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  • How Switzerland delivered health care for all -- and kept its private insurance Audio icon

    September 02, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Switzerland, Oberhofen am Thunersee

    Switzerland is home to the world's lowest avoidable mortality rate and residents of the country live longer lives and are healthier than those who live in the United States. Health policy experts credit the Swiss health care system for playing a significant role. Despite the high cost and the penalty for not carrying insurance, the system is praised as guarateeing access to quality health-care and "unlike the U.S., people rarely go bankrupt from medical bills."

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  • What sewage can tell us about the spread of COVID-19

    September 02, 2020 |

    High Country News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Bozeman, Montana

    Scientists in Bozeman, Montana are tracking community spread of COVID-19 by studying samples from the city’s wastewater. Although this form of tracking is more tedious and not necessarily as effective as testing individuals via a swab, the wastewater tracking program is able detect the virus and help health officials identify the area where it likely originated from.

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  • Interest in Community Police Watch Training Soars as Courses Go Online

    September 02, 2020 |

    San Francisco Public Press |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Groups in the Bay Area that have successfully sought to have police disciplined for misconduct and won new police-accountability policies have turned their form of organized monitoring into a training platform for protesters nationwide. Responding to widespread Black Lives Matter protests, groups like Berkeley Copwatch and Wecopwatch use online education to teach hundreds of activists nationwide how to use videotape archives to systematically document abuses, and how to perform the work of legal observers at protests. Those activities are meant to act as deterrents to abuse.

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  • How Philadelphia Has Tried to Address Water Debt

    September 01, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    An income-based payment structure has alleviated water debt in Philadelphia. Decreasing federal aid to municipal water utilities in conjunction with rising costs associated with climate change has increased the cost of water, making it unaffordable for many. Philadelphia created an income-based program, which caps water bills at three percent of income. The Tiered Assistance Program, or TAP, also provides debt elimination for those who make their minimum payments. Advocates have successfully pushed for similar reforms in Baltimore.

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  • Black Communities Have Known about Mutual Aid All Along

    September 01, 2020 |

    The Walrus |

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    Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

    The black community has a rich history of crowdfunding that goes back generations to help the most vulnerable stay afloat, creating a security net for those who would otherwise fall through the cracks. Mutual aid groups are once again coming to the rescue for many black communities. Students in Canada unable to work due to visa restrictions, migrants, and those who relied on odd jobs for income are all unable to receive government aid during the pandemic. Groups like Black in BC Mutual Aid Collective attracted an influx of donations in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder, providing much-needed relief.

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  • How two local newsrooms are sewing diversity into the fabric of their organizations

    September 01, 2020 |

    Poynter |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    During a year of racial-justice protests nationwide, journalists whose job is to hold institutions to account for racist outcomes have turned their gazes inward, to their own newsrooms. Their efforts have won some progress in diverse staffing at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and the Express-News in San Antonio. The burden has fallen largely to journalists of color to press for newsrooms that better reflect their communities. In Minneapolis, managers promised a trio of new hires and better training. San Antonio editors began hiring columnists of color in the majority-Latino city.

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  • Should U.S. look to UK's single-payer National Health Service for next health care moves?

    September 01, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom's single-payer health insurance system, known as the National Health Service, has helped citizens obtain the essential care they need without having to worry about the cost of the care. While the model has shown proven success in reducing overall health costs and increasing positive health outcomes, some citizens say that care can be delayed due to demand, which leads them to pursue supplemental insurance.

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  • COVID goes to college

    September 01, 2020 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Missoula, Montana

    Universities across the U.S. are looking to different testing techniques to decrease the likelihood of Covid-19 spreads on campuses. At the University of Arizona dorm wastewater is tested regularly to determine if students in a specific building need to be tested and isolated. The University of Illinois uses a saliva test to screen students and staff for the virus and either approves or denies access to school buildings via a smartphone app based on each person's test results, or denies access altogether if no test was taken.

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  • Can Greek Tragedy Get Us Through the Pandemic?

    September 01, 2020 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: United States

    Theater of War Productions performs Greek tragedies, using the themes to encourage dialogue and healing from modern community traumas. Beginning with military audiences, participants were asked to discuss the themes in relation to their experiences in the military or as a military spouse. They have since expanded to include other problems, such as gun and police violence. Recently, actors read Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King” in their first virtual Zoom performance to about 15,000 people. Themes of leadership during a plague, “fake news,” and conspiracies resonated with audiences during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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  • Can we harness the Arctic's methane for energy?

    September 01, 2020 |

    Arctic Today |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Alternative energy systems in Africa could help inform how to trap methane in the Arctic. Due to permafrost thawing and glaciers melting, methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change, is leaking into the atmosphere. In Rwanda, a lake-based methane power plant extracts methane from the water and turns it into electricity. But questions remain about how similar systems and infrastructure could work in the Arctic landscape.

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