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  • A drying sea half a world away carries a message for those worried about the Great Salt Lake

    At the steadily shrinking Aral Sea and the Great Salt Lake, officials have stemmed some of the water, salinity, and biodiversity losses by sectioning off healthier sections of the bodies of water with a dam and a causeway.

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  • Yellowstone Club becomes first ski resort in Montana to turn wastewater into snow 

    The Yellowstone Club ski resort in Montana is misting treated wastewater into the air with machines to make snow. This keeps its ski runs open during dry winters and produces more runoff in the summers to recharge crucial aquifers.

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  • Power of Mama: the women firefighters of West Borneo

    An all-women firefighting team in Ketapang, Indonesia, is stopping people from setting fires to clear land, a practice called slash and burn, and putting out the fires they can’t prevent. Arsonists often set fire to peatlands, which pollutes the air and releases stored carbon dioxide.

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  • Ceasefire, Oakland's gun violence prevention program, is in the spotlight. What is it?

    Oakland California’s Ceasefire program brings together the police department, other government agencies, community organizations, and residents to address violent crime. Organizers give resources and incentives to people involved in crime to encourage them to stop participating, if that doesn’t work the police move forward with making arrests.

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  • Boys Wonder: Montpelier High School Students Dig Into What It Means to Be a Man

    At Montpelier High School in Vermont, students can sign up for Healthy Masculinity, a course focused on exploring traditional ideas and pressures around masculinity and providing a space for boys to be open and vulnerable with their emotions. Enrolled students say the class has shifted their mindset and helped them learn to speak up about harmful stereotypes in their everyday lives.

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  • Native nations with scarce internet are building their own broadband networks

    In an effort to address a lack of broadband access, Indigenous communities are working together, and with local organizations, to acquire funding to bring internet access to their communities and close the digital divide.

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  • Nonprofit helps Minnesota youth touched by domestic violence

    Rivers of Hope provides counseling and support services to youth who have experienced or witnessed violence at home. A primary goal of Rivers of Hope is to teach youth what healthy relationships look like and empower them to build and seek out healthy connections. The program started in 1991 and provides support and education to about 150 to 200 students each year, free of charge.

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  • Taiwan Learned You Can't Fight Fake News by Making It Illegal

    Ahead of its 2020 presidential election, Taiwan tried to fight disinformation from Chinese actors in the courts, prosecuting citizens who were paid to disseminate fake news and fining pro-China news stations accused of broadcasting false information. But the tactics proved ineffective and raised concerns around free speech, leading the country to take a different approach during the onset of the pandemic and leading up to its latest election by making accurate information more widely available and bolstering its network of civic fact-checking organizations.

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  • Activists Win a Battle for Women's Reproductive Healthcare in a Rural Colorado Town

    Local activists are joining together to protest the potential closure of Southwest Memorial Hospital’s birthing center, advocating and organizing to ensure the hospital stays open and locals can access the care they need in rural areas.

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  • 'It's very Philly, and it's very in your face.' Volunteers knock on doors to aid literacy

    Through community events, direct outreach, and resource sharing, Philadelphia’s reading captains help local kids build early literacy skills while supporting families to make reading part of their daily home life.

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