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  • SNAP-Ed addresses food insecurity with lessons on healthy eating, living

    November 09, 2017 |

    Richland Source |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    Food insecurity, obesity, and poor nutrition are all currently major challenges facing many US communities, particularly in the Midwest. SNAP-Ed is helping to tackle all of those issues through a program that teaches food stamp recipients handy tips such as better shopping habits, how to prepare tasty but healthy meals, and ways to stay physically fit.

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  • This gender-sensitive data tool could revolutionise the fight against poverty

    November 08, 2017 |

    Apolitical |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Australia

    Currently poverty is assessed on a household basis, however individuals within the same house can experience poverty differently. The Individual Deprivation Measure will be the first gender-sensitive tool that will be able to help better inform policy and understandings of poverty.

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  • 'Making war is easier than making peace': in conversation with Colombia's President Santos

    November 08, 2017 |

    The Guardian |

    Podcast |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Colombia

    The rights of victims are at the center of Colombia’s peace agreement. These rights include those to reparations, justice, non-repetition, and truth. This choice - as well as investment in education, health, infrastructure, and technology - is helping the country recover from decades of armed conflict.

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  • When the American Dream Becomes Human Rights Abuse

    October 30, 2017 |

    NationSwell |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Non-profits in California worked together to set up a national network for undocumented immigrants to fight isolation and support legal aid. Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC) offers a free confidential hotline to report human rights abuses at detention centers and help families locate each other. CIVIC’s volunteers receive 14,000 calls a month from 210 detention centers in the United States.

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  • Creating a 'Traffic Jam' Against Sex Trafficking: This Groundbreaking Tech is a Game-Changer

    October 28, 2017 |

    Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN News) |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States

    A software helps investigators link crimes in different parts of the country to find patterns that indicate human trafficking. Traffic Jam uses artificial intelligence to comb through reams of public records and data, and even uses facial recognition tools, to find links to larger criminal networks in cases that could have seemed like local prostitution arrests. So far it has helped officials rescue hundreds of victims of human trafficking and could be applied to other crimes as well.

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  • Rumours about Germany: telling refugees about the danger of ignorance

    October 23, 2017 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Germany

    Germany has identified a problem with refugees hearing lies about migrating to Germany, often from traffickers who just want to make money. 'Rumours about Germany' is a website for migrants to get the truth about Germany.

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  • The chatbots taking over government: what jobs can they do?

    October 17, 2017 |

    Apolitical |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, North Charleston, South Carolina

    Chatbots don’t sleep. They can respond to citizen inquiries 24 hours a day. From North Charleston to Singapore, automated conversation platforms are improving the connection between governments and the people they serve by providing an easy channel for information exchange and public consultation.

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  • These simple design tricks can help diminish hate speech online

    October 11, 2017 |

    Quartz |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Tech platforms are trying to find a way to battle hate speech while guarding free speech. Various sites have found success by using design elements to de-incentivize incivility, and are promoting more constructive debate in their comments and posts.

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  • Here's What Actually Reduces Gun Violence

    October 02, 2017 |

    Buzzfeed |

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    Response Location: United States

    Among policy proposals to reduce gun violence the most effective are background checks and the use of focused deterrence by law enforcement. The latter is where police meet with community leaders and members of criminal groups to warn of harsh penalties for gun use, while also connecting people with resources to help them move beyond criminal activity. Laws that temporarily remove guns from those who may be suicidal or homicidal also show promise, but there isn't much data on them yet.

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  • The Impossible Burger: Inside the Strange Science of the Fake Meat That 'Bleeds'

    September 20, 2017 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: United States, Silicon Valley, California

    A genetically engineered fake meat that smells, tastes and has the same texture as a regular beef burger? Sounds impossible, but it's not for the Impossible Burger. Made from ingredients such as wheat and potato protein and coconut, it's the tactic of extracting heme (the ingredient found in the hemoglobin of cows) from leghemoglobin (a the plant alternative) that really helps the Impossible Burger succeed. This success is also a success for the environment by using less land, a quarter of the water and emitting an eighth of the greenhouse gases than is reported for livestock rearing.

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