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  • Charlotte could allow townhomes, duplexes, triplexes in traditional single-family neighborhoods

    November 08, 2019 |

    WCNC-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Charlotte, North Carolina looks to other major cities - like Grand Rapids, Michigan - for examples of success in multi-home zoning changes. To address the lack of affordable housing in Charlotte, some city officials are proposing legislation that would allow single-home plots to house additional structures, making room for more people on the same acreage of land.

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  • 'First-Gen' Proud: Campuses Are Celebrating An Overlooked Group. But Is That Enough?

    November 08, 2019 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    A growing number of colleges are providing "first-gen" resources and networks for students who are the first in their families to attend college. Experts are debating what type of help is most effective.

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  • Court Order Would Allow Abuse Victims to Testify by Video. Will Attorneys Object?

    November 08, 2019 |

    Oklahoma Watch |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    The Oklahoma Supreme Court has given judges the option to allow victims of abuse to testify via video rather than in person. When victims must testify in person, they may suffer re-traumatization or might simply not show up in court. Advocates say the video option allows victims to seek justice while not having to face their abuser. However, some judges may refuse to grant this option on due process grounds.

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  • This Wyoming Greenhouse is a Place for Employees with Disabilities to Grow

    November 08, 2019 |

    Bitterroot |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Wyoming

    A company called Vertical Harvest in Jackson, Wyoming employs people with developmental and physical disabilities to work in their 3-story greenhouse to address the exclusion of people with disabilities in the labor pool. Vertical Harvest, which offers positions growing and handling local produce, acts as both a safe space and source of income for employees, following a trend to open employment opportunities to often overlooked populations.

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  • How four dioceses are actually doing something about the climate crisis

    November 08, 2019 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Some Catholic churches and dioceses are turning green and are making strides to be environmentally friendly. This article gives examples of churches and dioceses across the country that have done a number of things to be more eco friendly, from converting solar, to planting over 200 trees, to conducting energy audits. Some are doing more theological work, like connecting the environment to Catholic values. "We are beginning to see a change."

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  • How the Texas Tribune, one of local journalism's greatest success stories, really got started

    November 08, 2019 |

    Poynter |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Non-partisan, watchdog journalism has formed a financially healthy platform for Texas Tribune in its first decade, filling a public-interest gap left by shrinkage in the number of statehouse reporters from 95 in 1989 to about 30 in 2008. By hiring an aggressive team of journalists and diversifying its revenue streams, the Tribune turned seed-money grants into a self-sustaining online publishing business whose serious coverage of neglected policy stories inspired Texas lawmakers to coin the term "the Trib effect" for the changes in capitol behavior when it's clear "someone is always watching."

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  • Changing Lives by Building Credit History — One Microloan at a Time Audio icon

    November 08, 2019 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    A program through the Mission Asset Fund, based in San Francisco, helps low-income communities get loans and good credit from an unlikely source: each other. The initiative pools together funds from family members and neighbors and distributes the loan to one of the contributors each month; the loans are interest free and allow community members to build credit without the difficulties of breaking into the typical microfinance realm.

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  • Colorado's newest farmers are YouTube-taught, social justice-minded and preaching the gospel of microgreens

    November 07, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Bennett, Colorado

    Emerald Garden farm in Colorado is a microgreens hydroponic farming operation that is using a comprehensive approach toward conducting business. From experimenting with new practices to reduce food waste to diversifying partnerships to enhance crop development, the owners have successfully scaled the initial operation and are providing food for fine restaurants as well as grocery stores a local school district and potentially hospitals.

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  • Philly Sets New Gold Standard for Domestic Worker Protections

    November 07, 2019 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Giving domestic workers a seat at the table elevates their voices and provides them with access to protections enshrined in labor laws. In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the passage of the Philadelphia Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights extends worker protections to those previously left out of traditional labor laws. The new law, passed with the combined effort of the Pennsylvania Domestic Worker Alliance (PDWA), Philadelphia’s City Council, and the support of Philadelphia AFL-CIO, grants domestic workers access to employer-funded benefits and paid time off.

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  • Seattle's already doing what California's about to do to limit police use of force. How's it working out?

    November 07, 2019 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In the past decade, Seattle has reduced their use of force by 60 percent. Spurred by a court order, the reduction comes from greater de-escalation training, stricter, more nuanced policies, and more collaboration between law enforcement and activists. While moving the needle, many cite the long way the city has to go, especially when it comes to how force is still used disproportionately on communities of color. But because they’ve made progress without endangering officers, other states like California look to Seattle as a model of reform.

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