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  • Years-old rape kits are finally being tested. No one can agree on what to do next.

    Jessica Contrera

    February 20, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Virginia Beach, Virginia

    In Virginia, a bill was passed to test around 2,902 rape kits that had never been tested. Then, the state passes another law that rules police agencies have to notify all victims that their kits have been tested. Advocates and law enforcement agents fear informing all victims will be triggering and traumatic, and prefer to inform only those whose kits result in a match. The Virginia Beach police meets with legislators in attempt to change the law, but fails. Ultimately they try to decide the best way of informing hundreds of survivors of sexual assault.

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  • Austin Just Brought Paid Sick Leave to the South

    Jimmy Tobias

    February 16, 2018 |

    The Nation (New York) |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    After a coalition of activists launched a campaign that included phone banking, door to door canvassing, and social media advertising to get the city to pass a universal paid leave policy, they won. Austin passed one of the most progressive paid leave policies, ultimately benefiting more than 200,000 workers.

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  • At crossroads of policing and murder, a long push for accountability

    Harry Bruinius

    February 15, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Criticism and protests led by community activists in NY led to wide scale changes in NYPD’s policing, it resulted in a large decrease at the unequal way the NYPD racially profiled black and latino men. Many of this activism was led by the mothers of young black men killed at the hands of NYPD. In Baltimore, mothers are also coalescing around the same issue, but they’re taking a different approach.

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  • How a Liverpool suburb upended its housing market

    Aditya Chakrabortty

    February 14, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: England, Liverpool

    To combat neighborhood neglect, a group of community members in Granby, a Liverpool neighborhood, took matters into their own hands by creating a community land trust. The land trust raised funds to reconstruct homes in a unique, sustainable way, and the trust protects housing rates by keeping rates in line with median income of the surrounding area.

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  • Safe, happy and free: does Finland have all the answers?

    Jon Henley

    February 12, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Finland

    In the past 150 years, Finland has gone from famine-ridden to renowned as one of the world’s strongest democracies with leading global rankings in health, education, and innovation. Culture is key to this transformation. Finns are both self-reliant and highly cooperative with a long history of putting independence, freedom, and opportunity for all people front and center in policymaking.

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  • Is There a Smarter Way to Think About Sexual Assault on Campus?

    Jia Tolentino

    February 12, 2018 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Researchers at Columbia University undertook an exhaustive ethnography, interviewing hundreds of students on campus to understand the conditions under which sexual assault occurs. The idea was to get past common assumptions about the dynamics of assault and find what strategies might work best to protect all students. Researchers concluded small structural adjustments to student life could bring substantial change, including more mental health services and different types of responses based on the individual students and the types of incidents.

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  • A Brighter Future for Run-Down Basketball Courts

    Natalie Daher

    February 07, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Dozens of basketball courts around the United States have received a beautiful and functional make-over. Project Backboard cleans, fixes, and beautifies outdoor basketball courts, effectively revitalizing the social practices of sport. The nonprofit hires local artists to work with communities, and those communities need to approve the artists’ designs before they are painted. Foundations have invested in this initiative, with its value being a key component to urban renewal.

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  • California School District Explores Strength-Based Learning

    Gail Cornwall

    February 02, 2018 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Galt, California

    Lake Canyon Elementary School in California takes a strength-based approach to instruction - teachers identify students' natural talents and create personalized lessons to encourage the development of these skills. "Focusing on the traits and skills kids don't have can lead them to become disengaged, while focusing on strengths produces greater levels of happiness and engagement at school and higher levels of academic achievement," one psychology professor explains. Teachers discipline by highlighting "a surplus of something good, not a deficiency." Can the expensive, time-intensive model succeed elsewhere?

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  • Hostile Environment

    Krista Langlois

    January 31, 2018 |

    Outside |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    As the United States grapples with its culture of sexual harassment and assault, women in the outdoor industry are starting demand action. Particularly in river guiding, harassment and discrimination are built into the industry’s male-dominated culture. In an effort to change this, companies are rethinking their approach sexual harassment training and how they can create a culture that respects women’s voices and experiences in the field.

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  • A new lick of paint can be all it takes to make cities safer for pedestrians

    Anoush Darabi

    January 30, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Redesigning streets to be more pedestrian-friendly can have big impacts on traffic safety and local business. A fast, easy and cheap way to weigh the pros and cons of such changes is to simply redraw street lines using paint or chalk, then measure public response. After a day-long pilot in Sao Paulo, 97 percent of locals supported making the proposed changes permanent.

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