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  • Farming a warmer planet

    February 12, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Morocco, Ait Hssaine

    Morocco is one of countless regions around the planet facing the challenges of climate change - as rivers dry up and temperatures increase, the livelihoods of millions stand at risk. But the country may serve as an example for how others can mitigate the damages. The government, entrepreneurial individuals, and local communities are making important changes in the face of global warming, from working to reforest arid regions to adapting which crops are planted so as to use less water and maintain "climate-smart" agricultural productivity.

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  • She Outsmarted Jamie Oliver — And Figured Out The Future Of School Lunch

    February 09, 2017 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Huntington, West Virginia

    Conflicts of interest have made school lunch meals the dumping ground for the cheap calories our modern agricultural system was designed to overproduce. Many programs are trying to improve school lunches, such as the Community Eligibility Provision which allows schools in high poverty areas to provide free meals to all students, allowing more money to be spent on cooks and food instead of who qualifies.

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  • New York City Embraces a Gun Violence Outreach Program Left on Life Support in Chicago

    February 09, 2017 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In its four years of community outreach, Cure Violence’s New York City chapter has been accepted and welcomed by both neighborhoods and police. The program now works in 17 police precincts, providing direct violence intervention, legal and mental health resources, and improving police/community relations.

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  • Reclaiming native ground: Can Louisiana's tribes restore their traditional diets as waters rise?

    February 09, 2017 |

    Food and Environment Reporting Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisiana

    Tribal areas in Louisiana are suffering from massive land loss due to flooding, which has taken away a lot of food sources and livelihood. In response, the First People's Conservation Council has been created, which includes tribe members, government representatives and nonprofit representatives in order to develop solutions.

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  • How to Make Public Transportation Safer for Women

    February 08, 2017 |

    How We Get to Next |

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    Response Location: United States

    From gender-segregated buses in Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro, to more lighting and staff on Washington, D.C.’s metro system, cities around the world are taking steps to make public transportation safer for women. Some of these methods are contested – especially ones that place the responsibility on women or don’t take into account transgender and genderqueer individuals. Yet, there is a growing body of research suggesting that responding to this problem requires two key elements: a larger, cultural shift regarding harassment and listening to women when they describe what they need.

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  • The campaign behind the release of the "Mandela of Latin America"

    February 07, 2017 |

    TRT World |

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    Response Location: United States

    Oscar López Rivera was a political prisoner for 35 years, 12 of which were in solitary confinement, for his political activism wanting Puerto Rico to be independent of the USA.An international campaign successfully lobbied Obama to commute the sentence, a campaign which included the support of Desmond Tutu, Oscar's brother- Jose, the Puerto Rican community etc.

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  • Can the Graduation Approach Help to End Extreme Poverty?

    February 07, 2017 |

    Yale Insights |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka

    BRAC, the largest NGO in the world and one of the leaders in microfinance as an approach to combating poverty, discovered that despite its successes, microcredit did not always reach what are called the Ultra-Poor in effective, sustainable ways. So they formed partnerships and launched a new, comprehensive initiative that involves consumption support, technical and financial literacy training, and asset management to create a pathway to prosperity called the "graduation approach."

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  • School funding reform: Ideas and challenges aplenty

    February 06, 2017 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

    Schools in Connecticut are facing serious challenges with allocation of finances and resources that have dramatically affected their ability to provide programs such as after school curriculum to students, disproportionately in poor neighborhoods. There are several potential solutions, including more just distribution of funding and increased transparency in the system.

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  • On Patrol With Chicago's Last Violence Interrupters

    February 06, 2017 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago’s Cure Violence program, which has been around for close to 20 years, has closed all but one of its sites. The program employs Violence Interrupters, who work in neighborhoods to help stop violent conflict. As hopeful and successful as its creation was, it has run into cooperative issues with Chicago police and has seen a drastic cut in funding in the last five years.

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  • America Beyond Detention: Taking Shelter

    January 30, 2017 |

    Texas Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Three Part Series, "America Beyond Detention": For decades, immigrant advocates have argued that the federal government should increase the use of residential shelters - like Casa Marianella in Austin - as an alternative to detention. The shelters are generally less expensive, treat immigrants more humanely, and are better equipped to integrate people into their new communities.

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