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  • Cheap Sensors Are Democratizing Air-Quality Data

    Jason Plautz

    July 09, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

    Spurred by growing health concerns related to air quality, companies and communities have turned attention to creating affordable, portable air-quality sensors. This new development allows citizens to monitor air quality as it directly relates to them, whether it be on a school-ground or even in their own backyard.

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  • Cleveland uses literature to empower youth, overcome social divides

    Christopher Johnston

    July 09, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland has been quietly building a network of book clubs, libraries, and empowerment groups "using literature to empower marginalized groups, foster economic dynamism, and bridge social divides." From workplace and veterans literature discussions led by community professors to youth writing initiatives, the city has uniquely woven literacy and social justice into its daily fabric. Journalist Christopher Johnston asks, could it be a model for other divided cities?

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  • The Activists Using Embroidery to Protest Mexico's Murder Epidemic

    Lauren Cocking

    July 03, 2018 |

    Broadly |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

    The Fuentes Rojas call attention to Mexico's staggering murder rate and commemorate the lives of victims by staging interventions in public space. By hanging handkerchiefs embroidered with details of a victim's life, the group creates a visceral, empathetic memorial for those that have been lost.

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  • Can the A.C.L.U. Become the N.R.A. for the Left?

    Joel Lovell

    July 02, 2018 |

    The New York Times Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    The ACLU has unrolled a new operation to counter human rights abuses under the current administration. They’ve hired more lawyers, taken 170 “Trump-related legal actions, and filed 83 lawsuits against the Trump administration. They’re also getting more engaged with electoral races, something they have never done before. “That’s the way we’re going to survive this. Pressure in the courts, pressure from the public.”

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  • The Push to Turn Church Land Into Farmland

    Leilani Clark

    July 02, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Paicines, California

    Churches across the U.S. own a staggering amount of land that often goes unused and untended. FaithLands is an intersectional group of church leaders who are seeking to encourage churches to parcel off some of this land to local farmers who will implement sustainable agricultural practices on the unused land. This solution stimulates the local economies, feeds local people, allows small scale farmers to earn a living, and benefits the churches by turning unused land into profitable land.

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  • Two Seattle tech-training programs — why did one succeed, one fail?

    Katherine Long

    July 02, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Two federally-funded Seattle tech training programs tasked with increasing diversity in the industry returned dramatically different results over the course of one year. Experts credit Apprenti's employer-driven nature, use of an online screening tool, and close ties with the local tech community with its relative success in placing 220 people in apprenticeships in its first 18 months. 94 percent of applicants to Aprenti's program were women, veterans, or persons of color, with only 55 percent holding a post-secondary degree.

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  • Struggling Farmers Turn Excess Milk Into Cheese And Yogurt For The Hungry

    Catalina Jaramillo

    July 02, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Peach Bottom, Pennsylvania

    Cows will produce the same amount of milk no matter the demand for the product, and with supply staying steady and demand decreasing, a surplus of milk is thrown out routinely. Through a collaborative effort by farmers and a local non-profit in Pennsylvania, however, a solution has emerged that not only turns the extra milk into cheese and yogurt, but supplies the products to those in need.

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  • Can a Web App Help Reduce Nigerian Food Waste?

    Amy Fallon

    July 02, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos, Lagos

    In Nigeria, a new app is helping to notify shop-owners when their food approaches its expiration date. Shop-owners can then enact heavy discounts on the item, which are sold to participating non-governmental organizations that distribute the food to those in need. The app, Chowberry, has helped "20,000 households across Nigeria... and receives 6,000 daily visits."

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  • How Denver's Disability Activists Transformed the City

    Natasha Gardner

    July 01, 2018 |

    5280 - The Denver Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Disability activists have used nonviolent direct action for decades, including lying in the street to protest inaccessible public transit and crawling up the steps of the U.S. Capital to support the Americans with Disabilities Act. “We have never gone out a door that we do not have a solution for,” says ADAPT member Dawn Russell. “That’s ADAPT 101.”

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  • After Decades of Reform, Has Chicago Finally Learned How to Fix Education?

    J. Brian Charles

    July 01, 2018 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    In 2017, researchers found that Chicago elementary and middle school students were improving their test scores at a faster pace than almost all of their peers nationwide. Reflecting on this surprising statistic and lessons learned from 30 years of education reform experimentation, CPS points to its emphasis on high quality principal development and teacher mentoring programs as one of the most crucial factors in the turnaround.

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