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Zero-Based Budgeting

Larry Platt

January 16, 2016 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

Josh Shapiro has reimagined how suburban public dollars are spent and reinvented government in the process: Beginning at zero. In doing so, he has stripped the budget of non-core line items.

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New Study Finds Recycled Phosphorus Could Fertilize 100 Percent of U.S. Corn

Andrew Urevig

January 15, 2016 |

Ensia |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

Looking at what recycled phosphorus could do for corn in the United States, the country’s number one crop, a study found that we’d need just 37 percent of available recyclable domestic phosphorus to fertilize all of the corn in the country.

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Crossing the Rubicon for disaster response

Catherine Cheney

January 12, 2016 |

Devex |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Haiti, Port-au-Prince

Last year, Team Rubicon carried out 35 domestic operations and three international operations, with overlapping missions in Kathmandu, Nepal, and Barikiki, Kiribati, as well as an operation in Roseau, Dominica. The humanitarian organization has two goals: improving overseas disaster response and finding new ways to bring military veterans into humanitarian operations.

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Better Safety Helps Bangladesh Shipbuilding Industry

Amy Yee

January 08, 2016 |

Voice of America (VOA) |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Bangladesh, Chittagong

A shipbuilding company in Bangladesh brought down its high rate of workplace injuries from about 1,000 per month to 10 by bucking workplace norms in the country with safety restrictions that include protective gear like hardhats and goggles. Western Marine did this by putting in place warnings, fines and even threats of job losses for workers who violated safety rules. Its investment has paid off with new orders from international companies who require all suppliers to follow high safety standards, setting them apart from competitors in the country.

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How to Get Out of Solitary — One Step at a Time

Maurice Chammah

January 07, 2016 |

The Marshall Project |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Alger, Michigan

New programs aim to ease inmates out of years of solitary confinement by passing them through different "stages," each with different behavioral requirements and rewards. It's an approach that allows inmates to gradually gain more control over their lives.

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Can Gun Stores Play a Role in Suicide Prevention?

Elizabeth Van Brocklin

January 04, 2016 |

The Trace |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Hookset, New Hampshire

Spurred by three suicides in one week in New Hampshire, a gun store owner launched the Gun Shop Project to educate more firearm sellers and others on how to spot suicidal customers. Many other gun sellers joined the effort in that state and it has expanded slowly in some other states, but it has also met pushback. Some owners feel they aren't qualified to assess mental health conditions and others fear it's another way to implement more gun control laws.

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In Seattle, a team approach gets victories against traffickers

Mark Trumbull

January 04, 2016 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Seattle's anti-trafficking program has enabled a high number of prosecutions against human traffickers. The program's task force depends on coordinating a number of actors across agencies and gaining funding from the Justice Department.

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How Uganda Came To Earn High Marks For Quality Of Death

Rae Ellen Bichell

January 03, 2016 |

NPR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Kampala, Central Region

Uganda has the best quality of death among low-income countries, according to the Economic Intelligence Unit. Its success stems in part from the strictly regulated but available supply of morphine, which is distributed by pharmacists in labeled bottles.

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No Visible Bruises: Domestic Violence and Traumatic Brain Injury

Rachel Louise Snyder

December 30, 2015 |

The New Yorker |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

There is an emergency-room screening tool that aims to identify victims of domestic violence with a potential traumatic brain injury called HELPPS, but its use is neither widespread nor standardized.

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The Unlikely Rise of Restorative Justice in a Conservative Upstate New York County

Mark Obbie

December 29, 2015 |

Slate |

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Response Location: United States, Batavia, New York

In a conservative upstate town in New York, an early advocate of what is now known as restorative justice pioneered the idea of finding alternatives to incarceration that address root causes of crimes and offer victims larger roles in the process. He did this by engaging different people across law enforcement, the community and social services. That built broad support, but the programs have struggled to maintain these innovations or make them permanent after the departure of the visionary founder.

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