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  • Trailers as affordable housing: solution or bane to the poor?

    January 18, 2015 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, Bath, Pennsylvania

    Many people who own a trailer home live in a corporate-owned community where the rent goes unregulated but it is too expensive to relocate the trailer. In New Hampshire many manufactured home communities are owned by resident co-ops.

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  • Fire Doors And Sprinklers Debut At Garment Factories In Bangladesh

    January 17, 2015 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka

    After the deadliest garment factory disaster in history killed more than 1,100 Bangladeshi workers in 2013, two new international groups conducted inspections of more than 1,700 factories and imposed higher safety standards that the factories must meet to sell to international markets. More than 30 factories were closed as imminent risks. Far more common were problems requiring fixes ranging from simple to costly: upgraded electrical systems, mental fire doors, sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, and other safety requirements that are gradually taking hold in the industry.

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  • Seniors Take Manhattan

    January 13, 2015 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Cities tend to be dangerous and difficult places to live for older residents. A private public partnership in New York is catering to seniors through small changes in the city such as para-transit options and seniors-only hours at public establishments.

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  • What can we learn from a town that beat poverty

    January 05, 2015 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: Canada, Dauphin, Manitoba

    In a pilot program in a Canadian city, the working poor were given monthly cash supplements to their income. The recipients did not stop working and were able to access opportunities to make a better living long term.

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  • What police departments can learn about race relations from the LAPD

    December 21, 2014 |

    Yahoo! News |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles used to be a hotbed of racial profiling and unrest. Now, in the wake of Ferguson and the police killings in Brooklyn, Chief Charlie Beck thinks his force could be a model for the rest of the nation. The dept. has worked hard in recent years to create a police department that reflects the city it serves and has made fundamental progress on key civil rights issues.

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  • Where Does Moral Courage Come From?

    December 18, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh

    An Indian activist, Satyarthi, is trying to undermine the hard-pressed Indian caste system by speaking out in little ways that are publicly broadcasted in order to find more supporters.

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  • Managed Care Plans Make Progress In Erasing Racial Disparities

    December 17, 2014 |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Management of blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar improved nationwide, yet African-Americans still "substantially" trailed whites. The Kaiser’s clinic in California is closing this racial gap by creating registries of people with various conditions to identify those who are missing preventive care and or better management.

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  • In drought, Rio Grande Valley irrigators feel the crunch

    December 14, 2014 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Clint, Texas

    Population growth, historical dryness and predictions of a warming climate all mean a future of scarce water in the Rio Grande's Upper Basin. Farmers and the irrigation districts are left to try and find ways to conserve what river water they have - and there's a lot to be saved. To minimize such losses, both irrigation districts have taken a number of steps.

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  • Refugee Resettlement in Connecticut

    December 09, 2014 |

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    Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

    Refugee resettlement is arguably one of our country’s noblest examples of foreign policy. It gives forcibly displaced people from around the world a chance to escape danger and rebuild a life for themselves in a safe environment.

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  • Protecting the Rio Grande Basin's dwindling water

    November 16, 2014 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Elephant Butte, New Mexico

    The El Paso Times reports from the heart of the Rio Grande Basin - where drought has led to dramatic decreases in water supply, and serious changes in management of river resources are called for - on how the region plans to tackle the effects of climate change. Citizens work to increase water regulations and frugality in order to find a solution to the dwindling water problem.

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