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  • Punished for Being Poor

    September 03, 2015 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    When paying bail isn't a realistic ask of a defendant, many times the person will plead guilty to avoid jail time even if it means having a record. To solve the problem of the poor being unfairly punished by small crimes through the setting of a bail amount they can't make, The Bronx Freedom Fund offers charitable bail funds to those with a bail under $2,000.

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  • Why doctors are prescribing legal aid for patients in need

    September 02, 2015 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Omaha, Nebraska

    Many U.S. medical systems are using medical-legal partnerships to help disadvantaged patients who need help navigating problems with landlords and insurers that interfere with their health.

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  • Germany is the first European country to free Syrian refugees from a draconian bureaucratic “trap”

    August 26, 2015 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Since 2003, the Dublin Protocol has stopped migrants from traveling through Europe to auspicious countries before claiming asylum. However, many migrants travel by sea—which is more perilous and has led to high rates of death. Germany is the first country European country to break from the Dublin Protocol by letting in Syrian refugees.

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  • Why are low income students not showing up to college, even though they have been accepted?

    August 14, 2015 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Forty percent of low-income students accepted to college never start school because of a fear of debt and feelings they don't belong. A New York college access organization is using peer-mentoring to help perspective students jump over the hurtles.

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  • Tanzania Reality Show Tackles Gender Inequality, Awards Women Farmers Cash And Farm Tools

    July 30, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Shinyanga

    Many unskilled workers in Tanzania are women and, due to gender inequality, they are often disregarded and live with economic hardship. Oxfam Tanzania has a reality show that raises awareness of women farmers. The winners of the show go use their notoriety to promote women’s rights and improve the lives of other women farmers.

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  • Women on the Beat: How to Get More Female Police Officers Around the World

    July 28, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Pakistan

    Female police officers are more effective in decreasing violence against women, but suffer gender discrimination and little societal support. Programs in different countries are making small changes to support female police officers.

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  • Free Birth Control for Philly Teens

    July 27, 2015 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    A Colorado program reduced the state’s teen birth rate by 40 percent by providing young women with long-acting reversible birth control.

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  • Open Access: How a Nonprofit is Giving Techies Without Tuition Their Shot

    July 23, 2015 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Access Code is a nonprofit in New York that gives young adults, particularly those from minority groups, instruction and resources to learn coding. This education promotes greater access to lucrative careers in the world of technology.

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  • Outdoor Afro: Busting Stereotypes That Black People Don't Hike Or Camp

    July 12, 2015 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    In 2009, a woman in Oakland, California realized that there was a lack of African Americans in the outdoors. Tired of being the "only one," she created an online social space via blogging and Facebook called Outdoor Afro to connect African-Americans with other African-Americans that wanted to enhance their time in nature. Six years later, this group has grown to international status with 7,000 members and 30 trained leaders that join together to get out in nature.

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  • Do no harm: There's an infection hospitals can nearly always prevent. Why don't they?

    July 09, 2015 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, Roseville, California

    Even though most central line infections are preventable, they are a leading cause of death in the United States. The core of the problem resides in a hospital's approach, whether they put the effort into treating patients like they are in a car crash or a plane crash. Roseville Medical Center looked at the mistakes of other hospitals and have revolutionized how they treat central lines with a new checklist, a specialized vascular team tasked with the central lines, and annual competency tests for contract nurses.

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