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  • Meet the Full-Service Social Media Secretary for Prisoners

    June 29, 2016 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Toledo, Ohio

    "A social secretary for people who have been deprived of the forms of communication that are now ubiquitous almost everywhere except for prisons," Renea Royster is part of a network of organizations (including Pigeonly, Infolincs, Inmatefone, and Phone Donkey) helping prisoners keep in touch with people on the outside.

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  • #SeaHomeless: Finding affordable, innovative ways to harness technology to combat homelessness

    June 29, 2016 |

    GeekWire |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The homeless population in Seattle is in a crisis of high proportions, with people facing a myriad of challenges. Different organizations have started to better integrate technology such as social media in addressing some of these issues, transitioning away from the paper-heavy systems may hold them back from maximum efficiency in their mission and leveraging digital tools to better reach those in need.

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  • From Uruguay, a Model for Making Abortion Safer

    June 28, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Uruguay

    In Uruguay, illegality and stigma surrounding abortions resulted in problems with maternal mortality rates. Utilizing a unique solution, a medical protocol was created to provide initial information and followup care to women seeking abortions.

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  • Syria's War on Doctors

    June 27, 2016 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: Syria, Aleppo

    In Syria, medical personnel are at risk of death as hospitals are frequent targets of bombing. With few medical specialists treating an assortment of injuries and diseases under the most dangerous circumstances, doctors began an underground network. This network installs cameras in hospital rooms to send pictures over mobile media to doctors abroad, doctors working on-site change their names, and animal waste powers the operations.

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  • Is Estonia the new Finland?

    June 23, 2016 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: Estonia, Tartu

    Most educators and policymakers can rattle off a list of international educational powerhouses: Korea. Singapore. Japan. Finland. But there’s an overlooked member of the list: Estonia. With a focus on equity, Estonia has quietly joined ranks of the global education elite.

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  • Holland is relocating homes to make more room for high water

    June 22, 2016 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Nijmegen

    The Dutch have spent centuries trying to hold back both the sea and the big rivers that flow into it. But rising water due to climate change is forcing a new approach for their low-lying country.

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  • Renewable Energy Has Arrived

    June 20, 2016 |

    EcoWatch |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The low-carbon future is taking a strong hold especially in developing countries which face a dual challenge of modernizing their economies and limiting carbon emissions.

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  • Bionic arm: A pioneering union between man and machine

    June 18, 2016 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    Prosthetics for most are frequently challenging, both in terms of mobility and associated pain. This video highlights a doctor in Sweden innovating new, more reactive prosthetics, aimed at addressing these challenges.

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  • Surgery without scalpels

    June 14, 2016 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    People suffering from tremors often have to dramatically alter their lifestyles to accommodate the involuntary muscle movements, but Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center Hospital are piloting a new approach that uses non-invasive surgery to remedy essential tremors. Although it's only been used on a small scale so far, the doctors are finding success with the focused ultrasound treatment.

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  • Liberia, Desperate to Educate, Turns to Charter Schools

    June 14, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Liberia

    In Liberia, a failing educational infrastructure is finding potential solutions through charter school partnerships. Through Partnership Schools for Liberia, these new schools present a unique model for increasing positive educational outcomes.

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