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  • How to free modern slaves: Three tech solutions that are working

    November 23, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Modern slavery is still a problem in much of the world. From satellite surveillance of illegal fishing boats to online sleuthing into recruitment practices, technology is helping to solve the issue.

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  • Veterans, gang members find peace in unexpected 'brotherhood'

    November 11, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The anti-violence program at a YMCA in Chicago has war veterans mentoring young gang members as a treatment for the mental and physical wounds of violence. The gang members have healthy role models and the veterans a new sense of purpose.

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  • Forget Australia's Gun Laws. American Reform Advocates Have Their Own Island to Study.

    November 11, 2015 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Honolulu, Hawaii

    Research shows that higher rates of gun ownership lead to higher rates of violent crime - countless examples in the continental United States seem to support this. But Hawaii, with some of the highest gun sale numbers in the country, has rock-bottom gun violence rates - universal background checks and the natural ocean barrier that discourages smuggling are just some of the ways they've achieved this.

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  • Lyons ordinance a model for commonsense gun laws

    October 28, 2015 |

    Chicago Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Lyons, Illinois

    Many guns recovered from crimes in Chicago, were purchased in its suburbs. A Chicago coalition of anti-violence activists used this to file a lawsuit against Lyons, leading to stricter gun laws in the town.

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  • Study: New Haven's Project Longevity shows positive results

    October 24, 2015 |

    New Haven Register |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    Project Longevity, a program aimed at reducing violence by gang and group members, has had a positive impact in reducing shootings and homicides in New Haven, according to a study by Yale University sociologists.

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  • With gun violence a regular occurrence in Trenton, could hospital-based intervention benefit city?

    October 18, 2015 |

    The Trentonian |

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    Response Location: United States, Trenton, New Jersey

    The city of Trenton is trying to reduce gun violence. In Philadelphia, the Healing Hurt People is a hospital-based violence intervention program that employs trauma counselors to help patients suffering from gun violence.

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  • Black Wounds Matter

    October 15, 2015 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Little attention is given to black men who are victims of gun violence but survive and need help. An organization in California is mobilizing all gun-violence victims to voice their opinion on criminal justice reform and support for victims.

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  • Early intervention can stop schizophrenia

    October 11, 2015 |

    La Crosse Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Mental health research results motivated the U.S. government to fund integrated treatment programs for first-episode psychosis in clinics across the nation.

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  • Here's the disturbing evidence on how the media inspires mass shooters

    October 06, 2015 |

    Mother Jones |

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    Response Location: United States, Roseburg, Oregon

    Research has shown there are concrete steps journalists can take to thoughtful cover mass shootings in a way that doesn’t spur the motives of potential copycats. These include reducing the amount a shooter is named, running articles without including a picture of the shooter, and avoidance of certain words to describe the event.

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  • Are mass shootings preventable? These countries have tried

    October 02, 2015 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: Finland

    The U.S. continues to experience mass shootings, and many Americans deny that tightening gun laws will help. However, countries like Australia, the United Kingdom, Finland, and Norway have reduced gun violence through stricter regulations.

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