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  • 2021 Will Be the Year of Guaranteed Income Experiments

    January 04, 2021 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States

    Universal Basic Income is gaining popularity across the United States, where 11 cities in 2021 are either extending or piloting new programs that provide cash payments without any conditions on how to spend the money. The success of UBI has been detailed in several other cities, most notably in Stockton, California, under Mayor Michael Tubbs, who has been voted out but has since launched the Mayors for a Guaranteed Income. The coalition of 30 mayors will run experiments by choosing families and individuals facing economic hardship; the ultimate goal being a federal UBI program.

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  • Tautinėms bendrijoms lietuvių kalba ir kliūtis, ir galimybė – kas galėtų padėti išeiti iš užburto rato

    January 04, 2021 |

    Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

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    Response Location: Lithuania, Visaginas

    Lietuvių kalbos kursai, Visagino savivaldybės jau 30 metų siūlomi gyventojams, yra nepakankamai efektyvi priemonė, kad padėtų rusakalbiams visaginiečiams geriau integruotis į Lietuvos visuomenę. Ekspertai teigia, jog reikia lietuvių kalbos mokymą privalu intensyvinti, ypač mokyklose.

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  • CASA program uses volunteers to advocate for kids

    January 04, 2021 |

    Knox Pages |

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    Response Location: United States, Mount Vernon, Ohio

    In 55 Ohio counties, judges can appoint volunteers from Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) programs to represent the interests of children when their families' struggles end up in court. CASA volunteers act as a judge's eyes and ears in the lives of children who are suspected of being victims of abuse or neglect, or who at least need a more stable home. They recommend placement options and treatment services. Such programs can save counties money, by replacing paid lawyers serving as guardians, and volunteers can be more attentive to children's needs.

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  • Five Days Without Cops: Could Brooklyn Policing Experiment be a ‘Model for the Future'?

    January 03, 2021 |

    The City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    For 50 hours over five days, police and community members collaborated on the Brownsville Safety Alliance pilot project, which kept police officers away from a longtime crime hotspot so that community members could provide for police-free public safety. During the experiment, no one in the neighborhood called 911 to report a serious crime. Criminologists caution that the test does not prove that police can step away permanently. But residents say that after longstanding friction over policing, they and the police struck a new tone of cooperation in community-led crime prevention that they hope can continue.

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  • New laws lead some Washington prosecutors to rethink three-strike life sentences

    January 03, 2021 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Nearly three decades after Washington voters made their state the first to enact a three-strikes law, imposing life imprisonment for repeated, serious offenses, some prosecutors have found ways to avoid the law's effects that are seen as unduly harsh or racially biased. Some have interpreted a law authorizing resentencing to apply to three-strikes cases. Others have pushed the governor to grant clemency more often. This new willingness to question the law's effects is not universal among prosecutors, and the state Supreme Court soon will weigh in on the issue.

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  • Teachers on TV? Schools Try Creative Strategy to Narrow Digital Divide

    January 03, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    “Let’s Learn NYC!” Is the New York City Public School System's answer to teaching students via television. The program is one of many around the country, which began at a FOX station in Houston. Through the program, students are able to watch science, math, and even dance lessons. The program has been scaled and adapted to a variety of large cities like San Francisco, Houston, Chicago, and others.

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  • A Mariachi Family

    January 03, 2021 |

    Daily Emerald |

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    Response Location: United States, Springfield, Oregon

    Springfield High School's mariachi program creates a cultural bridge between generations and offers opportunities for high school students to learn about and share their culture. The school’s Mariachi Del Sol began in 2008 as just the second ethnically diverse music program in the state. Open to any student playing any instrument, it has grown significantly over the years and now offers a beginning and advanced class. The advanced class performs publicly, including an annual gig at Disneyland. The program's popularity led other schools throughout the state to offer mariachi to their students.

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  • 'Where Are The Women?': Uncovering The Lost Works Of Female Renaissance Artists

    January 02, 2021 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Italy

    Advancing Women Artists (AWA) is a nonprofit foundation that has identified around 2,000 pieces of art by women artists that were forgotten or stored away in Italy’s museums and churches. The organization has financed the restoration of 70 works from the 16th to the 20th centuries. Although women generally couldn’t study or devote themselves to art, some of the artists’ works were known during their times but disappeared from public writings around the 19th century. AWA’s work restoring, documenting, and exhibiting women’s art has contributed to increased interest in and awareness of art by women.

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  • In Brattleboro, a new kind of police patrol pushes treatment, not jail

    January 02, 2021 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Brattleboro, Vermont

    Police officers paired with substance abuse counselors go onto Brattleboro's streets to offer no-strings-attached help to people using drugs. Without using arrests or other coercion, the Project CARE "recovery coaches" have connected dozens of people to rehab and other needed services since the program began in July 2018. Modeled on bigger, successful programs in Gloucester and Brockton, Massachusetts, CARE's effect on overdoses is unknown and the involvement of police is seen by some as a drawback. But the outreach has let the community know help is available for the asking – even from cops.

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  • Rebel eviction-enforcers are helping tenants stay in their homes

    January 01, 2021 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Constables tasked with enforcing evictions in Arizona are taking a different approach during the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of forcing residents out and changing the locks, constables are delaying evictions to follow CDC guidelines and providing information to residents for local resources that can help instead. The results of their efforts have led to fewer evictions as well as the creation of the new role of behavioral health specialist, which will help vulnerable tenants access resources.

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