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Why We Should Lower the Voting Age to 16

James A. Anderson

July 20, 2020 |

Next City |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Research shows that voting at a young age leads to lifelong civic engagement and several cities and countries have lowered their voting ages. In the handful of democracies that allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote, they also show that they turnout in large numbers. Austria was the first EU country to allow 16-year-olds to vote and in 2014 their turnout was 64%, compared to 56% for voters 18-20. Takoma Park, Maryland allows 16-year-olds to vote, and in 2015 45% of them turned out compared to 21% overall. The national movement is slow, and not gaining a lot of traction, but changes can happen at the local level.

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Amistad ‘online' para supervivientes de violencia machista en la pandemia

Monica Pelliccia Elena Ledda

July 19, 2020 |

El País |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: India

En India, debido a la epidemia de coronavirus, la plataforma Safe City reportó un aumento en los casos de mujeres víctimas de violencia en el entorno doméstico, mientras que la Comisión Nacional para las Mujeres reportó una disminución en las denuncias. Activistas de ese país han organizado encuentros digitales para dar apoyo a supervivientes de violencia de género en la pareja y de violencia doméstica.

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How sports institutions have overhauled their images in the past

Dana Jacobson

July 18, 2020 |

CBS News |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Renaming the Washington Redskins to remove a racist name and logo will require a difficult and delicate process juggling a host of issues that other professional and college sports franchises have successfully navigated in the past. Often a years-long process, rebranding involves choosing a name and color scheme that replace the harmful imagery with a positive name that passes trademark tests, wins fan support, maintains brand equity and continuity built over decades, and can be reduced to a simple logo that looks good on helmets and in all media, from TV screens to smartphones.

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Aparar toda a água da chuva e tirar o sustento dessa terra seca

Beatriz Jucá

July 17, 2020 |

El País |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Quixadá, Ceará

O artigo faz parte de uma série sobre o programa de cisternas para armazenar água da chuva no semiárido brasileiro. Dessa vez, a repórter fala sobre uma mulher que tem a cisterna e viaja para ensinar outras pessoas a como usar bem a pouca água disponível. Ela ensina, por exemplo, técnicas de gotejamento para regar as plantações economizando água.

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“Veio a peste, mas neste ano Deus mandou a chuva para encher a cisterna”

Beatriz Jucá

July 17, 2020 |

El País |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Quixeramobim, Ceará

No semiárido brasileiro existe um programa de implantação de cisternas para coletar água na estação chuvosa. Apesar da eficiência para que as famílias tenham água para beber, se higienizar e plantar, o governo tem diminuído os investimentos do programa.

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How a Coalition of New York Activists Revealed Police-Department Secrets

Tom Robbins

July 17, 2020 |

The New Yorker |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

When New York legislators abolished a state law that had long shielded police officers’ disciplinary records from public scrutiny, they were not just responding to recent protests but also to activism over many years by reform advocates and families of victims of police violence. Long-running legal challenges had failed to pry the records loose. But activists – opposed by police unions and their allies – had used public testimony, publicity, and their families’ stories to lay the groundwork for changes that then came quickly after George Floyd’s death sparked nationwide protests of police brutality.

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O invento que mudou a dieta do sertão

Beatriz Jucá

July 17, 2020 |

El País |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Pedra Branca, Ceará

O programa de implantação de cisternas para coletar água na estação chuvosa no semiárido brasileiro permitiu que as famílias pudessem ter uma maior variedade de alimentos para comer e vender. Em Pedra Branca, por exemplo, uma família conhecia o espinafre apenas somente pela televisão, mas com a disponibilidade da água pode plantar esse e outros vegetais.

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Um sertão transformado

Beatriz Jucá

July 17, 2020 |

El País |

Photojournalism |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Ceará

O programa de implantação de cisternas para coletar água na estação chuvosa no semiárido brasileiro, além de oferecer água para as famílias beberem e plantarem a própria comida, ajuda na criação de animais, como cabras e galinhas. As famílias precisam de uma cisterna para armazenar a água para beber e cozinhar e outra para armazenar a água para a produção agrícola.

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Tackling a notorious waste problem in Africa's largest informal community

Shi En Kim

July 16, 2020 |

Ensia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

Kibra Green, a grassroots organization in Kenya, mobilizes the young people in the community to clean up their neighborhood. At times, the group has as many as 500 participants for a community-wide clean up. Yet, a lack of steady funding and socioeconomic barriers for volunteers to regularly contribute to the group has made it difficult to scale the organization.

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The surprising reason many babies die around the world—and what's being done about it

Claire Gagne

July 16, 2020 |

Today's Parent |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ethiopia

Born on Time, a partnership between the Canadian government, Johnson & Johnson, and NGOs, uses a comprehensive approach to reduce premature births, including educating women and men about the risk factors - like having babies close together and poor nutrition - providing free birth control, and encouraging women to deliver at hospitals. The program engages men with twice monthly meetings to teach them about their role in preventing pre-term births and they also run programs at schools that target early and forced marriages, normalize menstruation, and empower girls to have a voice in relationships.

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