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  • Vote-By-Mail Helped Perk Up Hawaii Turnout But So Did Some Competitive Races

    August 13, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    The August 2020 primary election in Hawaii was the first run entirely with voting by mail and the result was increased voter turnout in all of the state’s voting districts. In fact, the 47.8% voter turnout was the best the state has had in 20 years. The turnout increased by an average of 15% over the 2016 primary election. Some districts that historically have low voter turnout saw smaller gains and still had turnout that lagged far behind other districts.

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  • A taste of honey: how bees mend fences between farmers and elephants Audio icon

    August 12, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

    As the habitats of wild elephants shrink, conservationists in India are developing safer ways to reduce the number of conflicts between humans and the animal. The Wildlife Research and Conservation Society uses chili smoke and beehive fences as natural ways to divert elephants away from farmers’ crops. Since they started, there have been no casualties related to human-elephant conflict. The nonprofit Wildlife SOS uses radio collars to track the herd’s movement and alerts local villagers via WhatsApp of any potential conflicts. However, the success of some methods vary depending on the time of year.

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  • City grant programs help Mission businesses hold on

    August 12, 2020 |

    Mission Local |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    San Francisco entrepreneurs are benefiting from several emergency city relief programs which have proven vital to small businesses. The city is funding both The Resiliency Fund and Neighborhood Mini Grants. The former is for businesses across the city with 5 or fewer employees, while the latter is specifically for businesses within seven underserved neighborhoods in the Mission District. To date, both funds have provided over $3 million for store owners who are struggling to pay rent while dealing with plummeting revenues.

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  • Childcare centers see low COVID-19 transmission

    August 12, 2020 |

    New Mexico In Depth |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    Although the pandemic has brought on its own unique challenges, childcare centers in New Mexico have developed safe and effective techniques to keep children and workers safe. At the UNM Children's campus, children are limited to small groups, which reduces the risk of transmission if anyone tests positive. Other centers have implemented multiple screening levels during a child's arrival, before joining their groups. “Masks are not a political issue for 3 and 4-year-olds. Nor are they a threat to their freedom or anything else," said Kathrine Freeman, director of Santa Fe’s United Way Early Learning Center.

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  • The Junk Science Cops Use to Decide You're Lying

    August 12, 2020 |

    The Intercept |

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    Response Location: United States

    When "junk science" forms the basis of the training curricula used by for-profit companies in the business of teaching police interrogation techniques, it can produce mistakes leading to false confessions and wrongful convictions. A number of vendors rely on practices long proven ineffective and debunked as myths, such as relying on interpretations of body language, eye movement, tone of voice, and other physical cues to claim evidence of deception. Genuine evidence-based interview techniques exist that should be used in making police training more professional.

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  • Making A Milwaukee Beach Accessible

    August 12, 2020 |

    Wisconsin Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    An organization in Wisconsin is making public spaces accessible to people with disabilities. Their work has resulted in one of the most accessible beaches in the nation. Bradford Beach in Milwaukee now has a permanent ramp all the way to the waterfront, making it more inclusive of those who couldn't previously enjoy being by the water.

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  • Challenge of archiving the #MeToo movement

    August 11, 2020 |

    The Harvard Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library’s digital services team gathered and archived all the virtual material they could find related to the #MeToo movement. The social media-driven movement is now represented in the library’s online archive that contains more than 32 million tweets, 1,100 webpages, and thousands of articles. The team created a largely automated system to capture the content, including 71 hashtags, and a steering committee of historians, lawyers, and data experts helped work through the challenges of capturing a digital footprint. The data has already been examined to study aspects of the movement.

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  • COVID-19 has changed the way South Africa's only toll-free mental health helpline works. Here's why it matters

    August 11, 2020 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: South Africa

    In South Africa, telehealth is growing in popularity in the mental health field during the coronavirus pandemic, as a means of providing care to those who may be experiencing psychological distress. One institution that has adopted the practice has also "found new ways to support counselors" and distribute training sessions, which eliminates barriers for those who are trying to join the field.

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  • Raising Nature on Florida Ranchlands

    August 11, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    Ranchers and conservationists in Florida are working together to lobby for policies that preserve their farmland, protect wildlife species, and conserve water instead of turning it over to be developed. The Sunshine State has experimented with conservation incentive programs like payments for panther habitat restoration, reimbursements for livestock losses, and water storage projects but most of these programs have had mixed success and are often underfunded.

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  • Más allá del modelo de promotoras: estos proyectos también se centran en el bienestar de los inmigrantes

    August 10, 2020 |

    Generocity |

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    Response Location: United States

    El objetivo del programa de promotoras es ayudar a inmigrantes recién llegados a Estados Unidos a poder desarrollar habilidades, conocimientos y relaciones que pueden ser fundamentales para ayudarlos, tanto a ellos como a su comunidad. Los servicios son basados en las necesidades basadas en diferencias culturales.

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