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  • Chicken farming brightens future for Haitians

    Jamie McGee

    May 23, 2016 |

    The Tennessean |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Haiti, Gressier

    Middle Tennessee nonprofit KORE Foundation is combating poverty in rural Haiti with the help of chickens.

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  • Gun Control Is An Uphill Battle, But Here's One Of The Rare Success Stories

    Melissa Jeltsen

    May 13, 2016 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Connecticut

    Women are especially vulnerable to gun violence from domestic partners. New state and federal laws are being proposed and passed which require abusers to give up their firearm after a temporary restraining order is filed, others are trying to prevent anyone with an abusive history from being able to obtain a gun.

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  • ‘Police vs. Black': Bridging the ‘Racialized Gulf'

    Donna Ladd

    May 04, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York Police Department has Operation Ceasefire, in which a mother whose child was a victim of gun violence calls gang members at risk of perpetuating similar crimes. The effort aims to bridge the divide between ethnic minority communities and the police with community pressure on behalf of the police.

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  • Without an Address, You're No One

    Duncan Geere

    May 03, 2016 |

    How We Get to Next |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Without an address emergency response, voting rights, legal aid, bank accounts and more are difficult if not impossible to get. what3words is a new startup that has given every 3-meter-squares in the world a 3-word address in the hopes of creating a new global addressing system.

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  • A virtual reality check for texting drivers

    Jennifer Brannock Cox

    May 02, 2016 |

    Delmarva Now |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Salisbury, Maryland

    The company AT&T has created a virtual reality simulator that gives users the chance to experience the dangerous, and often deadly, consequences of texting while driving. The new technology is currently being tested by the public and is aimed especially at young drivers who are more often surrounded by distracting technology. This is just one of many initiatives AT&T is pursuing to try and curb phone use while driving – others include legislation and phone apps that silence phones while driving.

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  • Beth Israel Deaconess examines mistakes made after patients die

    Melissa Bailey

    May 02, 2016 |

    STAT |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    One of Boston's major teaching hospitals is examining how it handles patients’ bodies and supports family members after a death.

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  • The ‘Chicago Model' of Policing Hasn't Saved Chicago

    Simone Weichselbaum

    April 20, 2016 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago suffers from violence and tension between police officers and low-income predominantly Black communities. In 2011, the chief of police consulted with a network of university academics and began implementing “procedural justice,” which was an approach that trained police departments to surmount the lack of confidence that residents felt towards officers. The academics and police chief found that by directing social workers to the homes of at-risk community members, and regarding them with respect, there was a reduction in violence—but now the program has stalled.

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  • A Hunger to Live: The Struggle to Interrupt the Cycle of Violence

    Donna Ladd

    April 20, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    After going to prison themselves, John Knight of Jackson and Shanduke McPhatter of Brooklyn are living straight and determined to make changes. They work as "violence interrupters" in their neighborhoods, using an approach called "Cure Violence," developed by Dr. Gary Slutkin. They mentor other young, at-risk men and encourage them towards graduating high school, community service, staying away from drugs, and pursuing honest work.

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  • The Doctor Who Started a Cancer Treatment Revolution

    Alan Jeffries

    April 19, 2016 |

    Bloomberg |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Bethesda, Maryland

    Immunotherapy has shown promise as an alternative to radiation, chemotherapy, or surgery for treating certain kinds of cancer. By modifying the body’s own immune system to fight lymphoma, Doctor Steve Rosenberg has seen success in clinical trials. The technique has benefitted from recent breakthroughs in genetic engineering that allows for the reprogramming of immune cells.

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  • How Dwindling Fish Stocks Got a Reprieve

    Sylvia Rowley

    April 19, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Giving fishermen a business incentive to fish sustainably can “unleash their creative capacity” to help solve the problem, says one expert.

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