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  • The schoolchildren confronting speeding motorists

    Dougal Shaw

    June 28, 2019 |

    BBC |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    In London, a new initiative called Junior Roadwatch is engaging children as traffic safety enforcers. Around one particularly busy and dangerous section of road, drivers who are caught speeding have two options: get a ticket or be questioned by a group of school-aged children. While newly developed, the initiative, devised by The Met Police and Transport for London, has stopped over 90 individuals for speeding, all of whom chose to answer questions from children about the consequences of their actions.

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  • My Quixotic Quest for Quiet in New York City Audio icon

    John Surico

    June 21, 2019 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Though cities around the world range in size, demographics, and countless other factories, they share a common trait: cities are loud. The app Hush City offers an easy way to find a quiet space amid the noise. The app uses crowdsourced data to report on quiet, and not so quiet, areas in densely populated areas around the world.

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  • Portugal, drugs and decriminalisation

    Kathleen Hawkins Hannah McNeish

    June 18, 2019 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Portugal

    In 2001, facing a 20-year opioid epidemic, Portugal decriminalized all personal drug use, meaning people carrying drugs for personal use could no longer face prosecution or jail. The approach, met with public support, offered people access to services like safe injection sites and counseling and showed demonstrable success in declining opioid related deaths, the spread of infectious diseases, and drug use all together. As the rest of the world faces a similar crisis, Portugal could be a model response.

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  • Black People Are Charged at a Higher Rate Than Whites. What if Prosecutors Didn't Know Their Race?

    Timothy Williams

    June 12, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The San Francisco District Attorney’s office has been instituting “blind charging,” making it impossible to see someone’s name, race, and other demographics before deciding to charge them with a crime. This new practice comes as a response to accusations of racial bias and profiling when deciding whether to pursue a charge – citing that black people are disproportionately targeted within the criminal justice system.

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  • The End of the Polling Booth

    Tina Rosenberg

    June 11, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    In Washington, Oregon, and Colorado, the traditional polling place has all but disappeared. In its place is the rise of the mail-in ballot, a convenient, inclusive method where states mail ballots to every registered voter--automatically. Evidence from all three of those states, as well as five California counties with a similar initiative, have showed an increase in voter turnout.

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  • People still look to Safe Station

    Rick Green

    June 10, 2019 |

    Manchester Ink Link |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

    Despite a new local hub and spoke program in New Hampshire, many people seeking help with addiction are still frequenting the former program that is based out of a fire station. Although the idea of the hub and spoke program "sounded good on paper," some believe that there is less stigma associated with going to a fire station rather than an office for help. Although the state plans to continue with the hub and spoke model to help increase access to resources across the state, the Safe Station program will also remain a resource for those in Manchester and Nashua.

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  • Can You Reshape Your Brain's Response To Pain?

    Patti Neighmond

    June 10, 2019 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    People who experience trauma in their early childhood are at a higher likelihood of experiencing chronic pain in later years, which often goes untreated. However, emotional awareness and expression therapy, which combines talk therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy, has shown significant success in treating those suffering from this health issue.

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  • Everyone Knows the Benefits of Meal-Sharing. Here's How to Actually Do It

    Yasmeen Wafai

    June 06, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    As family and community style dinners become increasingly less commonplace, studies are showing that communication, academics and nutrition may suffer, but The Family Dinner Project is working to change this by offering a toolkit to make group dinners easier. The resources offered in the toolkit include "games to play at the table, conversation starters, and tips to prevent conflict," all with the goal of creating community around the dinners again.

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  • She's Giving Every College Student a Life Coach

    Molly Fosco

    June 02, 2019 |

    OZY |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    After her experience arriving woefully unprepared at Dartmouth, Alex Bernadotte started Beyond 12, a tech nonprofit that provides virtual coaching to graduating high school seniors and college students. Beyond 12 has a special focus on first-generation college students and immigrants to help coach them through problems big and small. Beyond 12 now works with 120 high schools nationwide with more than 100,000 undergrad participants.

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  • Bengaluru non-profit builds play spaces from scrap

    Sakshi Rao

    May 30, 2019 |

    Citizen Matters |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Bengaluru

    In Bengaluru, India, Anthill Creations has created dozens of playgrounds, or "play scapes" as they call them, using recycled tire scraps that are safe and fun. Serving over 10,000 children, Anthill's play scapes allow spaces for children to engage in much needed play and outdoor activity necessary for successful development.

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