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  • Why Rwanda Is Doing Better Than Ohio When It Comes To Controlling COVID-19

    July 15, 2020 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Rwanda

    Rwanda, a country with the same population of Ohio, has emerged as an example of how to slow the spread of coronavirus, with only 1,500 cases reported so far. Besides initiating a lockdown, implementing free testing, and recruiting community health care workers, police, and college students to be contact tracers, officials also used "the same structure, same people, same infrastructure and laboratory diagnostics" that had been working to contain the spread of HIV.

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  • Law Firms Step Up To Help Small Businesses Navigate COVID-19 Crisis

    July 15, 2020 |

    Boise State Public Radio (KBSX) |

    Radio |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Idaho

    Lawyers are providing free legal consultations to business owners and health care workers whose lives and livelihoods have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Pro bono legal aid in Idaho is helping businesses navigate problems with vendor contracts, loan assistance programs and HR issues. In New York, Lawyers for Good Government is a nonprofit providing wills for health care workers on the front lines of COVID-19. The legal consultations have proved effective 9 out of 10 times but the volunteer lawyers are unable to meet the high demand for legal assistance.

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  • During the pandemic, students do field and lab work without leaving home

    July 15, 2020 |

    Science Magazine |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Due to the pandemic, university professors teaching field and lab work courses are rethinking ways to provide what was formerly a strictly in-person, hands-on experience. In New Hampshire staff at a marine laboratory are streaming virtual dissections and field trips to students, and geology instructors across the U.S. have developed online courses like “Orienteering in Minecraft” and “Geology of Yosemite Valley,” and virtual land surveying.

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  • Reducing harm in Santa Cruz County law enforcement

    July 15, 2020 |

    Santa Cruz Local |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Santa Cruz, California

    The city of Santa Cruz is considering adopting a crisis-intervention strategy used in Eugene, Oregon, after two fatal police shootings of people suffering a mental health crises prompted questions about how an alternative to police-only responses would work. To follow the model pioneered by Eugene's CAHOOTS agency, where unarmed professionals respond first, Santa Cruz authorities would have many safety, budget, training, and other logistical concerns to address. But Santa Cruz seems primed to try the CAHOOTS approach, which rarely requires police involvement when 911 calls are screened properly.

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  • The Promising Results of a Citywide Basic-Income Experiment

    July 15, 2020 |

    The New Yorker |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

    Universal basic income, or UBI, was implemented in Stockton, California through a pilot program known as SEED. Each participant was given $500 with no conditions on how to spend it. The data shows that the largest expense was food, especially as the pandemic began. Participants report being able to quit second jobs and third jobs, pay off debts, and cover medical bills. A key feature of the UBI was the absence of the requirement to be employed in order to receive the money. The basic-income pilot has caught the attention of programs across the country who reached out for advice.

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  • It's still hard for some to access COVID-19 testing; are pop-up test sites the answer?

    July 14, 2020 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    A new initiative in Cleveland, Ohio aims to increase Covid-19 testing access in communities where social determinants of health pose a barrier to accessing testing sites. The initiative, which complements other city-wide efforts to increase testing, is facilitated by a partnership between 17 local churches and the County Board of Health.

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  • Oakland's Homeless Community Knows How to End the City's Housing Crisis. Will Its Leaders Listen?

    July 14, 2020 |

    Law at the Margins |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The city of Oakland and local activists use a similar response to the problem – building encampments of "tiny houses" – but there are critical differences between the two programs. An activist group called The Village has taken over parkland or vacant lots to build 23 tiny structures at the heart of self-governed communities that activists hope alleviate homelessness in the short term and lead toward permanent solutions. The city has torn down most of The Village's structures and erected its own two-person sheds in camps governed by the city, an approach that has had mixed success for the people it served.

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  • The long quest to stop a ‘Sugar Daddy' judge

    July 14, 2020 |

    Reuters |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Arkansas

    Arkansas’ judicial oversight agency has the staffing and persistence to hold bad judges accountable in ways that counter a nationwide pattern of weak enforcement and judicial impunity. The Arkansas Judicial Discipline & Disability Commission has a staff that’s almost three times as large as the national per-judge average and it publicly disciplines judges more than twice the national rate. It is one of the few such agencies that will investigate anonymous complaints, frequently a barrier to starting judicial misconduct probes.

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  • O movimento de mulheres indígenas para reflorestar o Xingu

    July 14, 2020 |

    Nexo Jornal |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Mato Grosso

    Grupo de mulheres indígenas Ikpeng completa dez anos coletando sementes para o plantio de árvores em áreas desmatadas na região dos rios Xingu e Araguaia. Neste período, as mulheres coletaram 3,2 toneladas de sementes florestais nativas usadas para o plantio de cerca de um milhão de árvores.

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  • Blockchain technology to boost power access in rural areas

    July 14, 2020 |

    Nation Africa |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya

    A micro-grid system has been paired with blockchain technology to easily sell and buy affordable and clean energy in rural Kenya. Residents living in the countryside don't generally have access to reliable and affordable electricity but this new technology allows rural Kenyans to install solar panels on their homes and easily sell surplus electricity to neighbors. The pilot program is a result of a collaboration between an NGO and a local tech company.

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