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  • The $50 billion plan to save Louisiana's wetlands

    July 19, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The state of Louisiana is disappearing at an incredible rate, and its sinking deltas threaten some of the nation's crucial oil, gas, and fisheries industries. Industry and government have created an unprecedented plan to save and rebuild these wetlands over the next 50 years — and say failure is not an option.

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  • Minneapolis uses citywide plan to reduce youth violence

    July 18, 2015 |

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    After a rampant problem of violence among youths, Minneapolis enacted a violence-prevention plan which focused on collective action and stemming the causes at their source, resulting in nonfatal shootings involving youths drop by 72%. Now, other cities with similar problems are trying to follow suit.

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  • Planting Exotic Crops for the Sake of the Local Economy

    July 12, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Immigrants to St. Louis are capitalizing on urban gardens and helping to revitalize the city by repopulating it. The program enrolled 31 refugees and their families who plant food for their own household and to sell them. While the profits aren't huge, the entrepreneurial program offers refugees who may speak little or no English a chance to learn how to operate in the local economy.

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  • Colorado's Effort Against Teenage Pregnancies Is a Startling Success

    July 05, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Walsenburg, Colorado

    Colorado causes a large decline in teen pregnancy and abortions by implementing free, long-term birth control to prevent pregnancy. While demonstrating massive success, its continuity is in the air considering the ongoing fight over health insurance at the federal level.

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  • The ‘win-win-win' Tompkins could use to help jailed veterans

    June 30, 2015 |

    The Ithaca Voice |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, New York

    Over 220 Veterans Treatment Courts have been created across the United States, each of which helps provide services like rehabilitation and support groups instead of jail time to veterans. Courts in Ithaca, New York are thinking about implementing such programs and are looking to places like Buffalo, which has seen a decreased recidivism rate to just five percent.

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  • Sarasota: A glimpse into American poverty's future

    June 29, 2015 |

    Fortune |

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    Response Location: United States, Sarasota, Florida

    In Sarasota, Florida, residents invested in change contend that for the poor to move beyond survival mode and break a multi-generational cycle, they need a wraparound strategy, rather than one-off or isolated services. The community is slowly growing programs like the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, which helps to fund and support comprehensive programs that build sustainable change. This article explores solutions being pursued by the county from job training for adults to after school support for students.

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  • How Berlin is helping immigrants and trying to get residents to think differently about national identity

    June 29, 2015 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin, Berlin

    28% of Berlin's population is foreign-born, with residents from more than 180 countries. Berlin is making efforts to incorporate these immigrants by providing them with legal support and employing them in city government.

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  • Solving the Homelessness Problem, with Housing

    June 25, 2015 |

    The Press Democrat |

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    Response Location: United States, Sonoma, California

    In a county in California, federal agencies are implementing a model known as Housing First which gets homeless people safe, secure housing before tackling root causes of homelessness.

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  • Poverty solutions that actually work

    June 24, 2015 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    Researchers from Yale and MIT conducted a poverty study across various countries and found that aid can relieve poverty if it is comprehensive and gives people a productive asset.

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  • How Australians survived a 13-year drought by going low-tech

    June 23, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Australia, Melbourne

    In the face of a prolonged drought, residents of Melbourne, Australia, cut water consumption in half by capturing rainwater and using efficient toilets and washing machines.

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