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  • CSI Houston: How a Texas lab has remade the science of forensics

    April 23, 2021 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    One of the first crime-lab scandals gave birth to a better way of ensuring the integrity and accuracy of forensic evidence. The Houston Forensic Science Center operates independently of law enforcement agencies, with a large staff of scientists and a healthy budget to correct some of the resource-related flaws of its police-run predecessor. Perhaps its greatest innovation is a system of regularly running blind tests as a quality check, to make sure the staff stays vigilant. The goal is to avoid the kinds of bad science that often contribute to wrongful convictions and other injustices.

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  • Local literacy project continues serving children & families amid COVID-19

    April 23, 2021 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

    The Laundry Basket Library project is a volunteer-run group that distributes free books to adults and children throughout the city. The Project has 26 distribution sites, including laundromats, bus stations, and clinics. During the pandemic, the group also partnered with local organizations like Court Appointed Special Advocates and the local school district to continue delivering books to those who wanted them.

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  • Free Tuition Might Save Community Colleges — But What If Students Need More?

    April 22, 2021 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    While community colleges across the country saw a decrease in enrollment during the pandemic, one school, Nashville State, saw a slight increase in the number of Tennesse Reconnect students enrolled. Tenneese Recconnect is a statewide program that helps students pay tuition at a community college. It wasn’t just the financial assistance that helped those students stay in school, but the support. At Nashville State, Reconnect students are part of a program that gives them support, connection with other students, and even helped to pay for their textbooks.

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  • How WhatsApp became a tool for Indian police to fight harassment

    April 22, 2021 |

    Rest of World |

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    Response Location: India, Hyderabad, Telangana

    In India, where women face high rates of harassment by men but rarely report abuse because they view the police as hostile, the Telangana State Police encouraged more reporting by turning WhatsApp into an anti-harassment hotline. By using the country's most popular phone app rather than one of the many safety apps designed for this purpose, the police now get about 40% of their complaints through this channel. Turning complaints into prosecutions remains a challenge. But, when women decline to press charges, the police require alleged harassers to attend counseling.

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  • How Schools Can Help Kids Heal After A Year Of 'Crisis And Uncertainty'

    April 22, 2021 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Students' mental health is becoming a higher priority for schools across the U.S. At Hernandez Middle School in Chicago, each day starts with a check-in from their teacher, along with a mindfulness lesson and other useful coping skills. In Washington, D.C., some schools are partnering with local mental health organizations to provide counseling services to students.

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  • Can Ontario boost EV battery recycling before it's too late?

    April 22, 2021 |

    TVO |

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    Response Location: Canada, Kingston, Ontario

    After lithium-ion batteries from iPhones, laptops, or electric cars are used up, the Ontario-based company LiCycle recycles parts of them to be reused in new batteries or in other products. While the recycling process isn’t completely environmentally friendly, the company is able to recover 95 percent of the raw materials and says their operations produces no carbon emissions, wastewater, or solid waste.

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  • Cash payments spread from Congress to Stockton to Brazil — but notion of ‘universal basic income' far from reality

    April 22, 2021 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

    Guaranteed income is gaining popularity across the world. In Stockton, California, monthly cash payments boosted mental and physical health and increased full-time employment levels. The idea has spread to dozens of other cities and a group, Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, is providing funding and guidance for leaders to enact similar programs in their cities.

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  • Indigenous Women Politicians Defy Odds – and Tradition

    April 22, 2021 |

    Global Press Journal |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Ixtlán de Juárez, Oaxaca

    The Mexican Constitution began in 2016 to require all municipalities in the country to elect or nominate at least one woman for local office. But, in Zapotec Indigenous communities in Oaxaca, where "customary law" held sway, male-dominated tradition marginalized or excluded female officeholders. Espiral por la Vida (Spiral for Life) stepped in to train women in the art of politics and governing. While the culture didn't change overnight, all Oaxaca municipalities had complied with the law, female officeholders felt better prepared, and some men had turned more accepting.

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  • Part 2: “There is no Champion” — Granite State News Collaborative

    April 22, 2021 |

    Granite State News Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, North Conway, New Hampshire

    White Mountain Restorative Justice offers juvenile and adult court diversion and victim-offender mediation programs. WMRJ aims to guide first-time low-level offenders through restorative justice processes to hold offenders accountable, repair the harm caused by crime, and prevent reoffences.

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  • "Covidom Oxygène" : une alternative à l'hospitalisation des patients

    April 22, 2021 |

    France Inter |

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    Response Location: France

    Pour aider à désengorger les hopitaux en pleine crise sanitaire, le réseau Covidom permet à des centaines de patients de recevoir une assistance en oxygène à domicile.

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