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  • Worker-led programs like Milk with Dignity are key to protecting dairy farm workers

    November 19, 2020 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    A first-of-its-kind worker-led program in Vermont is helping dairy migrant workers to "hold farmers, corporations, and suppliers in the dairy industry accountable for the rights of workers in their supply-chains through a legally-binding agreement." Although not all dairy farm operations have joined in the program as participants, it has been enacted on 64 farms and helped bolster wages and housing situations for migrant farmers.

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  • L'ex-Allemagne de l'Est, bonne élève de la rénovation énergétique

    November 19, 2020 |

    Reporterre |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Neuruppin

    En ex-Allemagne de l’Est, la rénovation énergétique des bâtiments va bon train. Depuis 2015, les émissions de CO2 ont ainsi diminué de plus de 30 % dans la ville de Neuruppin. L’objectif ? Un parc immobilier neutre en carbone d’ici 2050. Pour cela, les communes s’appuient sur une politique incitative et comptent notamment sur les réseaux de chauffage urbain.

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  • Finland and Norway Avoid Covid-19 Lockdowns but Keep the Virus At Bay

    November 18, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Finland

    Both Finland and Norway have successfully kept COVID-19 cases at a minimum without fully implementing lockdowns within their countries thanks to a united government, closed borders, and mandatory quarantines. The strategy has also helped keep the economy intact compared to other countries which implemented "draconian" restrictions.

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  • Seattle's urban farmers are reclaiming public space

    November 17, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Seattle’s urban agriculture community saw a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests. BIPOC-led urban farms — like YES Farm and Black Star Farmers — had an increase in volunteers and people wanting to help provide food security, agricultural education, and land access to communities who don’t have their basic needs met. In the first half of 2020, the city of Seattle assigned plots of land to 439 new gardeners to pursue urban farming, with nearly half of them going to underrepresented populations.

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  • Know anyone applying to college during COVID-19? This program gets good results in Fresno

    November 17, 2020 |

    The Fresno Bee |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    In the central San Joaquin Valley, guidance counselors are using CaliforniaColleges.edu to help oversee their students' college-application process. Within the program, the counselors are able to manage every step of each application, which helps them determine whether they need to make interventions. Twenty-five schools have implemented the system.

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  • Coronavirus vaccine: How will poorer countries get a fair shot?

    November 17, 2020 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: Switzerland

    As the race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine continues, many officials are preemptively discussing how the vaccine will be disseminated, especially as richer countries have already "staked their claim to the first doses." The solution may be an advance market commitment – a concept employed in the early 2000s by GAVI to more equitably distribute the pneumococcal vaccine.

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  • ‘How Did We Not Know?' Gun Owners Confront a Suicide Epidemic

    November 17, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    A public-education campaign to enlist gun owners in suicide prevention work by first informing them of the problem's scope has spread to programs in 21 states. Although the campaign's ultimate effects on suicide rates are not known, it has at least spurred gun-rights advocates to action, with safety and prevention messages spread through gun shows, retailers, trade groups, and gun ranges. The majority of gun deaths are suicides. Millions of guns have been sold during the pandemic and social-justice protests, elevating suicide risks. Safety measures include gun locks and having friends remove guns from homes.

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  • An African American quilter confronts racism amid COVID-19

    November 17, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    The killing of George Floyd inspired a series of exhibits in Minneapolis featuring quilts made by over 100 artists depicting stories of racial injustices and also empowerment in the United States. These protest quilts join a long tradition of sharing stories of fear and perseverance experienced by Black people, especially Black women, in society. Today, these same quilters responded to Covid-19 by making masks. The over 500 members of The Women of Color Quilters Network have made close to 20,000 masks, many of which they have given for free to health care and other front line workers.

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  • From prison to star employee

    November 17, 2020 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Frustrated by a tight labor market, two locally owned Grand Rapids employers discovered the virtues – economic, not just moral – of hiring formerly incarcerated people, whose gratitude for an opportunity translated into excellent performance and less risk of adding to rapid turnover. The employers helped guarantee success by paying for support services that made post-prison transitions easier. The employers then talked hundreds of other local employers into doing the same. Besides providing a business advantage, the program changes lives and is evidently contributing to much lower rates of recidivism.

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  • Patients Struggle to Find Prescription Opioids After NY Tax Drives Out Suppliers

    November 17, 2020 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    To "punish major drugmakers for their role in the opioid epidemic and generate funding for treatment programs," the state of New York implemented a new an excise tax on opioids. Since going into effect, though, the tax has failed to bring in the expected revenue and many opioid manufacturers and wholesalers have stopped selling their drugs to the state which has negatively impacted those who have been prescribed opioids for ailments such as pain management.

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