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  • A Root Cause of the Teacher-Diversity Problem

    January 23, 2018 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    In 2010, the U.S. District Court of Louisiana reissued a ruling originally given in 1975: desegregate faculty and fill open positions with qualified black applicants so that the black teacher ratio reflects the ratio of black students. Since 2010, the number of black hires has increased substantially and the achievement gap between black and white students has started to close. Northwestern University researchers are using this example to highlight an oft-ignored problem and potential room for a solution in the teacher diversity equation - biases in hiring practices.

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  • Putting the Voters in Charge of Fair Voting

    January 23, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Politicians across the country draw voting maps to favor their own political parties. In Michigan, a state with extreme congressional gerrymandering, voters are saying enough is enough. A nonpartisan group called Voters Not Politicians has collected 425,000 signatures in support of a ballot measure to create an independent commission to determine voting districts. The all-volunteer force gathered proposals at town hall meetings and spoke with voters at parades, football games, and even highway rest stops.

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  • Chicago will give hotel workers panic buttons to prevent sexual assault

    January 22, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A new ordinance in Chicago requires hotels to give panic buttons to employees working in rooms alone. 58 percent of the city’s hotel workers report having experienced flashing, groping, and other forms of sexual harassment from guests. 96 percent say a panic button would make them feel safer. The ordinance also gives workers the right to stop working and leave the area without facing retaliation from their employer.

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  • Tracking The Air We Breathe

    January 19, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    While asthma has a large impact—including being the most common reason for school absence—data on the disease can be difficult to collect. An app called Propeller has been developed which tracks medication use among people with asthma and analyzes usage against 30 different environmental factors that can impact air quality and respitory health.

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  • With Marijuana Now Legal, L.A. Goes Further to Make Amends for the War on Drugs

    January 18, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    After California legalized recreational use of marijuana, Los Angeles took the initiative even further to address the social and systemic inequity caused by the war on drugs of communities of color. The city undertook criminal justice reforms like clinics to help people expunge their records, and economic reforms like prioritizing those with past convictions to receive licenses to own and operate dispensaries. Furthermore, LA is practicing restorative justice by directing the tax revenue created by this sector back into the neighborhoods that were deeply affected in the past.

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  • Want to revitalize a depressed economy? The EPA can help.

    January 18, 2018 |

    Anaconda Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, Anaconda, Montana

    The Brownfields Program, funded through the EPA, helps towns across Montana redevelop contaminated buildings into new areas for economic development. Since 2016, when Anaconda and several nearby towns became eligible for this funding, they have used federal funds to clean up petroleum spills and other leaks and create new locations for community life to flourish.

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  • Making history by saving it: UW groups keep indigenous languages alive

    January 13, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    “It’s like my tongue is tap-dancing,” is how one student described learning Lushootseed, an indigenous language. Colleges and universities are allowing students to get a credit for learning an indigenous language. A feat, that for some, is a way to relearn a lost history.

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  • Colombia's peace agreement is the world's first to have gender at its core

    January 12, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Colombia

    Colombia’s 2016 peace accord has a chapter on gender and sections specifically responsive to women’s needs, such as an affirmation of women’s right to own land and the establishment of a special unit to investigate conflict-related sexual violence. These provisions, a result of trailblazing inclusion of women and LGBTQ groups in the peace process, break new ground in recognizing the gendered impacts of armed conflict.

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  • How Tenants Use Digital Mapping to Track Bad Landlords and Gentrification

    January 12, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Social justice organizations use digital cartography to tell stories about and bring awareness to unfair gentrification and landlord loopholes. By making massive data sets available and easily digestible to the public, organizations create a way for the public to play watch-dog in the affordable housing market.

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  • Energy Democracy: People Power for a Cleaner Planet

    January 11, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Mississippi

    As the United States grapples with the already-occurring effects of climate change, there is a growing call from the energy democracy movement to make sure energy efficiency remains equitable and affordable. Initiatives like Mississippi’s One Voice or the South Bronx’s Mothers on the Move recognize that climate change hits low-income first and most and are working to address the unequal power dynamics through shared, power-powered energy initiatives.

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