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Results From The City That Just Gave Away Cash

Emma Peaslee

March 09, 2021 |

NPR |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

A guaranteed income pilot program in Stockton, California, resulted in improved mental health and even increased full-time employment rates. The extra cash gave recipients who were struggling with poverty the mental and financial bandwidth to apply for jobs, take a shift off for an interview, and even granted some the extra free time needed to pursue advanced degrees.

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MASLAGO al rescate de Apanás

Jorge Hurtado

March 09, 2021 |

Periodismo de Soluciones |

Podcast |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Nicaragua, Jinotega

Primera entrega sobre MASLAGO, una organización que trabaja por disminuir la sedimentación y contaminación del Lago de Anapás, que es una de las represas hidroeléctricas más importantes de Nicaragua, a través de la educación de los agricultores sobre la reforestación y eliminación de los monocultivos.

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California job seekers found new careers with help from a rent relief program. Here's how

Jeong Park

March 09, 2021 |

Sacramento Bee |

Multi-Media |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

Rent relief payments in California are helping public housing residents pursue full-time employment. The Jobs-Plus initiative provides payments that are conditional on enrolling in job training and placement programs. An increased income often disqualifies public housing residents from benefits and subsidies such as food stamps, childcare, and discounted rent rates which can negate the increased income from higher wages or more hours. Rent relief empowers residents to build a security net for themselves in addition to pursing full-time employment without the strain of losing much-needed benefits.

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How scientists scrambled to stop Donald Trump's EPA from wiping out climate data

Justine Calma

March 08, 2021 |

The Verge |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, with the help of scientists, academics, and other volunteers, preserved EPA data and information that the Trump administration sought to erase. They held “guerrilla archiving” events to identify and save data, manually backing it up when necessary. They made data more accessible by creating congressional district “report cards” showing where environmental law violations occurred. To preserve institutional knowledge, they published interviews with 60 federal scientists who left the agency. In total, over 200 TB of data was archived in less than a year.

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How women are helping communities defeat food insecurity

Howard LaFranchi

March 08, 2021 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: El Salvador

Women are given the tools and training needed to monetize skills they already have in order to reduce food insecurity. From the Middle East to Africa and Central America, skills such as hammock weaving, cooking, and farming are helping women reduce poverty and create better lives for their families and communities. Empowering women and girls results in powerful ripple effects.

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Freedom Fund: Bringing Justice to Incarcerated LGBTQ Individuals

Lukas Matuszewski

March 08, 2021 |

StreetWise |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

The 2020 social justice uprisings drew attention, and donations, to bail funds, which use donations to bail people out of jail while their criminal charges or immigration cases are pending. One fund that benefited from this trend is the LGBTQ Freedom Fund, which focuses its financial aid and related social and educational services on LGBTQ people, given their high risks for incarceration and mistreatment in the criminal justice system. Since its 2017 founding, the fund has helped post bail for people in 15 states and its fund has grown to several million dollars.

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How Giant Batteries Are Protecting The Most Vulnerable In Blackouts

Lauren Sommer

March 08, 2021 |

WBUR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States

States are creating microgrids with the use of large batteries and solar panels in an effort to fortify their utilities infrastructure against extreme weather. Such investments enable communities to prevent prolonged blackouts and therefore stay safe during storms, wildfires, extreme cold, and whatever else climate change might cause in the future.

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The Cherokee Nation Infuses Cash Into Language Revitalization Efforts

Kristi Eaton

March 08, 2021 |

The Daily Yonder |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Cherokee Nation

Tribal members are being paid to learn the Cherokee language through the Master Apprentice Program. The $16 million effort to maintain a tie to the culture through language is being funded from the tribe’s casino revenues. Participation has increased since the inception of the initiative six years ago.

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This high school reopened two months ago, with no COVID-19 outbreaks. Here's how

Anita Chabria Brian van der Brug

March 08, 2021 |

Los Angeles Times |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

Jesuit High School in Northern California has remained open in full for two months without encountering a single outbreak of Covid-19 amongst school attendants. While it hasn't been inexpensive, the parochial school routinely conducts districtwide on-site rapid coronavirus tests and attributes this protocol to the overall success.

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OMOMi is leveraging digital technology to provide women with easy access to quality maternal health care

Paul Adepoju

March 08, 2021 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

An app is offering reproductive healthcare help to women in Nigeria who don't always have access to reliable maternal and prenatal health information. While it does require the user to have access to technology, it has attracted 40,000 users so far, providing "pregnant women and mothers with access to life-saving maternal and child health information, as well as access to doctors with the touch of a button."

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