The Local |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    Toronto’s Vaccine Engagement Teams Grant has awarded $5.5 million to community organizations in 140 neighborhoods to hire and train local ambassadors for vaccine outreach. Because the ambassadors share a lived experience with the communities, they can effectively identify the barriers people face. The on-the-ground effort includes sharing information, advocating for community needs, and helping people access services. The outreach focuses on people often overlooked by government services, such as unhoused people and people who do not speak English or have precarious immigration status.

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  • Boise Is Tapping Into Free, Sustainable Energy - and Other Cities Could Follow Suit

    June 03, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Boise, Idaho

    In the late 1800s a local water company found hot springs in Boise. They decided to build pipes and transport the water to some nearby homes and towns to heat them, creating a geothermal heating system. In the 1980s, the city replicated this model at a larger scale. Water from a naturally hot aquifer flowed through pipes heating 100 large buildings Downtown, equivalent to more than 6 million square feet. Geothermal heating is completely clean, it requires no fossil fuels. Currently, there's only 23 geothermal districts in America. However, one study estimates that by 2050 there could be 17,500.

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  • A business without bosses

    June 03, 2021 |

    The Real News Network |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    ChiFresh Chicago is owned and run by formerly incarcerated women of color. The business' five owner-workers responded to the pandemic's effect on food insecurity, in neighborhoods that already had high rates of that problem, by providing healthy, culturally appropriate meals to the communities hardest hit. In the longer term, ChiFresh's goal is supporting the community's food sovereignty while managing their own livelihood on their own terms.

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