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  • Billions in COVID Relief Has Gone to Farmers. Just Not Black or Family-Owned Farms in Appalachia.

    Beth Ward

    October 19, 2020 |

    100 Days in Appalachia |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    Several organizations — including the Kentucky Black Farmer Fund, Community Farm Alliance, and Black Soil: Our Better Nature — are working together to provide disaster relief funds during the COVID-19 pandemic to Black farmers. They’ve been able to award 43 small farms with a one-time payment of up to $750, which was used to purchase equipment or personal protective equipment. That amount can only help them so much, but it’s a step in helping Black farmers receive federal aid, which they historically have been left out of.

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  • Surprising Results in Initial Virus Testing in N.Y.C. Schools

    J. David Goodman Dana Rubinstein

    October 19, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Schools in New York City have, so far, been able to reopen during the coronavirus pandemic with suprisngly few cases reported and no sign yet of an outbreak. The model, which some are saying could be used at other schools across the U.S., includes random testing for students and staff, and introducing mobile testing units in neighborhoods where tests have come back positive.

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  • Virtual rush, no parties: University of Minnesota fraternities and sororities navigate pandemic life

    Ryan Faircloth

    October 18, 2020 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Students in fraternities and sororities at the University of Minnesota have moved many of their social activities to a virtual space and are taking precautions for those living in Greek housing to protect members and their community from contracting COVID-19. So far, efforts have largely proven successful in mitigating cases with only two students testing positive who were both able to immediately self-quarantine in private rooms.

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  • How a Pioneering Covid Testing Lab Helped Keep Northeast Colleges Open

    Melissa Korn

    October 16, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a biomedical and genomics research center that is at the heart of many east-coast universities successfully reopening campuses during the coronavirus pandemic. Operating with a resemblance to an assembly line, the testing lab is able to process up to 100,000 tests per day.

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  • The Tricky Business Of Coronavirus Testing On College Campuses

    Elissa Nadworny Madeline K. Sofia Lauren Migaki Rebecca Ramirez

    October 16, 2020 |

    NPR |

    Podcast |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    When the University of Illinois reopened during the coronavirus pandemic for on-campus student instruction, efforts focused on a fast and frequent mass testing program for staff and students. Although the case numbers were higher than officials had anticipated, researchers were able to learn how the virus was spreading amongst students and implement mandatory lockdowns and hire more contact tracers as a result.

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  • Standing in the gap: grassroots efforts to tackle inequities in education

    Chris Nelson Josh Hinkle Laney Valian Catenya McHenry Ben Friberg

    October 16, 2020 |

    KXAN-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    This T.V. segment showcases multiple solutions used by school districts and nonprofits across the nation, from creating cell phone towers so students have access to reliable wifi, to curbside meals, to learning pods. Overall, the hosts emphasize that the solutions highlighted in this segment involve a process that begins before a student even enters the virtual classroom and often involves many people working together.

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  • We Hear You

    James Boo Cathy Erway Julia Shu

    October 15, 2020 |

    Self Evident |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Early in the pandemic, APIENC, a community organization led by trans, non-binary, and queer Asian and Pacific Islanders in San Francisco, started a phone tree to offer help to people: getting groceries or meals, providing emotional support, or whatever else was needed in a community experiencing racial and other forms of bias on top of pandemic stresses. Only one person took the help – until the group held workshops on how to ask for help. Dozens of requests for help could then be met. This is the middle segment in the third in a series on anti-Asian racism during the pandemic.

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  • How nonprofits stepped up training for campus journalists despite COVID-19 lockdown

    Ifedayo Ogunyemi

    October 15, 2020 |

    Nigerian Tribune |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ogun State

    In Nigeria, nonprofit organizations are helping to organize and deliver virtual journalism-related training to university students who can't attend classes as normal due to the coronavirus pandemic. Although some students have said that the organizations aren't always transparent about the price of the webinars, many have reported that their writing has improved and they have made connections with others.

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  • Acesso à saúde mental na Maré: luta que vem de dentro

    Thaís Cavalcante

    October 14, 2020 |

    openDemocracy |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

    A reportagem mostra a existência de projetos com voluntários para oferecer tratamentos de saúde mental no complexo de favelas da Maré, no Rio de Janeiro. A iniciativa já foi replicada no Alemão e na Rocinha, outros grandes complexos de favelas do Rio de Janeiro.

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  • The 4 simple reasons Germany is managing Covid-19 better than its neighbors

    Julia Belluz

    October 14, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Germany

    A combination of luck, learning, local responses, and listening has kept Germany's coronavirus cases manageable, even as the pandemic continues to impact much of the world. In particular, the ability to enact decentralized approaches and locally scale-up testing in conjunction with a high rate of trust in public health departments proved to be especially impactful.

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