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  • Community groups help Colorado counties participate in Superfund process

    April 07, 2018 |

    Durango Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, Pueblo, Colorado

    When lead and arsenic levels threatened the communities in Southeastern Colorado, the Environmental Protection Agency was asked to step in. In order to have a seat at the table when decisions were being made, community members in the city of Pueblo created a Community Advisory Group. This allowed them to not only increase their understanding of possible decisions, but also offer feedback. It has also offered a model for surrounding communities that are facing similar situations.

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  • An International Final Four: Which Country Handles Student Debt Best?

    April 02, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In a March Madness bracket style competition between Sweden, the United States, Australia, and Britain, experts choose Australia as the country with the most effective student loan repayment system. Judges cite automatic collection of income-based payments as Australia's best feature and discuss what the U.S. can learn by "acknowledging that possible ideas for improvement don't stop at the border."

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  • Training boys and girls to fight sexual violence

    March 27, 2018 |

    Nation Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    A successful training program in Nairobi is teaching girls to recognize verbal and physical assault and empowering them with the self-defense skills to respond in moments of crisis.

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  • Woman-led puppet theater brings health education to Burmese villages

    March 21, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Myanmar, Mandalay

    In the rural villages surrounding Mandalay in Myanmar, marionette puppet masters pull the strings to teach children about topics ranging from health and hygiene to human trafficking. In addition to offering memorable lessons to students, the shows offer entrepreneurial women a chance to enter a profession once reserved for males.

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  • In a Historic Downtown, Disaster Becomes a Chance to Build Something Better

    March 20, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Clarkesville, Georgia

    After a fire destroyed much of downtown Clarkesville, the city invested millions of dollars in properties to restore. Local government leaders sought feedback from community members, and the result was a revitalized downtown, an improved version of the previous downtown. The redevelopment success can be a model for other cities.

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  • A Double Murder From 1987 Was Just Solved Thanks To The Genealogy Website Used For The Golden State Killer

    March 18, 2018 |

    Buzzfeed |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    By loading DNA from crime scenes into a public genealogy database that was also recently used to catch an elusive serial killer in California, officials were able to match DNA from a 1987 crime scene in Washington to a man living in Seattle. Police arrested him nearly 30 years after the unsolved murder of a Canadian couple. A genealogist worked to draw family trees to the great-grandparents of people who were matches for the DNA profile and following the descendants down to one man.

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  • Want to save your job and make more money? Buy out your boss

    March 14, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Glasgow

    The owners of Novograf, a UK-based marketing company, faced a challenge when they were ready to retire. They did not want to sell their company and risk a relocation of the factory, which would take away jobs from the local economy. Instead, they sold their company to their employees. Data shows that employee-ownership leads to higher wages and higher job satisfaction. One year after the transition to employee-ownership, Novograf sales grew by 20%.

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  • When a parent is deported, path to reunion starts with Pima County group

    March 08, 2018 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Sometimes, child welfare workers can't locate or contact the parents in any given case -- this is a problem made worse when the parent has been detained or deported, with few ways to make contact or connect with their children. In Pima County, Arizona, a taskforce has been working to create solutions for transnational families and provide services, like an immigration clinic at the juvenile courthouse.

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  • Baked-in biases challenged by child welfare workers in Pennsylvania

    March 08, 2018 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Implicit biases, among other systemic factors, can lead to a disparately punitive approach to child welfare and services for people of color, especially African Americans. Allegheny County has enlisted the help of consultants to help train caseworkers about implicit bias and to track the data about racial differences in treatment by child services agencies. So far, the effort has improved the "disparity between how often black and white children are removed from their homes improved by 28 percent," along with other disparities.

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  • How College Campuses Are Trying to Tap Students' Voting Power

    March 03, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Universities are using competitions, music, and prizes to encourage civic engagement among students. Efforts are aided by a national study that allows schools to see how many of their students voted either locally or absentee.

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