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  • ‘An Epiphany Moment' for Corporate Political Donors May Have Arrived

    January 12, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    IBM is one of only a handful of companies that doesn’t give money to political candidates. IBM does spend millions on lobbying and runs an in-house government relations team, but the company doesn't have a political action committee and restricts money from going to political candidates when it does donate to trade groups. IBM’s founder set the policy to avoid operating as a political organization and to disinvest from a corrupt system where money buys favorable legislation. IBM’s policies could serve as a model as companies pause their political donations due to acts of violence at the Capitol.

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  • Three countries have pulled far ahead of the rest of the world in distributing Covid-19 vaccines

    January 11, 2021 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: Israel

    Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain have each "vaccinated a higher proportion of their populations than the rest of the world" due to strategies that included early approval of the vaccine, centralized and digitized health care data management, and cross-sector information campaigns. Although it's yet to be seen how these efforts will fare when the vaccine is released to the general public, they have proven to be successful for distribution to vulnerable people and communities.

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  • How Can Chicago Improve Procedures To Make Sure 311 Requests Are Really Completed? An Expert Has An Idea

    January 08, 2021 |

    WBBM-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    San Diego’s 311 program features a before-and-after-photo function which shows allows residents to hold their local 311 government service accountable. The date-stamped photographic proof allows users to see that their complaint has been thoroughly and properly handled. Chicago’s 311 system already features “top-notch” technology but could benefit from implementing the visual aspect to ensure solid results.

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  • The scramble to archive Capitol insurrection footage before it disappears

    January 08, 2021 |

    MIT Technology Review |

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    Several groups are preserving digital content related to the capital insurrection to ensure it is archived in case it gets deleted. A subreddit thread collected thousands of Tweets, Snapchats, and other videos to upload to the cloud, while the Woke Collective ensured the survival of livestreams by publishing them on its own YouTube and Twitch accounts. Efforts to crowdsource the identification of members of the mob include the Instagram account, @homegrownterrorists, and the journalism site, Bellingcat, which invited contributions to a publicly editable Google spreadsheet of links.

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  • What has Germany done to inform and protect asylum seekers in the Covid-19 pandemic?

    January 07, 2021 |

    The Local |

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    When the coronavirus pandemic caused Germany to enter a period of lockdown, German authorities embarked on an effort to launch multilingual campaigns to make sure asylum seekers in the country had the information necessary to stay safe. The effort used podcasts, videocasts, and posters to disseminate information, and also relied on trusted community figures and NGOs to spread awareness, rather than the authories themselves.

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  • The U.S. Could Make New Cars a Lot Less Deadly

    January 06, 2021 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    American cars made since the early 1980s have carried ratings from the federal New Car Assessment Program, showing how risky they are to human life in a crash. NCAP ratings motivated a host of safety enhancements by manufacturers. Since the 1990s, similar programs in the European Union, China, Australia, Korea, and Japan have also rated vehicles' risks to pedestrians and bicyclists, and their fatalities have dropped. Not so in the U.S., where industry resistance has stalled expansion of NCAP ratings. Advocates hope the Biden Transportation Department will finally expand the program.

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  • How activists successfully shut down key pipeline projects in New York

    January 04, 2021 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    Landowners, residents, community leaders, and activist groups across New York state came together to halt several pipeline projects. By conducting research, holding public events, and building a multiracial coalition of people who would be the most impacted by a pipeline, they were able to pressure state officials to deny a water-quality permit for the Constitution pipeline that would carry fracked gas throughout the northeastern United States and Canada. While some pipeline projects are continuing in the Empire State, their successful model could be used in other states.

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  • Digitized health records, safety apps could be game-changer for athletes at every level

    December 31, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    The introduction of a digitized health care database known as PRIVIT has helped give athletes and athletic associations access to the longterm medical records of the athlete, which offers both parties a more comprehensive understanding of the athlete's medical history. While there are limitations to the security and access of the information, this telehealth technology has been adopted by "K-12 school districts, college and university athletic departments and professional and developmental sports organization."

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  • How This New App Can Teach You About Forgotten Histories

    December 31, 2020 |

    Plea for the Fifth |

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    Response Location: United States, Staten Island, New York

    The Staten Island African American Heritage Tour is a website and mobile app that offers virtual tours of Staten Island’s Black History, which was oftentimes intentionally erased from the city's historical accounts. The tours are based on genealogical and historical investigations and the app was tested by local students for user-friendliness. The students were empowered to learn about their own histories and reported that their knowledge of local histories expanded. Five days after the website launched, before the app was public, there were already hundreds of local and international unique users.

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  • Ranked Choice Voting Debuts in 2020 Basalt Mayoral Election

    December 22, 2020 |

    KDNK Community Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Basalt, Colorado

    Ranked choice voting (RCV) lets voters select multiple candidates in order of preference. If no one gets a majority, there is a second round where the candidate with the fewest first choice votes is eliminated and the second choice on those ballots is counted. The process repeats until one candidate gets a majority. More elections use RCV, including Basalt ’s 2020 mayoral race where another RCV-experienced city shared public information materials and election judge training. RCV requires close attention to all ballots and campaigns are more civil because of the incentive to be a voter’s second choice.

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