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  • Police and the Public Bridge Gap on Stage

    February 05, 2016 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York

    An ensemble of New York Police Department officers and members of the public are participating in a theater program designed to bring together the opposite sides of the nationwide debate on interactions between police and minority communities.

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  • How can coffee become a better tool for development?

    January 28, 2016 |

    Devex |

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    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Butembo, Nord-Kivu

    All over the world, new fair trade projects or approaches are sprouting up to foster trading relationships that pay off for farmers, giving them more adequate wages and rights.

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  • Human trafficking: California keeps a closer eye on recruiters

    January 25, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Albany, California

    A new law seeks to protect vulnerable guest workers and unwary businesses from unscrupulous recruiters by requiring them to register with the state and meet certain requirements.

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  • Human trafficking: 6 solutions that are working

    January 25, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States

    Promising and innovative solutions to modern-day slavery range from labeling U.S. food products to forming joint police-NGO task forces. Each addresses a different aspect of slavery in the modern world, a pernicious problem that receives relatively little media attention.

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  • India Offers Training, Funding to Spur Growth in Tibetan Entrepreneurs

    January 20, 2016 |

    Voice of America (VOA) |

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    Response Location: India, Dharamsala

    Tibetan youth face high levels of unemployment in India, and an entrepreneurship training program is trying to change that by helping young people start their own companies. TED, the Tibetan Entrepreneurship Development Initiative, offers seed funding and business training to aspiring founders with the hopes of fostering economic growth to the Tibetan community in India.

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  • Radical idea to help freed slaves: Just give them cash

    January 11, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Thailand, Samut Sakhon, Chang Wat Samut Sakhon

    In Thailand, the Issara Institute gives freed workers money, instead of services, and a chance to make their own choices. The system disavows paternalistic programs that tie strings to aid.

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  • How to Get Out of Solitary — One Step at a Time

    January 07, 2016 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Alger, Michigan

    New programs aim to ease inmates out of years of solitary confinement by passing them through different "stages," each with different behavioral requirements and rewards. It's an approach that allows inmates to gradually gain more control over their lives.

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  • In Seattle, a team approach gets victories against traffickers

    January 04, 2016 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Seattle's anti-trafficking program has enabled a high number of prosecutions against human traffickers. The program's task force depends on coordinating a number of actors across agencies and gaining funding from the Justice Department.

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  • Tomato pickers persuade big food companies to sign on to human-rights movement

    December 31, 2015 |

    Sun Sentinel |

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    Response Location: United States, Immokalee, Florida

    Tomato pickers have spent more than 20 years on a campaign for dignity and fair pay. The workers have succeeded, against incredible odds, in getting some of the biggest corporations in the country to recognize their plight.

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  • The Unlikely Rise of Restorative Justice in a Conservative Upstate New York County

    December 29, 2015 |

    Slate |

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    Response Location: United States, Batavia, New York

    In a conservative upstate town in New York, an early advocate of what is now known as restorative justice pioneered the idea of finding alternatives to incarceration that address root causes of crimes and offer victims larger roles in the process. He did this by engaging different people across law enforcement, the community and social services. That built broad support, but the programs have struggled to maintain these innovations or make them permanent after the departure of the visionary founder.

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