Artwork stating 'Education Destroys Barriers', 'We Demand Treatment', and 'I Need A Chance'

Search Results

You searched for: -

There are 17044 results  for your search.  View and Refine Your Search Terms

  • Harnessing People Power to Protect Alaska's Last Remaining Wilderness

    January 27, 2021 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    A viral campaign from Indigenous activists, TikTok creators, and documentary filmmakers led to about 6.3 million letters being sent to federal agencies encouraging them to halt fossil fuel development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. They created social media content and a toolkit for creators to use on their platforms that made it easy for the message to spread.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Queens Prosecutors Long Overlooked Misconduct. Can a New D.A. Do Better?

    January 27, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    On her first day as district attorney of Queens, Melinda Katz created a unit to review potential wrongful convictions that in its first year has exonerated four men and has 80 more cases under review. The Queens DA's office long resisted the national trend toward such "conviction integrity" units, based on its contention that all prosecutors should be open to fixing their mistakes. The office, however, showed little inclination to do so systematically. Katz put the new unit under the control of a former lawyer with the Innocence Project and showed a resolve to take claimed injustices more seriously.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • How Hawaii is trying to save Haena State Park, a Kauai tourist hotspot that's been loved to death

    January 27, 2021 |

    SFGate |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kauai, Hawaii

    Hawaii’s North Shore has implemented a plan to embrace a model of tourism that would respect the land, minimize any damage, and create a better community for native residents. Regenerative tourism helped stabilize a fragile ecosystem and will hopefully continue to protect Haena State Park when international travel resumes after the pandemic.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • ‘You are not alone': How the Akron-Canton Foodbank is tackling food insecurity during COVID-19

    January 27, 2021 |

    The Devil Strip |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

    Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank battled food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic by distributing groceries directly to consumers rather than its previous role of supplying other charities. Ohio National Guard members helped distribute food using a contactless pickup line where they put bags of food in the trunks of cars. Hundreds, sometimes over 1,000 cars were served a day.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • These Doctors Are Using AI to Screen for Breast Cancer

    January 27, 2021 |

    Wired |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    With many women skipping routine mammograms due to COVID-19 restrictions, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital are using an artificial intelligence algorithm to identify those at risk for developing breast cancer. The approach has proved successful in multiple instances, with those flagged by the algorithm three times as likely to develop cancer. “What the AI tools are doing is they're extracting information that my eye and my brain can't,” a doctor using the tool explained.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Should Abusers Keep Their Guns? In These 13 States, Judges Choose.

    January 26, 2021 |

    The Trace |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    In four of the 13 states where judges have the power to deny domestic-violence abusers access to guns, arbitrarily applied standards lead to a patchwork of enforcement of the laws. A review of cases heard in Arizona, Michigan, New Hampshire, and South Dakota shows that outcomes depend more on the county in which a case is heard, or a particular judge's beliefs about guns, than on a consistent application of the laws' standards. In some cases, clear allegations of a dire threat did not win approval of a domestic protection order. In others, orders were granted without allegations that guns posed a threat.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • How a project is training incarcerated people to become journalists

    January 26, 2021 |

    Poynter |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    In its first year, the Prison Journalism Project published hundreds of articles by more than 140 incarcerated writers in 28 states. The project provides journalism-skills training and then a platform for the work of incarcerated journalists. This delivers news and viewpoints that otherwise would not be heard by outsiders, spreading awareness of prison conditions and empowering often-ignored people to tell their stories.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Facing eviction, residents struggle to find help

    January 26, 2021 |

    The Land |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Slavic Village, Ohio

    The Slavic Village Development, a non-profit community development agency, is helping to connect residents who are facing eviction during the coronavirus pandemic with financial assistance. The organization provides funds to those who don't qualify for CARES act funds and works to eliminate other barriers for low-income residents – such as paperwork requirements and housing inspection.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • How Promotoras De Salud Are Fighting Vaccine Conspiracies In Chicago's Latino Communities

    January 26, 2021 |

    WBEZ |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Promotoras de salud, also known as community health workers, are helping to connect Latino immigrants with reliable and factual information about COVID-19. Using a peer-to-peer outreach model, a team of seven promotoras de salud from Centro San Bonifacio have "interacted with more than 4,000 Spanish speakers in Chicago."

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • The spacesuits saving mothers' lives

    January 26, 2021 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Doctors have created a pressure garment that prevents women from dying from obstetric hemorrhage during childbirth. Modeled after the NASA spacesuit, the product was far from ideal when first envisioned in 1969 and went through several iterations over many years. Now, the garment has been successfully tested with a 50 percent reduction in mortality rate and is used around the world.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

Go to All Solutions in Focus