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  • Dying To Be Free: There's A Treatment For Heroin Addiction That Actually Works. Why Aren't We Using It?

    January 28, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    With rising opioid overdose deaths nationwide, antiquated treatment methods like abstinence-based and 12-step programs are not working. A solution can be found in medication-assisted treatment, from methadone to buprenorphine-naloxone, but there are still many barriers to access.

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  • From the Deep South, an Overlooked Chapter in Art History

    January 24, 2015 |

    Hyperallergic |

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    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    In the absence of attention from the art world, Bill Arnett took it upon himself to collect, document, and build scholarship around the work of self-taught African American artists living in the South. The organization he developed for this purpose, the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, has now negotiated a donation of 57 works to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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  • Catholic leaders battle against free birth control in the Philippines

    January 22, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Philippines

    In the Philipines, contraception has been hard to find resulting in many parents without money to feed their children, unsafe abortions, and poor maternal health. A new reproductive law aims to change this by allowing contraception in clinics to help women take control of their reproductive systems.

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  • Diversity in the Classroom: How to Solve the Black Male Teacher Shortage

    January 21, 2015 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, South Carolina

    America's teacher workforce is disproportionately white and female, with black males constituting only 2 percent of instructors. The Call Me MISTER initiative, based out of Clemson University, provides test prep, tuition assistance, academic counseling, and job placements to students from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds - "The goal is to create life long career educators." Fifteen years after Call Me MISTER's founding, the number of black males teaching in South Carolina's public schools has doubled.

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  • The News We Need to Hear

    January 08, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    In reporting about problems, reporters continually run the risks of inadvertently legitimizing negative behaviors by making them appear more pervasive — and therefore more normal — than they actually are. Some journalists are trying to focus on solutions amongst all the problems which are so much more apparent.

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  • Istanbul is slowly but surely getting on its bike

    January 04, 2015 |

    The National |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Istanbul

    Istanbul is often congested with traffic, especially as the population grows and more people buy cars but the lack of bicycle infrastructure has prevented biking from being an alternative transportation. This is changing now that biking is being encouraged through social media, the Cyclists' Transport Platform organizing group bike rides, the creation of bike lanes and other initiatives.

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  • Refugee Resettlement in Connecticut

    December 09, 2014 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

    Refugee resettlement is arguably one of our country’s noblest examples of foreign policy. It gives forcibly displaced people from around the world a chance to escape danger and rebuild a life for themselves in a safe environment.

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  • How to Fix a Broken High Schooler, in Four Easy Steps

    December 04, 2014 |

    Freakonomics |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    Fixing the education system in the country requires addressing the problem of student motivation to endure and succeed in school. Pathways to Education is a Toronto-based program designed to keep at-risk kids in school. It offers four different kinds of support: counseling, academic, social and financial, all of which contribute to a 46 percent decrease in the student drop-out rate.

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  • How Teleconferencing Could Help Urban Schools Solve a Mental Health Crisis

    October 02, 2014 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Schools are often the most efficient place to provide mental health services to children; as the number of professionals who provide these services in schools dwindles, tele-conferencing and virtual visits are filling the gap. Often connected with health care access in rural spaces, tele-mental health services have also been proven as effective in urban areas, especially for follow-up and dosage adjustments. The University of Maryland's telemedicine program and Health E-Access, a program administered by the University of Rochester, are finding success with the approach.

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  • Freedom University

    August 01, 2014 |

    Latino USA |

    Podcast |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    About half the states in the US don’t allow undocumented students to receive in-state tuition. In Georgia, a state law banned undocumented students from enrolling in the top five universities in the state. In response, three University of Georgia professors created “Freedom University.” “Here, we’re working together because we’re struggling together.” Students don’t get course credit, but they get SAT prep, and recommendation letters. Many have gone on to attend university out of the state.

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