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  • Is farming a public service?

    September 05, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    To develop the next generation of producers, the Young Farmers Coalition non-profit is now pushing Congress and individual state legislatures to take a big step: forgiving farmers’ student loans.

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  • Tired of being humiliated, these girls fought the school dress code. And won.

    September 01, 2016 |

    Upworthy |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    School dress codes overwhelmingly affect girls, and being accused of breaking the code results in missed school and wearing 'shame clothes'. A few Portland students fought the school board, and it resulted in a new gender neutral dress code.

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  • Can a Fresh Cup of Coffee Help Mend Police-Civilian Relations?

    September 01, 2016 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    New Orleans police adopted a program popular in many other cities called Coffee With A Cop in an effort to foster more normal communication among police and citizens over a cup of Joe. It's a version of community policing, but certainly not a panacea for investing in actual community policing programs and the article points out that the city got rid of some of those programs while it's trying out this new model. It's initial rollout seems to offer hope for better relations between residents and police, while acknowledging the many challenges.

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  • Public art to revive a community

    August 24, 2016 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: United States

    Urban decay has left a "physical legacy" of past economic hardships in cities. Many cities across the world are now implementing programs that promote public art that rebuilds and reimagines neighborhoods.

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  • Busting the billion-dollar myth: how to slash the cost of drug development

    August 24, 2016 |

    Nature |

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    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

    When the population in need of a new dug is very poor, the private sector has little incentive to create and test new drugs. Through product development partnership, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative keeps the costs of drug development down. For example, the non-profit pays for and runs clinical trials under the name of the drug company, helping their image, in return the drug company doesn’t patent the drug and sells it to the people in need for a much a cheaper price.

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  • Microsoft: No Single Organization Can Close Skills Gap

    August 24, 2016 |

    Forbes |

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    Response Location: United States

    Microsoft and Boys and Girls Clubs of America are partnering to expand access to computer science education. A pilot program in 25 clubs across the country exposed 1,000 kids and teens to the first two levels of a four-part coding series. Despite its promise, the program faces impact limitations and scaling challenges including a lack of experienced instructors.

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  • Nextdoor Rolls Out Product Fix It Hopes Will Stem Racial Profiling

    August 24, 2016 |

    Buzzfeed |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The location-based social network Nextdoor responded to criticism about racial profiling on its site by revamping the platform. The company collaborates with many public agencies and Oakland’s mayor said the city’s departments should stop working with Nextdoor until it addressed these issues. Nextdoor subsequently changed how people can report crimes or suspicious activity so that race is de-emphasized and this has reduced racial profiling on the site by 75 percent, although some activists who helped Nextdoor say they were left out of the process and there is more work to do.

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  • Secret Cameras Record Baltimore's Every Move From Above

    August 23, 2016 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Technology developed in the military to find who was planting roadside bombs to take out American soldiers has been adapted for civilian use by a former member of the Air Force, whose company seeks to work with police departments to use it to solve crimes. The airborne cameras provide hours of consistent surveillance and have proven highly effective at tracking down perpetrators so police can arrest them. But civil libertarians are alarmed what this widespread surveillance means and how it will be used, particularly since Baltimore officials did not tell the public about it for months.

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  • The Race for a Zika Vaccine

    August 22, 2016 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: United States

    In the past two years, Zika virus has arisen as one of the most pressing public health concerns. This piece charts the worldwide efforts by doctors using new technology to develop a vaccine for Zika.

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  • Training programs promise good jobs without college degrees. Can they deliver?

    August 16, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    Many businesses are in need of technical-skilled laborers, however, such training has decreased in the last 30 years. A few non-profits are working with employers in the region to provide "skill-based" training for free. Filling these job gaps is beneficial to companies, individuals who have not obtained a college degree, and the U.S. economy.

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