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  • California's fire crisis requires carceral reform and a Just Transition

    A California law is making it easier for firefighters trained while incarcerated to get the emergency medical technician licensing required to work at municipal fire stations once released. The new law helps formerly incarcerated firefighters expunge felony convictions from their records that would otherwise prevent them access to licensing.

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  • As COVID-19 Subsides, Online Memory Cafes for Dementia Linger

    Virtual memory cafes for people with dementia are able to reach more people, avoid transportation and mobility barriers, and open new possibilities — like making new friends across the ocean. First pioneered in the Netherlands in the 1990s, memory cafes have spread around the world as a way for people experiencing memory loss and caregivers can find community and companionship.

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  • Tiny Oregon town hosts 1st wind-solar-battery 'hybrid' plant

    The Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility in Oregon is the first in the United States to use wind energy, solar energy, and battery storage on a large scale to provide consistent energy without using fossil fuels to fill gaps.

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  • Some ships ditch fuel for wind power over pollution concerns

    In France, some members of the shipping industry are using sailing ships run on wind power to deliver cargo in an effort to reduce fuel use, pollution, and carbon emissions.

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  • Can the Democrats Win Back Rural Voters?

    Movement Labs' Rural Power Lab program channels grant funding and strategic help to Democratic parties in rural counties, with the goal of recruiting more activists and volunteers for voter engagement campaigns. In one Wisconsin county, the nonprofit's unique text message-based strategy has helped the county party grow to more than 300 members.

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  • How forensic science can aid the human rights movement

    The forensics-based human rights movement uses forensic science to identify victims of genocide and political violence buried in mass graves, allowing their families to arrange proper burial and bolstering collective history around these events. The strategy has been particularly effective in countries with state-imposed silence around past atrocities, such as Spain, where more than 9,000 bodies have been exhumed since 2000.

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  • Nevada Voters Consider Bringing Ranked Choice Elections to a Swing State

    Alaska recently held its first high-profile election using ranked-choice voting, which allows voters to select a second- and third-choice candidate to transfer their vote to if their first-choice candidate doesn't get enough votes to advance. Democrat Mary Peltola was elected in an upset over Republican Sarah Palin after receiving a higher percentage of second-choice votes transferred from the third candidate in the race, and this fall, a number of other states, including Nevada, will consider whether to implement ranked-choice voting.

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  • ‘The Mary Lyon way': A Boston inclusion school's successful approach to re-engagement

    The Mary Lyon School is a “full-inclusion school” designed to give students — especially those with special needs, including emotional and behavioral disabilities — the necessary resources and supports to see positive outcomes with their education. The Mary Lyon School uses community-based approaches and philosophies rooted in inclusion to stay connected with students and their families to help guide them toward their graduation day.

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  • So bekommen Menschen in Krisen genau das, was sie brauchen

    Die digitale Plattform Loop ermöglicht es Menschen in Krisensituation, schnell und transparent mit Behörden zu kommunizieren. Erste Beispiele zeigen, dass das wichtige Vorgänge wie das Bergen von Erdbeben-Opfern beschleunigen kann.

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  • For India's COVID orphans, fix the money worries as well as the trauma

    The Cash + Trauma-informed Psychosocial Support program provides mental health resources and financial support to children who lost their parents due to COVID-19. The program has trained more than 130 social workers to improve access to counseling services and spread awareness of the resources available to those in need. Since forming, more than 13,000 children have been helped through the program.

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