Artwork stating 'Education Destroys Barriers', 'We Demand Treatment', and 'I Need A Chance'

Search Results

You searched for: -

There are 1388 results  for your search.  View and Refine Your Search Terms

  • 2020 was the first-ever presidential election where people cast votes via smartphone

    November 09, 2020 |

    FastCompany |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Utah

    2020 was the first presidential election where a limited group voted using a smartphone app created by Voatz, expanding access to people with disabilities, those in Covid-19 quarantine, and people out of state due to an emergency. Advocates say it is cost-effective and secure, though many disagree. Voters are biometrically identified and matched to legal records. Ballots are cast on mobile devices and stored on the blockchain until Election Day, when they are printed and counted with other mail-in ballots. Use is expected to increase in the future and pilots are planned in Brazil and other locations.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • ‘Anti-racist coalition:' the movement to integrate public schools across the country

    November 09, 2020 |

    WFXR-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

    Despite segregation being deemed unconstitutional, nationally, many schools remain segregated along racial and class lines. Integrate Schools, a national grassroots movement, is focused on integrating schools.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Analyzing the risk

    November 05, 2020 |

    Boulder Weekly |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boulder County, Colorado

    The Colorado Pretrial Assessment Tool uses a formula to weigh the risk of releasing someone from jail while they await trial. While prosecutors say the tool is better than nothing, critics, backed by a study of the tool's effects, say it disproportionately harms people of color and people experiencing homelessness. Risk assessment algorithms consider a number of facts about a defendant's past and present to predict whether they can leave jail without committing new crimes or failing to make court appearances. But because they penalize already-overpoliced populations, they are not considered objective.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial Network builds Black Clevelanders' trust in COVID-19 studies

    November 04, 2020 |

    FreshWater Cleveland |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    The HIV/AIDS clinical trial network’s 30 sites have spent years building trust among historical marginalized communities so that more clinical trial participants come from communities of color. Educational outreach, awareness-raising efforts, and one-on-one conversations are among the strategies used to make the scientific process more transparent. The engagement model is upfront about abuses from the past and uses straightforward explanations with no medical jargon. Infectious disease experts are using the trust-building model to increase the racial diversity of participants in COVID-19 vaccine trials.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Los Angeles voters just delivered a huge win for the defund the police movement

    November 04, 2020 |

    Vox |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    By framing their police-reform proposal as an investment in community services rather than a bid to take money away from policing, the Re-Imagine L.A. County coalition of racial and criminal justice advocacy groups won voter approval for what could be the most significant realignment of public safety spending since the 2020 policing protests began. Los Angeles County voters approved Measure J, which mandates that the county allocate 10% of its $8.8 billion discretionary local budget to "direct community investment," and not to law enforcement. The Sheriff's Department accounts for $2 billion of that budget.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • HIV/AIDS Network Helps Build Black Clevelanders' Trust In COVID-19 Studies

    November 03, 2020 |

    The Land |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Black and Latinx enrollment in clinical studies has nearly doubled in HIV vaccine clinical trials due to the HIV Vaccine Trials Network in Cleveland implementing an engagement model that addresses community distrust through education and community participation. Now, as clinical studies are launched for a COVID-19 vaccine, the organization has pivoted to ensuring that institutions don't engage in "helicopter research," but instead involve the communities in the research efforts.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Cities deploy dedicated teams to combat racial disparities exposed by Covid

    November 02, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    Several cities across the U.S. have organized Racial Equity Rapid Response (RERR) teams to address and combat "the racial disparities exposed and exacerbated by Covid-19." Although each city's version of this team looks slightly different, some commonalities exist such as enacting the teams at the municipal level and relying on community connectivity to drive impact.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • The cycle of punitive justice starts in schools. Eric Butler is showing kids and teachers how to break it.

    November 01, 2020 |

    Mother Jones |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Selma, Alabama

    Hundreds of schools nationwide use restorative justice to respond to student disciplinary problems differently. In place of police, arrests, and suspensions, restorative practices emphasize conflict mediation through dialogue, asking how to hold people accountable without necessarily punishing them. Such programs have helped reduce suspensions and referrals to criminal or juvenile courts markedly, and reduced racial disparities. This story follows one man, a formerly incarcerated murder victim's brother, as he takes on the difficult task of introducing restorative practices to punishment-minded schools.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • 'I'm not invisible': Kentucky millennials with felony records head to the polls for first time

    October 31, 2020 |

    NBC News |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    More than 170,000 people with felony records in Kentucky won the right to vote in the 2020 election under an order by the governor. Although not as concrete as legislation, the governor's order at least temporarily rescinds the state's permanent voting ban for most people with felony convictions. The order pertains to people with non-violent offenses. Unlike some states' re-enfranchisement policies, Kentucky's does not require payment of outstanding fines or restitution. The policy is seen as a particular benefit to people of color and millennials.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • There's Still Hope

    October 30, 2020 |

    QNotes Carolinas |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    There's Still Hope provides temporary housing for members of the LGBTQ community - focusing especially on transgender women. Participants in the outreach program are given housing, a grocery stipend, transportation passes, and skills training that will help obtain employment. They are also expected to do their part by avoiding sex work and substance abuse and are connected with services that help them towards those goals.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

Go to All Solutions in Focus