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  • How two Black CEOs got corporate America to pay attention to voting rights

    May 04, 2021 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Georgia

    A small group of prominent Black business leaders personally urged their corporate peers to oppose the restrictive voting laws being considered in dozens of states. Public statements framing voting rights as a moral, non-partisan issue led to hundreds of corporations - including Microsoft and Target – publicly opposing the bills, with some threatening to withhold investment and campaign donations in states that pass such laws. The Major League Baseball All-Star game was pulled from Georgia. Organizers believe White executives were more likely to listen to Black executives than Black grassroots activists.

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  • Fifty new outlets, 250 journalists: Canadian startup unveils plan to revive local news

    May 03, 2021 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Canada, Victoria, British Columbia

    Tech entrepreneur Andrew Wilkinson started Capital Daily, a daily newsletter emailed to subscribers with news highlights from around Victoria. The local journalism model keeps residents informed on local issues and increases the accountability of decision makers. The publication began with just one reporter and used Facebook and Google advertising to grow to over 40,000 readers. After two years, the newsletter has evolved to produce long-form investigative features. A startup media group plans to replicate the model across the country, by hiring 250 new journalists and launching 50 new outlets by 2023.

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  • Las medidas que tomaron Canadá, Australia y Nueva Zelanda para quitarles las armas a los varones violentos y cuáles podría replicar la Argentina

    May 03, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Argentina

    En Argentina uno de cada cuatro femicidios ejecutado con un arma de fuego. Existe legislación que busca prevenir que las armas estén en poseción de agresores de mujeres, pero no es suficiente. El artículo compara esta legislación con otras implementadas en otros países que parecen tener mejores resultados y analiza cómo podrían implementarse en Argentina.

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  • How to Resolve Community Conflicts

    May 03, 2021 |

    Hawaii Business Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    Community organizing effectively blocked many development projects on O‘ahu that, while involving desirable outcomes like renewable energy, public parks, or affordable housing, failed to consider input from local communities about the potential impact of the developments. Some developers engage local stakeholders early and often in the process, finding that small changes to plans can sometimes avoid conflict altogether. Companies, such as Hawaiian Electric, require community outreach in the first stage of all projects, which has led to the creation of long-term value and positive social impact programs.

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  • Jirogasy's solar computers power offgrid schools in Madagascar

    May 03, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Madagascar, Antananarivo

    Jirogasy developed solar-powered computers and, maximizing a partnership with an education NGO, has helped expand computer access among rural schools without access to a grid. Using internationally-funded grants, they created the Jirodesk II, a Windows 10 powered PC that can be powered by the grid or charged via a solar panel. The computers are monitored remotely, which allows users to quickly get tech support, and the company monitors usage in Watt-hours for its “pay-per-use-until-you own model,” where users pay per number of Watt-hours used, and after a certain number of Watt-hours the machine is paid off.

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  • This Restaurant-Led Agriculture Effort Wants To Help Farmers And Ranchers Fight Climate Change

    May 03, 2021 |

    Colorado Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder County, Colorado

    A new county initiative in Colorado aims to support regenerative agriculture projects on farms as a way to take carbon from the atmosphere and store it in the soil in an effort to combat climate change. Restaurants donate 1 percent of their profits to the Restore Colorado initiative in Boulder County. The McCauley Family Farm is one of the first to sign on to this initiative and plan to plant more trees on their grazing land. While it can take years to see any benefits, organizers are looking to scale the initiative to be statewide.

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  • To Solve 3 Cold Cases, This Small County Got a DNA Crash Course

    May 03, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentland, Indiana

    Genetic genealogy's use in criminal cases has gone mainstream. As the cases of three murder victims in Indiana illustrate, the science of DNA evidence combined with genealogical research and detective work is rapidly ramping up, from a hobby to a curiosity and now to a major commercial and criminal-justice opportunity. Hundreds of missing persons have been identified from decades-old remains, or murder suspects identified from old biological evidence in cold cases. By creating a family tree of the victim or suspect, investigators can zero in on an identity more quickly and inexpensively than ever.

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  • This community garden in Southeast Washington grows far more than food

    May 03, 2021 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    As a way to bring the community together and promote healing in Southeast Washington, D.C., residents created a garden known as Project Eden. Their garden has grown to a plot of land that grows roots, legumes, fruits, and greens with a greenhouse and aquaponics system that has fed thousands of people. The founders view the garden as a way to strengthen food security and encourage resiliency for an area where people have witnessed violent acts.

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  • How rechargeable tricycles are saving pregnant mothers and newborns in rural Zimbabwe

    May 03, 2021 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Wedza

    Mobility for Africa provides electric tricycles, called Hambas, to take pregnant women to and from health appointments. Mobility is critical to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality and the three-wheel tricycles are easy to drive on rural roads. They run on a lithium battery that can be charged in about six hours using renewable energy and a single charge gets about three trips. The transportation allows women who live far from clinics and cannot afford transportation be able to access medical care. About 50 Hambas currently take women to and from doctor appointments during pregnancy until after delivery.

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  • ‘The fight has to change': Why Ferguson activists ditched police reform

    May 03, 2021 |

    Missouri Independent |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Decades of advocacy for more effective civilian oversight of police-misconduct investigations in St. Louis finally resulted in a new oversight board created in the wake of the death of Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson. But that board has been rendered a "total failure" because the police found ways to keep steering investigations to their secret, internal investigative office and preventing prosecutors from working independently on investigations. A new mayor and a sympathetic prosecuting attorney promise to fix the structural flaws that have let the police continue to investigate themselves.

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