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  • Alternatives to school suspensions show promise

    July 07, 2016 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Suspensions make kids, especially minorities, fall behind in class and drop out, elevating the risk of incarceration. The Restorative Justice Initiative, in Oakland, has been credited with helping to reduce suspensions by having defiant students talk through the issues.

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  • Poaching Leaves Elephant Daughters in Charge

    July 04, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    It's not just poaching that is changing the landscape of the elephant kingdom, it's human's actions in general. In an attempt to understand the geographical needs of elephants, scientists are arming the species with radio collars to track movements in hopes of impacting conversations around land use and development.

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  • Green and Cool Roofs Provide Relief for Hot Cities, but Should be Sited Carefully

    July 01, 2016 |

    Government Technology |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Twenty-first century cities face the factors of climate change with intensity as urban heating threatens human and the earth’s health. The University of Notre Dame has conducted research on green and cool roofing projects in the city of Chicago. They have found that green and cool roofs help mitigate the heat in cities; however, these roofs should be installed with other strategies like ponds and trees.

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  • For Centuries, A Small Town Has Embraced Strangers With Mental Illness

    July 01, 2016 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Belgium, Geel

    Institutionalizing the mentally ill can exacerbate their symptoms, while dehumanizing them and taking away opportunities for agency. For centuries, the town of Geel in Belgium has a government-funded program that places “boarders” in residential homes where they receive care like a family member. The solution to the problem is to not treat the mentally ill as a social problem, but rather as a social norm.

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  • Refugees Encounter a Foreign Word: Welcome

    June 30, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto

    Fueled by xenophobia, many countries around the world are refusing refugees at the border. But Canadian hockey moms, poker buddies, and neighbors are personally resettling Syrians, one family at a time.

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  • Meet the Full-Service Social Media Secretary for Prisoners

    June 29, 2016 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Toledo, Ohio

    "A social secretary for people who have been deprived of the forms of communication that are now ubiquitous almost everywhere except for prisons," Renea Royster is part of a network of organizations (including Pigeonly, Infolincs, Inmatefone, and Phone Donkey) helping prisoners keep in touch with people on the outside.

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  • Policing the Police

    June 28, 2016 |

    PBS Frontline |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

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    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    The Department of Justice has ordered the Newark Police Department to make reforms to its policing practices, so that public safety will not compromise the human rights. An investigation into the NPD has shown that officers made too many undocumented stops and used unjustified excessive force, resulting in community mistrust. The Newark mayor has begun re-training the police force, reworked standards for punishing police misconduct, advocated body cameras, and civilian oversight of the police department – all of which has started to improve community relations and build trust.

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  • A push to make cops carry liability insurance in Minneapolis

    June 27, 2016 |

    Chicago Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Holding the police accountable for their actions is needed to build trust in the communities they police. The city of Minneapolis has created the Committee for Professional Policing, which advocates for a city charter amendment that requires the police to purchase liability insurance. In this piloted approach, the insurance provides a “financial oversight of the police” but it is still unclear if it has made the police department more accountable.

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  • ‘Microcosm of the city': Garfield High principal navigates racial divide

    June 25, 2016 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    After leading Seattle’s storied Garfield High School for more than a decade, Principal Ted Howard is having a crisis of conscience, wondering if his hard line with youth of color is hurting the very students he most wants to help.

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  • In Search of the Felon-Friendly Workplace

    June 25, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    One of the hardest parts of being in prison is not knowing what to do when you get out. By pitching ex-cons as good for business, the Eastern District of Missouri’s prison-to-work program has become a model for inmate re-entry nationwide.

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