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  • Safe Passage: Access to Abortion in India

    August 11, 2016 |

    Bitch Media |

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    Response Location: India, Patna, Bihar

    Cultural stigmas, a lack of information, and shortages of qualified providers mean that - despite being a legal process - millions of women in India still suffer and die from botched and back-ally abortions each year. The Ipas Development Foundation is working to change perceptions and save lives by providing training and certifications to healthcare workers, passing out free contraception, helping break social taboos, and distributing informational resources communicating women's rights to reproductive healthcare.

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  • The surprisingly simple economic case for giving refugees cash, not stuff

    August 07, 2016 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: Jordan, Amman

    In the Middle East, refugee camps are expensive to run-- particularly because shipping food aid is expensive, and the refugees feel victimized in an environment where they have no agency or purchasing power. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has moved refugees in Jordan out of camps and has given cash instead of in-kind aid, and new possibilities emerge with mobile money by the aid of new technology. The results have shown that refugees feel more empowered and the costs associated with their aid are reduced.

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  • Black Lives Matter Policy Agenda Looks a Lot Like a Playbook for Inclusive Cities

    August 05, 2016 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Windsor, Ontario has a similar economic industry as its neighbor Detroit Michigan; however, Detroit has substantial low-income Black communities compared with Windsor. The Movement for Black Lives has created a six-piece platform that addresses what the United States should do to face the disproportionate problems faced by Black communities. Some of those platforms, including pairing the unemployed with economic incentives, removing questions about criminal history on job applications, and tax revisions, have found success in other cities.

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  • Connecting social justice and black identity at a national debate camp in Baltimore

    August 04, 2016 |

    WYPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    In the past, debate teams have lacked diversity and have been mostly compromised by white students. Beginning in the 1990s, Urban Debate Leagues engaged minority students and challenged the traditional style of debate, which was disconnected from communities of color. In cities like Baltimore, students of color are encouraged to debate by talking about their “black identity and structural racism.”

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  • Barriers to Reforming Police Practices

    August 02, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    With the police killings of Freddie Gray, Laquan McDonald, and other black lives across the country, the problem remains how to reform police departments and reduce excessive force on unarmed men and women. Procedural justice is a strategy that centers on legitimizing the law for at-risk communities by building trust, so that the environment of policing changes to one of respect and less crime results. Procedural justice has begun to be implemented across U.S. police departments with some measurable successes, although police accountability remains important and should be an extension of the strategy.

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  • London feels strain of its aggressive fight against extremism

    August 01, 2016 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: England, London

    Non-profits like Active Change Foundation in London leverage community outreach and personal relationships to intervene on extremist behavior and prevent radical recruitment. But when attempting to partner with the government for resources and funding, they face challenges of credibility, discrimination, and mismanagement. As anti-radicalization efforts are stepped up in the USA, Twin Cities looks to learn from the mistakes and successes of this tricky parity.

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  • Putting Low-Wage Workers' Rights, Legal Help On Your Smartphone's Homescreen

    August 01, 2016 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Low wage workers are very likely to have their rights violated. To support them in an accessible and efficient way WorkersReport was created as an app to help workers report and track violations as well as get in touch with the right support.

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  • How Denmark is trying to subvert the call to terror

    July 31, 2016 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Aarhus

    Many Denmark youth are traveling to Syria to join Islamic extremist groups. Denmark has reduced recruitments by pouring money into government programs dedicated to better integrate immigrant communities through employment and counseling.

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  • Chronically Absent: Is Quality Education in Juvenile Detention Possible in Mississippi?

    July 27, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Pelahatchie, Mississippi

    Many years of work to improve juvenile-detention centers in Mississippi may curb recidivism rates by increasing the quality of life in detention. Despite those efforts, however, centers might still be unable to give detained students what they need the most—a quality education.

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  • A Strategy to Build Police-Citizen Trust

    July 26, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

    The increase of violence between the police and Black communities across the country requires a reconstruction of the relationship that addresses empathy, trust, and crime reduction. The Department of Justice has developed test programs in different cities that train police officers in procedural justice. The early results of this program in Stockton, CA show that communities and police have built trust and law legitimacy, while the crime rate has not increased.

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