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  • Target Is Reopening Its Looted Store With Black Shoppers in Mind

    November 11, 2020 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    A Target store looted and destroyed near the site of George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis, Target's corporate headquarters city, was quickly rebuilt with improvements informed by community input. The mostly white-run corporation's store previously had a poor reputation for service and for listening to its mostly Black customers. Led by a new racial justice committee, Target heard complaints about the store's wares, design, and cleanliness. The new store has earned praise from residents.

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  • Veteran homelessness in Chittenden County has dropped significantly. Here's what it took.

    November 11, 2020 |

    USA Today |

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    Response Location: United States, Winooski, Vermont

    Canal Street Veterans Housing was instrumental in ending veteran homelessness in Chittenden County, Vermont. The program provided two years of transitional housing for veterans and their families, job training services, and mental health care. An emphasis was put on providing mental and physical health screenings to help those dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.

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  • Disinvested: How Government and Private Industry Let the Main Street of a Black Neighborhood Crumble

    November 11, 2020 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A series of government programs designed to rebuild a neighborhood badly damaged by the 1968 Chicago uprising not only failed to achieve their goal, but actually made it worse. Hundreds of businesses in the Madison Street area of Chicago's West side were destroyed in days of rioting. Programs that emphasized clearing "blight" over building anew left vacant lots where new businesses might have emerged. Overall, "efforts turned out to be too scattered, too small and too susceptible to shifting politics to make a lasting impact," while opportunistic businesses cashed in without improving conditions.

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  • How A Minneapolis Clinic Is Narrowing Racial Gaps In Health

    November 11, 2020 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    A health clinic in Minneapolis has played a significant role in combating racial gaps in health by prioritizing community-oriented primary care and recruiting staff – including leaders and doctors – from the local community. This model has not just increased trust between patients and the health care system but has also led to a significantly higher rate of vaccination and health screenings.

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  • Covid Superspreader Risk Is Linked to Restaurants, Gyms, Hotels

    November 10, 2020 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States

    Data from mobile phones was used to create infection models that present how COVID-19 is spreading. Researchers plotted where people went, where they were coming from, how crowded those places were, and how long they stayed there alongside the number of cases in those neighborhoods to show that the three most common places of catching the virus are restaurants, gyms, and hotels. The research can inform public policy decisions to keep people safe by implementing effective and limited lockdowns which can prevent the spread of the virus as well as limit the financial fallout for businesses.

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  • A New Native Seed Cooperative Aims to Rebuild Indigenous Foodways

    November 10, 2020 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: Mohawk Nation at Akwesasne, United States, New York

    The Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance organized a seed drive to distribute thousands of seeds to 270 different tribes. The indigenous seed exchange led to the creation of an intertribal cooperative to share traditional knowledge and practices as well. It has conducted a seed census in addition to creating a seed sovereignty assessment toolkit for communities.

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  • How the Navajo Nation helped push Democrats ahead in Arizona

    November 10, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Arizona

    Voter outreach campaigns effectively boosted turnout among Native voters. The Rural Utah Project left informational flyers inside plastic bags at people’s doors (a Covid-19 tactical adjustment), held drive-through voter registration events, ran hotlines to assist indigenous voters, and partnered with Google to create street addresses using latitude and longitude-based plus codes. Senate candidate Mark Kelly ran ads in the Diné language to reach Navajo Nation voters. Precinct data shows 60-90% of Arizona Navajo Nation voters chose Democrats, a rate that pushed Biden and Kelly to a slim victory.

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  • Addressing organic farming's climate-change problem

    November 10, 2020 |

    Hothouse Solutions |

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    Response Location: United States, Paxton, Illinois

    On his organic farm in Illinois, Will Glazik is experimenting with different types of agricultural methods to increase his crop yield while also avoiding the harmful impacts of industrial farming. He’s part of a growing movement called “sustainable intensification,” which combines both conventional and organic farming techniques. While there are challenges with this approach and what works in one place might not work in another, combining these types of farming could help feed a growing global population.

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  • A pollution solution where the rubber meets the road

    November 09, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    The Tyre Collective, a project by four recent graduate students in London, is seeking to capture vehicle tire pollution, the microplastics that go into the air from the friction of tires. They have been developing a device that attaches to the bottom of a car and uses electrostatic charges and airflow to collect up to 60 percent of tire particles as the car is driven. To reduce the amount of tire pollution, tire companies are seeking to balance safety requirements, tire durability, and making them out of more sustainable materials.

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  • School districts, local partners help feed thousands of kids despite school closures

    November 09, 2020 |

    KXAN-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Amarillo, Texas

    An estimated one-in-three students in the Texas Panhandle is experiencing food insecurity. In Amarillo, Texas, a local food bank, and two school districts are feeding students. “Between Amarillo and Canyon school districts and the Kid’s Cafe, more than 41,000 meals are served every day, and more than one million meals were served through Amarillo ISD’s drive and walk-up food distribution sites in March and April.”

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