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  • Dutch Cooperation Made an ‘Intelligent Lockdown' a Success

    June 05, 2020 |

    Bloomberg Businessweek |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    The Netherlands approach of balancing the potential for future economic hardship with the current risk of Covid-19 spreading has appeared to have helped the country to flatten the curve of cases faster than other areas that implemented mandatory lockdown measures. Although critics of this "controlled distribution" approach point out that the country has still seen thousands of deaths and could see future waves of outbreaks, at this point in time, "the Netherlands has both flattened the curve and kept life tolerable."

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  • Small farms diversity to survive COVID-19, changing the face of Detroit markets

    June 05, 2020 |

    edibleWOW |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, small farmers in Michigan are coming up with different business models in order to get their produce into consumers’ hands. Fisheye Farms in Detroit created a community-supported agriculture, or CSA, subscription program. However, the program is only meeting approximately one-third of its necessary finances, and they hope to find a balance with other offerings. Argus Farm Stop in Ann Arbor quickly turned their online store into a popular digital farmers market, increasing its customers from eight to 2,500.

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  • Getting to 10% forest cover: Kenya's road to recovering its lost ecosystem

    June 05, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    In Kenya, initiatives are being devised to help the country reach a minimum tree cover target of 10% of the total landmass by 2022. One of the more successful efforts has been an uptick of public awareness campaigns such as the "adopt a tree campaign," which educates youth about the importance of planting trees in the correct areas.

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  • Philly police should adopt this ethics program that reformed NOLA force

    June 04, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Eight years after the New Orleans Police Department served as a model of how not to police, its Ethical Policing Is Courageous (EPIC) program has done more to dismantle the “blue wall of silence” than any other reforms. Citizen complaints and horrific examples of brutality have gone down while citizen satisfaction has risen. Now the training of officers in “peer intervention” is spreading nationwide, empowering street officers schooled in the use of peer pressure to stand up to misconduct without fear of retaliation.

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  • Diversion program thrives on cooperation, embraces skeptics

    June 04, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Alamosa, Colorado

    The Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program in Alamosa, Colorado, gives police officers the option of sending people to substance abuse treatment rather than straight into the criminal justice system. Used in non-violent cases, the diversion program is based on a harm-reduction model that uses a health-care approach rather than a punitive approach to address the underlying issues when a crime is committed. Some police officers object to the program's mission, but proponents say that forcing compliance would be counterproductive.

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  • I Cover Cops as an Investigative Reporter. Here Are Five Ways You Can Start Holding Your Department Accountable.

    June 04, 2020 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    Citizen watchdogs can hold local police accountable by using the tactics of investigative reporters that have successfully exposed systemic problems and sparked reforms. One reporter shares five approaches he’s used to hold up policies and practices to scrutiny, some of which led to positive change. He provides a how-to on learning the existing policies, obtaining public records, engaging influencers in honest dialog, presenting verified evidence in a fair format, and seeking allies to pressure for reform.

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  • A New Weapon Against Climate Change May Float

    June 04, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Portugal, Viana do Castelo

    Floating wind turbines off the coast of Portugal is one of the latest experiments to convert wind energy into electric power. These machines can generate electricity for a city of up to 60,000 people. While it will take more financing and time to scale the project, investors are impressed with the results and see it as a viable financial return to combat climate change.

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  • Bringing knowledge and comfort to the classroom

    June 04, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Seeley Lake, Montana

    Some preschool classes in Missoula County are integrating grandparents into their classroom routines. The grandparent usually helps provide a source of academic and emotional comfort for students, while also teaching them how to navigate relationships with senior adults. The grandparent, who is usually a volunteer, also receives a small stipend in exchange for their services. The Foster Grandparent Program, which had been in operation for the last 50 years, had partnered with federal agencies in the past, but is currently operated by Missoula Aging Services.

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  • The City That Remade Its Police Department

    June 04, 2020 |

    Bloomberg Businessweek |

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    Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

    Since Camden began addressing its high homicide rate in 2012 with closer collaboration with the community and stricter rules on the use of force, both murders and complaints about police have fallen dramatically. As part of what is considered some of the most extensive police reforms in the country, the city put more police on the streets. That had both good outcomes (interactions outside of crises) and bad (a troubling increase in low-level arrests). But, when many cities’ police-brutality protests in 2020 turned violent, Camden’s did not.

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  • Madison Latino Consortium steps in to provide safety net, cash to undocumented families

    June 04, 2020 |

    The Cap Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

    In Dane Country, Wisconsin "a collective of advocacy, economic, educational, and health-care groups" are working together to connect undocumented immigrant families – who are not eligible for federal aid – with social services during the coronavirus pandemic. “They’re able to provide us with something, with food,” one resident said in regards to the Latino Consortium for Action. “Any little bit helps, and that’s been very good.”

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