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  • Manufacturing in Massachusetts: : Teaching a Younger Workforce New Skills

    October 02, 2017 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Springfield, Massachusetts

    Despite heavy pressure, attending college is not for everyone, and a university degree no longer guarantees job placement; meanwhile industries like manufacturing are facing a decline in interested, qualified workers. Various initiatives in Massachusetts are implementing accessible job training programs, especially for minorities, that are helping to place people in manufacturing jobs that provide improved economic opportunity, while hopefully positioning the state for burst of industrial growth.

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  • The Compass, Making it Work, Making it Work: Affordable Medical Equipment in India

    October 01, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: India

    This episodes highlights two efforts that have been put in place to provide a service poor people don’t have access to. One of those is Simpa Network, which is providing affordable electricity through solar power to people in India. The other has been dubbed “Amazon for the Poor,” which borrowed Amazon’s model to deliver products to people that live in rural parts of Kenya. So far, 50,000 people have opted to order goods.

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  • Atlantic City's Tourism District Has A Needle Problem. It Can Be Fixed.

    September 27, 2017 |

    Route 40 |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlantic City, New Jersey

    A needle exchange in Atlantic city has resulted in used needles visibly strewn around the surrounding area, which is also a popular area with tourists. The government as well as locals aren't happy with the the needle hazard which has resulted in solutions such as a program to incentivize users to return needles, drop boxes around the city for needles, and moving the needle exchanges outside the tourist area.

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  • Many countries have a simple, fair tax system. Could the US be next?

    September 27, 2017 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    The average median-income family in the United States spends 13 hours per year preparing and filing their taxes, plus $370 paying someone to help. “In other countries, it’s a matter of minutes and costs nothing,” says T.R. Reid who studies tax systems around the world. In the Netherlands, you review a pre-filled online form. In Japan, the government sends you a postcard and, if no changes are needed, you don’t take any action at all.

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  • Can Villages Save Ukraine's Democracy?

    September 27, 2017 |

    OZY |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Ukraine, Dolyniany

    In Ukraine, decentralization and local control is taking hold as the country pursues government reforms. The process works by combining separate territories into administrative units called unified territorial communities (UTC) and then letting tax revenue go through those units for local projects like maintaining schools and vital infrastructure. So far, "around 400 UTCs have been created out of more than 1,700 villages, settlements and towns" and "local budgets have grown 107 percent."

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  • The Future is Pittsburgh's To Lose

    September 24, 2017 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh

    In the future innovation and technology are only going to become more important to a city's status. Pittsburgh is making great strides by cultivating research, technology, and workers.

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  • Why Did India Have Ten Million Fewer Childhood Deaths Than Predicted?

    September 23, 2017 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: India

    The Million Death study revealed that the child mortality rate in India has decreased over the past 15 years. These results are most likely due to vaccine drives, free diagnostics, more health clinics and other such improvements.

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  • How Conservatives Learned to Love Free Lawyers for the Poor

    September 22, 2017 |

    The Marshall Project |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Public defender systems across the country are underfunded and understaffed. Viewed by progressives as a racial and class inequality problem, the issue is gaining major traction in red states under a different framing: defense against government tyranny. “If there’s one thing the government must get right,” said conservative lawmaker Tom McMillin, “it’s whether or not we’re locking up the right people.”

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  • In Germany, Blue-Collar Jobs Provide Bulwark to Populism

    September 21, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Germany, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia

    With nearly one in five Germans working in manufacturing, the closing of steel mills and coal mines spelled trouble. Instead of despairing, blue-collar cities such as Dortmund leapt into the future. State and local officials in Dortmund expanded the technical university, gave start-up capital to entrepreneurs, and offered newly built office space to young companies. Unemployment is falling fast, and the city seems to have avoided the sense of alienation that has led to a rise in populist sentiment elsewhere.

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  • The Rx For Better Birth Control

    September 20, 2017 |

    NationSwell |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Colorado views the cycle of poverty as being propelled by unplanned pregnancy. This led to their bipartisan supported funding program for birth control, that is especially useful in rural areas.

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