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What's deadly dull and can save the world? (Hint: We can't stand it)

Maite Vermeulen

April 14, 2016 |

The Correspondent |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Haiti

A lack of bureaucratic services has kept people in poverty around the world by limiting the number of documents attainable by citizens who have a low-income, verifying proof of property ownership. "Capacity building" in the form of sending "tax inspectors without borders," book-keeping classes, and expanding bureaucratic services for places in need, allow people to make investments in their properties that can lift them above the poverty line.

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New App Helps Undocumented Immigrants Find College Scholarships

Mariela Patron

April 03, 2016 |

KQED |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Many undocumented students are often encumbered when seeking prosperous avenues to college affordability and DREAMer’s Roadmap app is changing that. The app, founded by Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca—an undocumented immigrant—works to help connect other undocumented students with scholarship opportunities by letting students search through a free database of scholarships, and sending users alerts via text, email or social media when new scholarships are added to the system.

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How a Wife's Tiny Food Shop Brought Financial Freedom and Escape from Domestic Violence

Sonia Narang

March 08, 2016 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Indonesia, Yogyakarta

In Indonesia, a country where cases of domestic violence have increased recently, efforts are made to give women business training and financial help to encourage them to leave bad situations at home.

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Why Birmingham Is Thriving in a County That's Bankrupt

Scott Latta

March 08, 2016 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Jefferson, Alabama

In Alabama’s largest city, a story of economic confidence in an unlikely place.

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Large malt producer uses wood chips to fuel power plant

Gregg Hennigan

March 04, 2016 |

Rock Road Recycle |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Shakopee, Minnesota

Rahr Malting, a brewery in Shakopee, MN, has found a creative way to sustainably address their energy needs. The company partners with the Mdewakanton Sioux Community to use waste barley hulls from the malting factory to generate electricity for their facilities, selling excess power to the public grid while the waste heat sprouts the malt to make beer.

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How a 19th-Century Town Became a New Millennium Marvel

Colin Woodard

February 18, 2016 |

Politico |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

Manchester, New Hampshire used creative financing and collaboration between businesses and the state to rise up from its industrial past and create a promising future in the tech landscaping. Developers purchased dilapidated factories and abandoned buildings and constructed updated office and commercial space for Internet and tech companies to make their way into the city, bringing young workers with them.

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Helping Homeless Artists Turn Around Their Fortunes

Glenn Rifkin

February 17, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

It's often difficult for the disadvantaged portion of the population to find meaningful and rewarding work. The start-up ArtLifting takes pieces created by homeless and disabled people, finds buyers and shares the proceeds with the artists.

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São Paulo Is Betting Better Urban Planning Can Solve a Housing Crisis

Catesby Holmes

February 08, 2016 |

Next City |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo

The Western Hemisphere’s biggest city has developed a model blueprint for progressive housing policy in developing countries, in large part by affirming squatters' rights and demanding a certain percentage of low-income housing in new developments.

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Jobs for the Homeless

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

February 02, 2016 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

An Albuquerque program pays panhandlers to clean up city trash—and gets them needed help, pairing city services with a jobs program.

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How can coffee become a better tool for development?

Catherine Cheney

January 28, 2016 |

Devex |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Butembo, Nord-Kivu

All over the world, new fair trade projects or approaches are sprouting up to foster trading relationships that pay off for farmers, giving them more adequate wages and rights.

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