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  • 'Let's Try Something New' Meets the National Housing Squeeze

    July 18, 2022 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Boise, Idaho

    The Boise nonprofit, LEAP, builds affordable housing with innovative approaches, including using donated land held in trust and solar panels to keep utility costs low. The creative approach to land ownership and the use of alternative construction techniques and materials help more people afford homes in a fast-growing metro area.

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  • Ukrainian vegan cuisine: how volunteers in Uzhhorod organize healthy food for displaced people

    July 14, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Uzhhorod

    The volunteer-run Vegan Kitchen of Ukraine project provides vegan meals for displaced people in cities across the country and sends meal packages to soldiers. The volunteers prepare the food in their homes or during donated time at local kitchens.

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  • SPECIAL REPORT: Facing high wheat prices, Nigerian bakers turn to potato puree

    July 14, 2022 |

    Premium Times |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Bakers in Nigeria make bread with orange-fleshed sweet potatoes to help offset the growing cost of producing bread with just wheat flour.

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  • Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

    July 11, 2022 |

    KGNU Community Radio |

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    Response Location: Canada

    The Canadian company Green Circle Salons collects, cleans, and sends salon waste to be recycled to divert it from landfills.

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  • Hawaii's System Of Public Funding For Elections Doesn't Work

    July 10, 2022 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Seattle’s Democracy Voucher is an effective, yet underutilized, way to publicly fund political campaigns. The city sends four $25 vouchers to each registered voter, who chooses which candidates they want to receive their vouchers, and the city transfers the funds directly to the campaigns. Since the program started the number of donors increased and many candidates who successfully defeated incumbents had benefited from the program.

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  • Rural Literature Educator Helps Teachers Connect Students to Their Roots

    July 08, 2022 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Literacy In Place provides an online repository of literature resources that expand curriculums to incorporate rural identities, experiences, and cultures. Teachers and students at all levels can access book lists, lesson plans and activities that dispel negative rural stereotypes and assumptions.

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  • Paul Quinn's focus on mental health helps college students through trauma, stay on track

    July 01, 2022 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Paul Quinn, a historically Black college, developed an exhaustive program that supports students’ mental health as a way to encourage academic success. All incoming students have a mental health assessment with a counselor and have free access to therapy and support groups throughout their education. Professors, coaches, and academic advisers also offer support or can direct students to campus resources.

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  • I Drank Recycled Sewage To Get A Taste Of SoCal's Water Future

    June 27, 2022 |

    LAist |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Groundwater Replenishment System recycles over 100 million gallons of wastewater a day. Once processed, this water, which is flushed down toilets and drains, is safe to drink and can help address California’s water shortage.

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  • How One Nigerian State Overcame Vaccine Hesitancy and Eradicated Polio

    June 24, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Cross River

    Across Cross River, the government is partnering with traditional leaders, both chiefs and Muslim clerics, to build communication, trust, and acceptance of its polio vaccine program in local communities. The strategy has contributed to the fact that 900,000 children have received both sets of the vaccine and the state remains polio free.

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  • A study in contrasts: Low-turnout runoffs vs. Alaska's top-four, all-mail primary

    June 23, 2022 |

    The Fulcrum |

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    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    Alaska’s first primary election since it instituted a “top four” election system that places all candidates – regardless of party –on the same primary ballot, resulted in a less partisan campaign because people have to appeal to a more diverse group than their base in order to win. The all-mail primary also led to higher voter turnout, the highest since 2014.

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