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Letting (Some of) India's Women Own Land

Tina Rosenberg

March 22, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: India, Baripada, Odisha

Finally, the right to own land in their own name has begun to change the way thousands of very poor women farm and feed families in some parts of India.

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Ideas Help No One on a Shelf. Take Them to the World.

Tina Rosenberg

February 29, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Kenya, Kisumu

Distributing, promoting and lending continuing support to good ideas for fixing the world’s woes is as critical a task as thinking them up in the first place.

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Medicines to Keep Addiction Away

Tina Rosenberg

February 16, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Barnstable, Massachusetts

A battery of drugs, some new and some long known, have been proven to give addicts support in staying off drugs and alcohol after rehab.

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Staying Sober After Treatment Ends

Tina Rosenberg

February 09, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Fall River, Massachusetts

Increasingly, continuing care for addicts in recovery means more than handing them a list of A.A. meetings when they leave rehab, as caretakers develop and learn to use apps and video chat to check in on their patients.

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Reducing Unnecessary C-Section Births

Tina Rosenberg

January 19, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

A pilot project in hospitals in California finds ways to avoid Caesarean sections when the expense and risks are not medically necessary. The need to avoid C-sections stems from the dangers the operation poses to mothers.

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An Investment Strategy to Save the Planet

Tina Rosenberg

January 05, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

In light of climate change, New York State's Common Retirement Fund, the country's third-largest pension fund, decided to invest in a way that rewards companies with low carbon footprints.

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Decriminalizing Drugs: When Treatment Replaces Prison

Tina Rosenberg

December 08, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Portugal, Lisbon

Portugal has gone perhaps the farthest in decriminalizing drug use. It hasn't stopped drug usage, but it has reduced deaths, the spread of H.I.V., drug crime, and imprisonment.

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Amid Failure and Chaos, an Ebola Vaccine

Tina Rosenberg

November 24, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Liberia, Monrovia, Montserrado

Westerners' fear of infection of Ebola motivated a vaccine in record time, but a preventive system put in place could ensure similar results for other viruses before they reach the same magnitude.

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Smart African Politics: Candidates Debating Under a Tree

Tina Rosenberg

November 10, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Sierra Leone

Voters tend to know a lot about presidential and local candidates but little about those in between. In Sierra Leone, an organization hosted, filmed, and then projected the debates in villages, increasing voters’ knowledge of the candidates and issues, and changing the way people voted.

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How one of the most obese countries on earth took on the soda giants

Tina Rosenberg

November 03, 2015 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Mexico, Chiapas

El Poder del Consumidor is an organization fighting Coca-Cola's power over health care decisions in Mexico. The organization tried many tactics but only found success after finding friends with enough money to compete with the beverage industry giants.

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