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La falla fatal en las operaciones de rescate de la Patrulla Fronteriza

Tanvi Misra

September 01, 2024 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States

Muchos creen que la Patrulla Fronteriza debería tener la responsabilidad principal por los rescates y la recuperación de migrantes. La agencia forma parte de CBP, la que a su vez es parte del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, con recursos muchas veces mayores que los de los equipos de emergencia locales y de organizaciones sin fines de lucro. Pero varios trabajadores humanitarios e investigadores fronterizos ven un conflicto de intereses entre el mandato principal de la agencia de detener y deportar a los migrantes, y el objetivo humanitario de salvar sus vidas.

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Selling America: The Army's fight to find recruits in a mistrustful, divided nation

Greg Jaffe Missy Ryan

August 30, 2024 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Toms River, New Jersey

Amidst dismal recruitment numbers, the army is struggling and trying all it can to build trust with people and encourage them to join in a climate where American institutions are facing fierce criticism. It’s an ongoing process of trial and error. Despite its shortcomings, the army is seeing some success with programs like the Future Soldier Preparatory Course, which provides tutoring and physical training to help enlistees pass the ASVAB exam. This year alone, about 23,000 recruits have participated in the program.

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At the Border, a Shelter By — And For — Muslim Women

Ken Chitwood

August 29, 2024 |

Sojourners |

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Response Location: Mexico

Albergue Assabil (the Shelter of the Path), by the Latina Muslim Foundation, is the first women-led Muslim shelter along the U.S.-Mexico border. It has been in operation since June 2022, providing a safe space for women migrants, supplying them with food, clothing, shelter and sanctuary regardless of their religious, social or cultural background. In the past two years, the shelter has helped about 3,000 migrant women.

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How a Bipartisan Group Overcame the Odds to Pass the TikTok Divestment Bill

John McCormack David M. Drucker

May 03, 2024 |

The Dispatch |

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Response Location: United States

To drum up bipartisan support for a bill that will require social media app TikTok to divest from the Chinese Communist Party or lose access to American users, legislators involved multiple committees in the process and enlisted the support of the Department of Justice to appeal directly to Democrats. The final version of the bill was attached to legislation providing aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan and passed with little opposition.

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Inside Google's Plans to Combat Election Misinformation

Yasmeen Serhan

April 25, 2024 |

Time Magazine |

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Response Location: Indonesia

To combat election-related mis- and disinformation, a Google initiative called Jigsaw launched campaigns in Indonesia and Eastern Europe with videos “inoculating” viewers against false information by explaining common manipulation techniques that could be used to mislead them. Surveys showed that people who viewed the videos were up to 5 percent more likely to correctly identify attempts at manipulation.

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Extremism stand-down checked a box with no lasting result, critics say

Nikki Wentling

November 30, 2023 |

Military Times |

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Response Location: United States

Following the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon created a mandate requiring all service members to receive a one-day training on domestic extremism. But military members report that the “stand-down” trainings were half-hearted and disorganized, and two years later, few of the recommendations developed by the Pentagon’s working group on extremism have been implemented.

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What the Pentagon Has, Hasn't and Could Do to Stop Veterans and Troops from Joining Extremist Groups

Konstantin Toropin Steve Beynon Travis Tritten Drew F. Lawrence

November 01, 2023 |

Military.com |

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Response Location: United States

A new standard was implemented in 2021 requiring all U.S. service members to receive training on extremist movements that target troops and veterans. But soldiers describe the briefings, which were largely left to individual commanders to develop, as haphazard and lacking crucial information about preventing radicalization.

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Election security a success, but more improvements needed, experts say

Ines Kagubare

November 26, 2022 |

The Hill |

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Response Location: United States

To bolster the security of the 2022 midterm election, officials released frequent alerts and updates about disinformation, cyber threats, and potential physical threats to election workers. A special task force investigated threats against election officials and brought forward four federal cases and several state prosecutions related to the incidents.

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How Sacramento County is bucking the national trend of murder cases going unsolved

Julie Watts

June 29, 2022 |

CBS News |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

Sacramento County has achieved one of the best homicide clearance rates in the country after the sheriff's department implemented smart staffing techniques, the use of national databases, a citizen video surveillance registry, tip lines, and other assistive technologies. These changes led to arrests in 8/10 homicide cases in 2022, or 20% above the national average.

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The ‘timber detectives' on the front lines of illegal wood trade

Peter Yeung

March 09, 2022 |

National Geographic |

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Response Location: Germany, Hamburg

At the Thünen Institute in Germany, a team of 15 people are working to identify culprits of the world’s third largest criminal sector: the illegal wood trade. Since 2013, they have been analyzing and identifying the origin of wood products to determine if they were made from endangered or protected tree species. In 2021, they analyzed about 10,000 samples and are working with organizations and authorities around the world to prevent illegal logging.

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