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  • The Pandemic is Resurrecting India's Folk Arts by Forcing Performers to Make Their Online Debut

    September 30, 2020 |

    Vice |

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    Response Location: India

    Shaale.com is an online platform that hosts performances and learning content on classical and folk arts from India. The coronavirus pandemic meant lost income for most of the country’s performers, especially those in rural areas. So many have figured out ways to monetize their arts by putting them online where overseas and domestic subscribers pay to access the performances. Other platforms, such as the nonprofit Kalbeliya World, provides performers with a chance to earn money by offering classes to people from around the world. Most of the students are from the Europe and the Americas.

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  • Wyoming Voter Turnout Lags Averages; Could Access Reforms Help?

    September 30, 2020 |

    WyoFile |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Colorado’s election reforms have increased voter participation in local, state, and national races. Voters can register to vote online or in-person, even on election day, and eligibility is cross-checked with existing state agencies. State voter registration rolls track address changes, rather than automatically purging voter-roll. Every registered voter is mailed a ballot that can be returned by mail or dropped off at official sites. Turnout increased from 66% in 2008 to 72% in 2016 and was the second highest in the nation's 2018 midterm elections. Several other states have implemented Colorado’s reforms.

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  • Empresarias de Tucsón "a punto de tirar todo" han sobrevivido con la subvención de la ciudad

    September 30, 2020 |

    La Estrella de Tucsón |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    El Fondo de Resiliencia Somos Uno ha podido proveer asistencia económica a dueños de negocios pequeños en Tucson. Anteriormente, estos empresarios no habían podido aprobar para fondos de emergencia federales, pero con al ayuda de Somos Uno han podido mantenerse a flote.

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  • With Buffalo, Native Americans are Restoring a Wildlife Economy

    September 30, 2020 |

    Bitterroot |

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    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    Massive herds of bison once roamed the American prairie, powering the "wildlife economy" and making Plains Native American tribes both rich and healthy. Now, indigenous tribes are bringing back what was once a cultural and economic mainstay in the indigenous culture. In doing so, members are able to renew traditional practices such as using bison for meat, making robes, and using parts of the animal in ceremonies. The eradication of bison took place in the 19th century as a tactic to force tribes off their native lands and onto reservations. The return of the animal signifies a step toward healing.

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  • Fighting Wildfires With Fire

    September 30, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States

    The absence of an active "fire culture" in the American West has contributed greatly to the scale of catastrophic wildfires fueled by decades of aggressive fire-suppression tactics. In Florida, Australia, and pockets of experimentation in California, ancient practices of controlled burns – frequent low-intensity burns – minimize the buildup of dead-tree fuel on the ground. Such human-set fires have been known to go out of control. And their smoke can be a health hazard. But Native American and other indigenous cultures have shown the overall benefits of letting forests burn.

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  • California's Project Homekey Turns Hotels into Housing

    September 29, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Long-term efforts to convert vacant hotels into housing for people experiencing homelessness jumped on an accelerated track in California when $312 million in pandemic-relief money paid for 2,389 housing units around the state. Project Homekey, an extension of Project Roomkey's program to put unhoused people temporarily in hotels, is putting a dent in the shortage of permanent housing options in cities like Oakland. Because the pandemic undercut the hotel business, owners are more willing to sell properties.

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  • In Rio, Mapping Gunshots Can Backfire

    September 29, 2020 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

    Crime-tracking mobile apps give millions of Brazilians crowdsourced data on urban violence, alerting people to dangerous places and filling gaps in government data on shootings, robberies, and other risks. But apps such as Fogo Cruzado (“Crossfire”) and Onde Tem Tiroteio (“Where There's a Shooting”) offer statistically crude glimpses of crime, distorted by media and racial biases that one expert blames for myths about the risks people actually face.

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  • 2020 Changes Help Disabled, Blind Voters

    September 29, 2020 |

    KDNK Community Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    A Colorado system allows voters with disabilities to request an accessible ballot, which enables them to fill out their ballot online using a personal computer or a smart phone. This allows voters to maintain confidentiality in their voting selections rather than needing to have someone assist them in filling out their ballot. Voters can fill out their ballots online, using assistive technologies if necessary, and then print their ballot to either mail to their county clerk or drop off at an official ballot drop box in their county.

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  • Utah Is Trying To Prevent Gun Suicides. Are Other States Paying Attention?

    September 29, 2020 |

    Boise State Public Radio (KBSX) |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    Concerned about the high numbers of suicides in the state, Utah's local government introduced a three-pronged approach to preventing further suicides that hinged on targeting gun owners and Second Amendment activists. Although there has been some push back along the way, suicide rates have decreased since the state shifted their approach from awareness-only to one that is "data-driven and aims to involve community members from gun store owners to high school sports coaches."

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  • Jumpstart trains developers to fight gentrification in Philly neighborhoods Audio icon

    September 29, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Jumpstart Germantown and five spinoff programs trained about 1,000 people in the art of locally controlled neighborhood rehabilitation. The Jumpstart programs target particular neighborhoods, mainly mid-range housing stock with vacant and deteriorating conditions, and lend money to newly minted developers to fix and resell the properties. Housing rehabs maintain the character of neighborhoods, rather than gentrifying them or making wholesale redevelopment changes. Beyond the community improvement benefits, the program helps diversify the real estate business and provides employment opportunities.

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