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  • Rural areas recruiting well trained foreign workers for hard to fill jobs

    January 10, 2018 |

    Cut Bank Pioneer Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Cut Bank, Montana

    In Montana, schools and hospitals are in desperate need of teachers and nurses as brain drain leads young people to leave the state. In response, the state is working with Guardian Healthcare Providers to employ foreign nurses, mostly from the Philippines. Foreign teachers are also coming to Montana, and they need to meet clear certification requirements to be able to teach. Cut Bank, Montana residents are welcoming the foreign workers into their communities.

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  • The Future of Transgender Healthcare Is Online

    January 10, 2018 |

    Vice |

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    Response Location: United States, South Carolina

    Competent transgender care can be hard to access for many, but an organization that is utilizing a telehealth approach is helping to fill the gap in five states across southeastern United States. Although the video conferencing solution can't act as a replacement for a primary care doctor due to the geographical difference, it does provide consistent care for transition-related services.

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  • How to enforce gender equality? Iceland tests the waters

    January 10, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Iceland, Reykjavík

    Although Iceland has ranked the most gender equal nation in the world by The Word Economic Forum, there is still a gender pay gap. A new law might change that. Iceland has become the first, and only country to punish companies that pay women less than men.

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  • We can draw school zones to make classrooms less segregated. This is how well your district does.

    January 08, 2018 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States

    In many American districts, school segregation has returned to pre- Brown v. Board of Education levels. When determining attendance zones, most boards have gerrymandered districts to reinforce existing residential segregation. Alvin Chang asks, "But what if we used these school attendance zones to send kids to schools that aren't as homogenous as their neighborhoods?" In this story, Chang introduces new data and tells the story of a few places that have tried to defy the dominant trend of using schools as a tool for further segregation even as their actions sometimes lead to "white flight."

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  • Iceland hopes to get rid of the gender pay gap with a revolutionary new law

    January 08, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Iceland

    Iceland is hoping to become the first country to eliminate the pay gap between men and women after it imposed a law that mandates companies get an equal pay certification or face a fine.”This law is thought to be the first of its kind.”

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  • Predicting Crime in Chicago

    January 07, 2018 |

    60 Minutes |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    What if a computer program could tell you who was at risk for shooting someone or being shot themselves? This is now a reality for Chicago Police Department. By piloting the use of this technology, and assembly a cohort of cops, social workers, ministers and moms to visit the names of those the computer names, the city has seen a decrease in violence over the last year.

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  • The Midwives' Resistance: How Native Women Are Reclaiming Birth on Their Terms

    January 05, 2018 |

    Rewire |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    It is exceptionally difficult for indigenous people in Canada and the United States to receive culturally competent care from non-Native providers. A series of efforts focused on maternal care and the role of midwives have provided pathways for women to receive care rooted in their culture as well as endeavored to create the legal and financial infrastructure to make these efforts sustainable.

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  • Why Chile's government accelerator is investing in women-led startups

    January 04, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    Response Location: Chile

    Women are vastly underrepresented in founding teams of startup companies, and they face a huge disadvantage in accessing capital. The Chilean government has launched S Factory, a training program to prepare women entrepreneurs for the Start-Up Chile Accelerator. Since 2015, the program has funded over 100 startups led by women.

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  • What Can New York Learn from New Jersey's Bail Reform?

    January 04, 2018 |

    WNYC |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    In 2017, New Jersey eliminated the cash bail system – meaning that potential offenders awaiting court could not be held in jail for money. Instead, judges use an algorithm that considers the individual’s criminal history, flight risk, and threat level to the community. As New York considers doing the same, it looks the impact it has made in New Jersey.

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  • A new way emerges to cover college tuition. But is it a better way?

    December 31, 2017 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    Several private colleges are considering an alternative to traditional student grants and loans - Income Share Agreements (ISAs) - in which colleges or outside capital sources provide loans to students with the promise that students will pay a percentage of their income with no interest for a set period of time after graduation. Critics argue that the arrangement will simply add to existing student debt and favor students in higher-paying math and science majors, programs in which minorities lack proportionate representation. Can colleges adjust the financing model to take into account these concerns?

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