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Student-led water testing spurs action at Detroit's School at Marygrove

Ethan Bakuli

April 03, 2023 |

Chalkbeat Detroit |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

Concerns and advocacy from earth science students in Detroit who conducted their own tests of water hydration stations across their school building led to an immediate administrative response. The students lobbied school, district, and city officials, advocating for increased testing and routine inspections of water fountain filters and the building’s pipe infrastructure.

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The Case for Free Jewish Day School

Mark Oppenheimer

April 03, 2023 |

Tablet Magazine |

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Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

In recent years, Jewish day schools such as TanenbaumCHAT in Toronto have worked to make their programs more affordable by leveraging philanthropy to reduce tuition and providing tools to help families calculate the financial aid available to them. In the six years since the program was launched, enrollment in TanenbaumCHAT's ninth-grade class has doubled.

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Veterans Push Back Against Military Recruitment in Schools

Ruben Brosbe

April 03, 2023 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

We Are Not Your Soldiers sends military veterans into school classrooms to discuss alternatives to enlisting and the harm the military has caused. More than 50 veterans have participated in the program, which focuses on debunking myths about recruitment benefits and contextualizing the role of the military in broader social issues.

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Maricopa County anticipated a lawsuit like Kari Lake's. So it changed how it reviews voter signatures.

Jen Fifield

March 30, 2023 |

Votebeat Arizona |

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Response Location: United States, Arizona

After being criticized for its signature verification process during the 2020 election, Maricopa County, Arizona instituted additional strategies and safeguards leading up to 2022, including expanded training for election workers, additional signature samples for comparison, and a new audit process for approved signatures. The county saw an increase in the number of bad signatures rejected, with 1800 rejected in 2022 compared to 587 in 2020.

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'POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE, LIKELY STOLEN': Native Nonprofit Educating Buyers About Indigenous Artifacts on Auction

Jenna Kunze

March 18, 2023 |

Native News Online |

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Response Location: United States

The Association on American Indian Affairs alerts community members when they learn of potentially sensitive cultural items going up for auction so they can take action to retrieve them. Many of these sensitive items were stolen from tribal nations, bands, or communities.

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Estonia's e-governance revolution is hailed as a voting success – so why are some US states pulling in the opposite direction?

Erik S. Herron

March 17, 2023 |

The Conversation |

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Response Location: Estonia

Estonia's e-governance system allows citizens to register for social programs, access health records, and complete most government business digitally. In March 2023, more than half of the country's voters cast their ballots via the internet for the first time.

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Cook County Jail Detainees Are Voting, But Getting Informed On The Candidates Can Be Tough

Trey Arline

March 17, 2023 |

Block Club Chicago |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Since instituting in-person voting and bringing in volunteers and advocacy organizations to help with registration, Chicago's Cook County Jail has seen the number of ballots cast by people incarcerated there increase. Turnout in the jail was 25 percent for the February 2023 municipal election, which surpassed the citywide turnout rate of 20 percent.

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The Enduring Power of the Garbage Strike

Feargus O'Sullivan

March 17, 2023 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

A sanitation strike in Memphis in 1968 led to wage increases and union protections for sanitation workers and also played a role in significant shifts in the local political landscape. The strike and others like it have inspired a long line of similar efforts, including an ongoing sanitation strike protesting French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to raise the country's retirement age.

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How Michigan removes voters from the rolls: double-check everything and call on community groups to help

Oralandar Brand-Williams

March 16, 2023 |

Votebeat Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Michigan

Michigan is among the states that participate in the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, a program that cross references voter registration and Social Security death data across state lines to help local officials identify and address duplicate registrations. Over the past four years, the state has canceled the registrations of more than 400,000 voters who died and more than 170,000 whose residency changed.

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Student Journalists in Nigeria Have Taken to Solutions Journalism, Here's Why

Phillip Anjorin Fatimah Idera

March 10, 2023 |

The Solutions Paper |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

Students in Nigeria are participating in trainings around solutions journalism, a framework for reporting on responses to social problems. Journalists who have adopted the method say it has given them renewed passion for the profession and helped build trust with their audiences.

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