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Cash and Tech Replace Bags of Rice in Urban Humanitarian Aid

Molly McCluskey

November 04, 2016 |

Diplomatic Courier |

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Response Location: Jordan, Amman

Refugees often find cold cash far more helpful than bags of rice or other products foundations provide. Iris scanners can make identity verification much easier for refugees to access money that is distributed to them at banks.

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Española has tried everything to stop drug overdoses

Leah Todd Lin

August 16, 2016 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, Española, New Mexico

One small town in New Mexico called Española is ahead of the nation in treating opioid-related drug overdoses. The city trains law enforcement officers and community members in treating overdoses, offers needle exchange programs to prevent the spread of diseases, and it has ensured that anti-addiction drugs are readily available.

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Welcome to Welfare Utopia

Alana Semuels

May 31, 2016 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

States deal with poverty and employment differently, depending on their state legislature and, historically, their racial composition. Oregon is a predominantly white state with some of the most generous welfare and employment programs available in the union. Giving states the option of flexibility with their anti-poverty programs can cause some to reduce their safety nets, but Oregon serves as a model for bipartisan cooperation on generous welfare and employment reforms.

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The Poverty Puzzle

Joan Garrett McClane

May 06, 2016 |

Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga, once called the dirtiest city in America, was later dubbed a Tornado of Innovation by former U.S. President Barack Obama. Now, the city is hub for the tech industry. Despite its rag to riches story, the city’s gap between the rich and the poor has increased dramatically over the past ten years. 1 in four people live in poverty. Nonprofits and activists have been helping, but they need city leaders and elites to listen before it's too late.

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Youth Violence Solution? Authorities Should Stop Ignoring Activists

Linn Washington Jr.

April 14, 2016 |

ThisCantBeHappening.net |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia and London are cities with high poverty rates and city violence and both see employment as the critical tool needed to counter violence among youth and young adults living in low-income communities.

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Two words for Hillary if she wants to connect with the financially struggling: “Postal banking”

Gail Cornwall

February 28, 2016 |

Salon |

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Response Location: United States

Postal banking used to be the norm in the United States, just as it is throughout Europe, helping poor and immigrant families save money, transfer funds, and even get small loans. The model is ripe for a comeback. Today, check cashers and payday lenders slap big fees on services that could easily be provided - without a profit-seeking motive - through the postal system infrastructure.

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In Toronto, a Neighborhood in Despair Transforms Into a Model of Inclusion

Dan Levin

February 28, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Canada, Regent Park

An ambitious plan for the 69-acre Regent Park neighborhood is disrupting entrenched notions of class, race and religion, at a time when concerns over income inequality and immigration are growing.

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Sacramento looks to Seattle for ideas on homeless tent cities

Ryan Lillis

February 24, 2016 |

Sacramento Bee |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Sacramento City Council members and top city officials will travel Friday to explore Seattle’s network of authorized tent cities for the homeless as they consider creating a similar “safe ground” here.

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São Paulo Is Betting Better Urban Planning Can Solve a Housing Crisis

Catesby Holmes

February 08, 2016 |

Next City |

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Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo

The Western Hemisphere’s biggest city has developed a model blueprint for progressive housing policy in developing countries, in large part by affirming squatters' rights and demanding a certain percentage of low-income housing in new developments.

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Researchers Unearth 100-Year-Old Affordable Housing Solution

Cassie Owens

December 29, 2015 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A new book chronicles each below-market subsidized housing project ever built in New York, highlighting in particular Co-op City, where residents have come to care for their city-subsidized homes.

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