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What can we learn from a town that beat poverty

Lane Anderson

January 05, 2015 |

Deseret News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Dauphin, Manitoba

In a pilot program in a Canadian city, the working poor were given monthly cash supplements to their income. The recipients did not stop working and were able to access opportunities to make a better living long term.

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These Cities are Trading in Cigarette Butts for Cash

Courtney Subramanian

December 10, 2014 |

NationSwell |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

Most cities may have enacted smoking laws to curb people from lighting up in public, but cigarette butts continue to blanket streets, parks and beaches. Salem, Mass., and New Orleans are two such communities that have partnered with TerraCycle, a New Jersey-based company that pays by the pound for cigarette waste.

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An L.A. Story: Unions Show Signs of Life

Tina Rosenberg

November 06, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The minimum wage issue has been debated endlessly, with arguments both for and against its effectiveness. An increase, tested in some states and enacted in others, immeasurably betters the quality of life for low-income families.

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‘A National Admissions Office' for Low-Income Strivers

David Leonhardt

September 16, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Palo Alto, California

Attending college is not always a given option for gifted teenagers from less-than-wealthy backgrounds. National organization QuestBridge creates a way for low-income and minority high-achieving students to go to their dream colleges free of cost.

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Did this city bring down its murder rate by paying people not to kill?

Tim Murphy

June 01, 2014 |

Mother Jones |

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Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

Since Richmond, California’s Office of Neighborhood Safety began paying stipends to its “fellows” – the dozens of young men it works with at any given time who are deemed to be at high risk of gun-violence involvement – nearly all of its subjects have survived. Other evidence of its success is anecdotal or merely suggestive of an effect on the city’s violence. While the police chief warily credits it for being a positive force, others in the community are skeptical, if not outright antagonistic.

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Brazil's poverty solution? Give money to women

Lane Anderson

April 14, 2014 |

Deseret News |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo

In Brazil a conditional cash-transfer program is alleviating poverty, empowering women, and changing gender roles by giving families, especially mothers, money for sending kids to school and to regular doctor's visits.

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Brazil's Government Gives Money to Women Because 'They're More Reliable'

Olga Khazan

April 08, 2014 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo

In Brazil, a decade-long conditional cash transfer program called Bolsa Familia is helping families get out of poverty -- and helping empower women in the process. Although the central premise of the program - that women are more reliable than men when spending money meant for their children - has been criticized, there is some evidence that the cash transfers are helping women be more independent and boosting their social status.

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The Best Fix for High Unemployment? Prevent Companies From Laying Off Workers

Clare Foran

January 09, 2014 |

National Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Providence, Rhode Island

The unemployment crisis is a hard thing to solve - businesses sometimes have no choice but to let workers go. An innovative program tries to prevent joblessness by temporarily paying a portion of workers’ salaries at struggling companies.

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What Happens When You Just Give Money To Poor People?

David Kestenbaum

October 25, 2013 |

NPR |

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Response Location: Kenya, Siaya, Siaya

GiveDirectly, a non-profit organization, was simply giving impoverished people money intending for them to buy their own needs. Research shows that, contrary to popular belief, people are spending this money on what it was intended for instead of alcohol or other negative items.

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Living-wage' movement growing in region

Margot Roosevelt

September 01, 2013 |

Orange County Register |

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Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

In the past five years, as federal and state minimum wage levels failed to keep pace with the cost of living, and as the recession took its toll, the living wage movement has accelerated. Across the United States, more than 125 cities and counties have enacted ordinances or passed ballot initiatives to lift the wages of the working poor.

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