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  • The Case for Free Jewish Day School

    Mark Oppenheimer

    April 03, 2023 |

    Tablet Magazine |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    In recent years, Jewish day schools such as TanenbaumCHAT in Toronto have worked to make their programs more affordable by leveraging philanthropy to reduce tuition and providing tools to help families calculate the financial aid available to them. In the six years since the program was launched, enrollment in TanenbaumCHAT's ninth-grade class has doubled.

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  • Caste in India: Hip hop fights for Dalit rights

    Rudraneil Sengupta

    April 02, 2023 |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    Dalit hip-hop musicians are using their art and social media to propel the Dalit rights and anti-caste movements to the forefront of mainstream conversation.

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  • Venice Is Saved! Woe Is Venice.

    Jason Horowitz Emma Bubola

    April 01, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Italy, Venice

    Venice, Italy, spent 50 years building 78 underwater seawalls that can be filled with air and brought to the surface to hold back high tides and prevent the city from flooding. The system, dubbed MOSE, was designed to rise up and down to maintain the passage of boats and water between the sea and the lagoon on the edge of the city of canals. It has been raised 49 times so far.

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  • Restaurant Revolution

    Joel Kotkin

    April 01, 2023 |

    City Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Small, local restaurants in Orange County, California, are thriving by taking advantage of the entrepreneurial and ethnic food culture to fill market gaps and appeal to diverse customer bases.

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  • Excluded for having sickle cell disease, she started a group keeping warriors safe

    Peace Oladipo

    April 01, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ilorin, Kwara

    The Damilola Sickle Cell Foundation provides emotional support and resources to people with sickle cell anemia. The group connects with those in need via WhatsApp and provides monetary support, connections to medical attention and treatment, and support from those who understand what it’s like to have the disease. The group has about 200 people that it checks on and provides free medications to each month.

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  • Un programa de ASU está abordando la brecha de diversidad y la retención de maestros en la fuerza laboral educativa de Arizona

    Beatriz Limón

    March 31, 2023 |

    Arizona Luminaria |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    Los nuevos programas educativos multilingües y multiculturales como el de la Universidad Estatal de Arizona (ASU) ayudan a preparar a los futuros maestros para satisfacer las necesidades de los estudiantes latinos y disminuir la crisis de retención de maestros en el estado.

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  • Seattle set aside $100k for street sinks. Two years later, where are they?

    Anna Patrick

    March 31, 2023 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Several U.S. cities — and groups like the Clean Hands Collective — are obtaining funding to install public sinks to provide those experiencing homelessness access to better hygiene, thus combating the spread of disease. Some cities, like Portland, have even created portable toilets and other cities are installing public showers as well.

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  • Bei Anruf Arzt: Ein digitaler Gesundheitsdienst in Uganda

    Leonie March

    March 31, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    In Uganda gibt es rund 30 mal weniger Ärzte pro Einwohner als in Deutschland. Das Unternehmen Rocket Health bietet deshalb Beratung und Diagnosen am Telefon sowie einen mobilen Labor- und Apothekenservice an. Dadurch entlastet es Krankenhäuser, verbessert die Prävention und beschleunigt den Zugang zu medizinischer Versorgung.

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  • He wouldn't cure only his son, so he got franchise for kids with brain disorder

    Violet Ikong

    March 31, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Port Harcourt, Rivers State

    The Dyslexia Foundation Nigeria aims to create awareness about dyslexia and ADHD through radio and TV talk shows, spreading information to encourage parents to seek out testing and training for their children with dyslexia. The Foundation also offers more affordable testing and brain training for children with dyslexia that helps to improve their learning ability over time.

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  • Is There Anything 'Solar Meadows' Can't Do?

    Elizabeth Hewitt

    March 31, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Ramsey, Minnesota

    Pollinator-friendly solar arrays, also called solar meadows, feature meadows of native flowers around the solar panels instead of turf or gravel to support pollinators.

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