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  • How Bourbon and Big Data Are Cleaning Up Louisville

    Arthur Allen

    November 16, 2017 |

    Politico |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    The city of Louisville, built and sustained largely by pollution-inducing industries such as rubber factories and bourbon distilleries, is grappling with how to make the city air cleaner. The novel Air Louisville study integrated a partnership between a technology healthcare startup and a government-sponsored initiative that tracked incidence of asthma in different areas of the city. The results are already leading to healthier residents, but it is also just the starting point for long-term change.

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  • Hope through heartbreak - Farm and Dairy

    Katy Mumaw

    November 16, 2017 |

    Farm and Dairy |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Carroll County, Maryland

    Opioid overdose is a rising problem that is taking more and more lives, including Holly's. Holly's mother started 'Holly's Song of Hope' to help educate the public about drugs and addiction, to provide a support group where people can ask questions and support one another online, and to help make legislative changes.

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  • Can America Depolarize?

    Andrew Small

    November 09, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    A Better Angels workshop helped eight liberals and eight conservatives talk with each other about divisive issues, such as immigration and LGBTQ rights. At a time when political partisanship is at record highs in the United States, the workshop left some feeling hopeful. Participants reflected on stereotypes and asked each other questions through a structured discussion format.

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  • In a City Where 15 Percent of Voters Elected the Mayor, Downtown Is Claiming Power

    Sara Vigneri

    November 06, 2017 |

    Next City |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Allentown, Pennsylvania

    POWER Northeast is trying to fight against voter disenchantment and reach the parts of the community that usually feel excluded and disillusioned by politics. This organization goes all over Allentown, Pennsylvania speaking to the formally incarcerated and minorities, advocating to political leaders on behalf of the public, and helping make voter registration easier.

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  • When the American Dream Becomes Human Rights Abuse

    Neil Parmar

    October 30, 2017 |

    NationSwell |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    Non-profits in California worked together to set up a national network for undocumented immigrants to fight isolation and support legal aid. Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC) offers a free confidential hotline to report human rights abuses at detention centers and help families locate each other. CIVIC’s volunteers receive 14,000 calls a month from 210 detention centers in the United States.

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  • First Nations Fight to Protect the Rare Spirit Bear from Hunters

    Krista Langlois

    October 26, 2017 |

    National Geographic |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    In British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest, the Kitasoo/Xai’Xais First Nations have been striving for decades to save the spirit bear, also known as Kemode bears, from trophy hunters. Since 1999, the indigenous community has started an ecotourism industry that benefits the tribe and wildlife, have worked with Canadian government to preserve 85% of the rainforest, and have most recently been advocating to ban trophy hunting across the rainforest.

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  • The anti-Washington: College group offers a model for debating politely

    Stacy Teicher Khadaroo

    October 26, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, South Bend, Indiana

    Amid divisive free speech discussions on campus, students across the country formed BridgeUSA, a group dedicated to the 'transpartisanship' movement. Student representatives are trained to facilitate constructive discussions with members of all political parties on campus. John Sarrouf, who trains students, noted, "The question shouldn’t be 'freedom of speech vs. safe spaces … but how do we create the context for people to engage each other [who have differences]?"

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  • How Iceland is Fighting the Gender Pay Gap

    William Kremer

    October 17, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Iceland, Reykjavík

    Iceland may be "the best country in the world for gender equality" but women get paid 30 percent less than men. Trade unions and businesses united to fix the problem. They reevaluated people's salaries through a point system, regardless of their gender. Now, the government has decided all companies in Iceland will have to implement the system, or pay a fine.

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  • The chatbots taking over government: what jobs can they do?

    Anoush Darabi

    October 17, 2017 |

    Apolitical |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, North Charleston, South Carolina

    Chatbots don’t sleep. They can respond to citizen inquiries 24 hours a day. From North Charleston to Singapore, automated conversation platforms are improving the connection between governments and the people they serve by providing an easy channel for information exchange and public consultation.

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  • Can Villages Save Ukraine's Democracy?

    Dan Peleschuk

    September 27, 2017 |

    OZY |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Ukraine, Dolyniany

    In Ukraine, decentralization and local control is taking hold as the country pursues government reforms. The process works by combining separate territories into administrative units called unified territorial communities (UTC) and then letting tax revenue go through those units for local projects like maintaining schools and vital infrastructure. So far, "around 400 UTCs have been created out of more than 1,700 villages, settlements and towns" and "local budgets have grown 107 percent."

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