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Putting a face to a movement: Trader Joe's unionization

Helen Li

October 12, 2022 |

Prism |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Trader Joe’s stores across the United States are pushing for unionization with mixed results. While some stores have seen success, others have faced union-busting tactics and, in one scenario, an abrupt store closure.

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At This Alexandria Community, The Challenges Of Mobile Home Ownership Are Thrown Into Sharp Relief

Eliza Tebo

October 12, 2022 |

DCist |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Alexandria, Virginia

When an offer to buy the Harmony Place mobile home community in Alexandria, Virginia, came in, the residents worked with a nonprofit to make a counterproposal in an effort to turn it into a co-op. The seller did not accept the counterproposal, but it is now considered a template for other communities looking to do something similar.

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Would you like a side of offshoring with that?

Amanda Aronczyk Kenny Malone

September 30, 2022 |

NPR |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Canada, Toronto

To combat hiring issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, some restaurants have leaned on more innovative solutions, like hiring offshore workers to work remotely from other countries. These virtual cashier systems provide ease for employers while still providing customers with a real person to talk to.

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‘Too Good to Be True': NH Gives Students $1,000 for Tutoring — Yet Sign-Ups Lag

Asher Lehrer-Small

August 29, 2022 |

The 74 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

To stem pandemic-related learning loss, New Hampshire allocated $2.5 million in COVID-19 relief funding to offer $1,000 scholarships to any student in need of private tutoring. But less than a third of the fund has been used, with only 724 students receiving scholarships for this year, leading experts to posit that the state has failed to adequately advertise the opportunity to the families most in need of aid or remove other barriers to accessing tutoring.

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Is police accountability working in San Francisco?

Eleni Balakrishnan

August 04, 2022 |

Mission Local |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

After San Francisco voters approved the creation of a new Department of Police Accountability to investigate allegations of police misconduct, the body recommended discipline for officers at a higher rate than the state average in 2021. But the majority of cases are still settled in favor of officers and 66 percent of civilian complainants reported being dissatisfied with the outcome of their case, an outcome experts and former employees of the DPA attribute to a lack of independent authority and leadership to wield the agency's powers.

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Is Tree Planting A Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card On Climate?

Rachel Nuwer

July 21, 2022 |

Noēma |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Sri Lanka

Many tree-planting projects are too poorly designed and maintained to benefit the environment. Long-term upkeep, increased transparency, and listening to scientific evidence can help these projects succeed, but tree planting should not be the only practice relied on to midigate climate change.

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Can a new encampment strategy get people housed permanently? Two Seattle campers find different answers

Scott Greenstone

July 17, 2022 |

The Seattle Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Mary Pilgrim is a 99-room converted-hotel shelter that provides people their own space while a case manager helps them find more permanent housing. While some have thrived in the shelter, which has provided housing for many people removed from homeless encampments and has strict hygiene and safety rules for residents, some residents and staff have encountered violence and there is a substantial amount of narcotics flowing through the shelter.

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How the Yurok Tribe Is Bringing Back the California Condor

Sharon Levy

June 22, 2022 |

Undark |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Yurok Nation, United States, California

At a condor facility in Redwood National Park, the Yurok Tribe is raising young California condors to be released into the wild in an effort to increase the population of the critically endangered species.

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How Nigeria's Only Biogas Mini-grid Project Failed With Lessons To Learn

Chinonso Kenneth

June 15, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Rije

A local farm builds a biogas electric grid for its community to access electricity. The grid is powered with chicken feces through anaerobic digestion, which occurs when bacteria break down the waste into a gas.

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Germany's lessons learned from the 2015 refugee crisis

Anne-Sophie Brandlin

April 30, 2022 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Germany, Berlin

Drawing on lessons learned during the 2015 refugee crisis in Europe, organizations such as Zusammenleben Wilkommen are working to connect Ukrainian refugees with housing, employment, and social support. Since the Russian invasion, the platform, which helps match refugees with rooms in shared apartments, has seen a spike in users offering up accommodations.

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