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  • Federal cuts to AmeriCorps could make it harder for recent graduates to find jobs

    July 30, 2025 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    The AmeriCorps program places students and recent graduates in community service positions across the country, helping to fill local needs for everything from tutoring to wildlife management while also allowing participants to build valuable professional and academic skills. But recent federal cuts to the program's funding have put its future in jeopardy, with some participants being forced to leave their positions early.

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  • How Finland is preparing its citizens for a world swamped by fake news

    July 24, 2025 |

    Development and Cooperation |

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    Response Location: Finland

    Finland’s National Core Curriculum incorporates “multiliteracy” across all subject areas, and students begin learning about misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation from their first year in school. The country has consistently ranked first in the European Media Literacy Index.

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  • "Le système actuel ne marche pas, il faut le remplacer" : comment fonctionne le jugement majoritaire, cette méthode d'élection alternative ?

    July 20, 2025 |

    Franceinfo |

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    Response Location: France, Angers

    Avec le jugement majoritaire, les électeurs attribuent à chaque candidat une note allant de « insatisfaisant » à « excellent » plutôt que de voter pour un seul candidat. Si un candidat reçoit suffisamment d’une note particulière (comme « Excellent » ou « Très bien ») pour le pousser au-dessus de 50 % des électeurs d’accord, ce candidat est déclaré vainqueur. Cette méthode a été utilisée lors d’une primaire citoyenne à Angers, où Romain Laveau a reçu plus de 35 % de « Excellent » et 19 % de « Très bien ».

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  • 'It's everyone's business.' In Finland, national security is a shared responsibility.

    July 18, 2025 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Finland

    Finland’s approach to national security focuses on creating a comprehensive culture, emphasizing the idea that defending the country is a shared responsibility. Regular citizens can take volunteer courses in everything from using firearms and recognizing disinformation to surviving in the wild and interpreting maps, and the country’s men are conscripted at 18 for military or community service.

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  • Comment financer les luttes écologiques ?

    July 16, 2025 |

    Socialter |

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    Response Location: France

    Le Fonds des luttes soutient les efforts des citoyens contre les projets de développement néfastes, dans le but de rendre la collecte de fonds plus équitable et d’encourager la coopération entre les causes liées. Le fonds a soutenu une vingtaine de projets sur deux ans.

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  • "From pity – nothing; from dignity – everything": How domestic and care workers changed Spanish labor law

    July 14, 2025 |

    Unbias The News |

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    Response Location: Spain

    Over decades, domestic care workers in Spain garnered political power by building community and solidarity between different activist groups and using music, theater, and self-expression to help strengthen connection and trust within the movement. Their efforts and protests led to the passage of laws granting these workers social security coverage and protecting them from unfair dismissal and unsafe working conditions, though many with irregular residency are still not able to benefit from these provisions.

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  • Program helps bridge political divides by connecting people through personal stories

    July 09, 2025 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    Response Location: United States, Rhode Island

    Civity brings people together for trust-building workshops that are built around storytelling, with the goal of helping people from different backgrounds find common ground with others in their communities. One study found the organization’s approach to be more effective than other strategies designed to build trust and address political discord.

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  • High school speech and debate allows students to find common ground

    July 08, 2025 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    Through the National Speech and Debate Association, students across the country learn to research and argue positions on pressing issues, from the justness of violent revolution to approaches to immigration policy. In a time of political turmoil, participants and coaches report that competing in speech and debate helps students recognize the complexity of societal issues and be more open to differing opinions and perspectives.

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  • 大学まで公教育無償のオーストリア…でも“いいこと”だけではなかった！　親に求められる「無償の代償」とは

    July 01, 2025 |

    AERA with Kids＋ |

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    Response Location: Austria

    大学まで学費無償の公教育が用意されているオーストリア。はたして、良いことばかりでしょうか。「無償だからこそ」のしわ寄せが家庭や個人に来る実態について、現地在住者が綴っています。

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  • Baltimore residents are mobilizing to protect their immigrant neighbors from ICE

    July 01, 2025 |

    Baltimore Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    In one Baltimore neighborhood, residents have organized a grassroots network geared toward protecting the community from ICE raids. Through a Signal group, they communicate about ICE sightings, organize check-ins with neighbors, and help get each other connected with trainings from local organizations focused on protecting immigrant communities.

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