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Could ranked-choice voting take the poison out of politics?

Meghna Chakrabarti

March 19, 2024 |

WBUR |

Radio Talk Show |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

After Alaska and Maine implemented ranked-choice voting, which allows citizens to rank candidates in the order of their preference, voters reported feeling more engaged in the process and noticing less extreme rhetoric among politicians running for office. Despite efforts to repeal the system on the basis that it is confusing, about 70 percent of voters ranked more than one candidate on their ballot.

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Oman's mountain oases offer ancient farming lessons for a warming future

Ruth Kamnitzer

March 18, 2024 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Oman

Ancient farming techniques are helping locals to preserve the environment and agroecology while still managing to sustainably grow food in the midst of climate change and other outside challenges. Moreover, the ancient farming practices are a major attraction for agritourism, helping bring money to local communities.

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What If Finding Affordable Housing Worked More Like Matchmaking?

Michaela Haas

March 18, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Brilliant Corners helps vulnerable, low-income individuals secure housing by working with other local organizations, including the Flexible Housing Subsidy Poll, which helps match people with suitable housing options. Brilliant Corners has helped about 13,000 people get into permanent housing and can cover over $10 million in rent subsidies every month.

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A California Program to Get Produce to Low-Income Families Is a Hit. Now It Is Running Out of Money.

George B. Sánchez-Tello

March 18, 2024 |

Capital & Main |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

The CalFresh Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot Program rewards healthy shopping choices with a dollar-for-dollar instant rebate at participating grocery stores. 74,000 people in 44 of California’s 58 counties benefit from the program.

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Telehealth is making abortion way more accessible for disabled people, but it's not perfect

Annabel Rocha

March 18, 2024 |

Reckon |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Telehealth appointments make it easier for people with disabilities to access healthcare, including medication abortions, by allowing those in need to access care from the comfort of their own homes. For many people, this eliminates several access barriers they often face when seeking care. Post-Roe, medication abortion via telehealth visits accounts for 16% of all reported abortions.

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Migrants Navigate State's Apartment Program On Their Own As Evictions Loom And Help Runs Dry

Mack Liederman Katrina Pham Madison Savedra

March 18, 2024 |

Borderless Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago’s federally-funded Asylum Seeker Emergency Rental Assistance Program is helping migrants move out of shelters by covering six months of rent.

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Exonerees, crime survivors come together for healing

Lesley Stahl

March 17, 2024 |

CBS News |

Video |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Healing Justice brings exonerees, crime victims and family members from a variety of cases together to share stories, play games, connect and heal together while facing the traumas of wrongful convictions. Since 2015, Healing Justice has hosted 17 retreats, where exonerees and crime victims gather for three days to work through their traumas together.

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How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing

Thomas Fuller

March 17, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: France, Paris

Despite soaring housing costs, the city government in Paris aims to achieve mixité sociale. That essentially means it's preventing economic segregation to ensure residents from a broad cross-section of society reside in the city and own businesses there. It’s doing so by nabbing real estate to create public housing and providing real estate subsidiaries for small businesses.

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Rewilding Japan With Clearings in the Forest and Crowdfunding Campaigns

James Whitlow Delano

March 17, 2024 |

Inside Climate News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Japan

Conservationists in Japan are rewilding the country’s vast monoculture plantation forests to restore biodiversity and allow the ecosystem to return to its natural state, deciduous forest. They are doing so by turning the tree plantations into meadows and buying plots of land with private donations to plant native trees on.

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The Perks of Virtual Coworking With Strangers

Anna Patton

March 15, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Remote workers are joining virtual coworking sessions with strangers where they share their goals and work quietly for a set period, a practice known as “body doubling,” as a way to fight procrastination and increase productivity.

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