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  • Taiwan Learned You Can't Fight Fake News by Making It Illegal

    January 16, 2024 |

    Foreign Policy |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    Ahead of its 2020 presidential election, Taiwan tried to fight disinformation from Chinese actors in the courts, prosecuting citizens who were paid to disseminate fake news and fining pro-China news stations accused of broadcasting false information. But the tactics proved ineffective and raised concerns around free speech, leading the country to take a different approach during the onset of the pandemic and leading up to its latest election by making accurate information more widely available and bolstering its network of civic fact-checking organizations.

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  • The Rehab Empire Built on Cakes

    January 05, 2024 |

    Latino USA |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Puerto Rico

    Community for the Re-Education of Addicts (CREA) is a private, faith-based, abstinence-only residential program for people living with addiction. CREA has more than 150 centers throughout the U.S. and Latin America, housing between 3,000 and 5,000 residents worldwide.

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  • Do carbon credits really help communities that keep forests standing?

    January 05, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Cambodia, Sen Monorom

    Despite some support for the forest conservation strategy REDD+, which uses carbon credits to incentivize reducing emissions, many Indigenous organizations and communities say the strategy and general carbon market need improvement. They say the programs don’t lead to the purported benefits and must be more inclusive of those proactively protecting forests and local communities, among other things.

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  • In the Scar of New Mexico's Largest Wildfire, a Legal Battle Is Brewing: What Is Victims' Suffering Worth?

    January 04, 2024 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, New Mexico

    New Mexico law would allow wildfire victims to seek compensation for noneconomic damages. But the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency said the federal law that established a compensation fund for a wildfire accidentally started by the U.S. Forest Service limits payments to tangible losses. Now, victims are suing the agency, claiming it improperly denied them compensation that they need to rebuild.

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  • Does Mandatory Civic Education Increase Voter Turnout?

    December 04, 2023 |

    Democracy Works |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States

    Since 2015, 18 states have adopted the Civic Education Initiative, which requires high school students to take an exam modeled on the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Civics test. However, researchers have determined that voter turnout rates did not increase among the target age group in states that adopted the policy.

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  • Extremism stand-down checked a box with no lasting result, critics say

    November 30, 2023 |

    Military Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Following the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon created a mandate requiring all service members to receive a one-day training on domestic extremism. But military members report that the “stand-down” trainings were half-hearted and disorganized, and two years later, few of the recommendations developed by the Pentagon’s working group on extremism have been implemented.

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  • Fixing the lake could pave the way to solving Utah's mental health crisis

    November 28, 2023 |

    Great Salt Lake Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    The officials and experts working on the plan for the future development of Salt Lake Valley are taking into account what didn’t work from previous urban design choices to ensure water conservation is a design priority going forward.

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  • "We Are Suffering": Despite Steps Taken, Gas Flaring Still Threatens Livelihoods in Niger Delta

    November 09, 2023 |

    The Xylom |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ogboinbiri, Bayelsa

    Gas flaring penalties have done little to prevent the practice in Bayelsa, Nigeria, so locals are calling for changes like diverting it to produce usable energy and creating strong policies to regulate it.

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  • What the Pentagon Has, Hasn't and Could Do to Stop Veterans and Troops from Joining Extremist Groups

    November 01, 2023 |

    Military.com |

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    Response Location: United States

    A new standard was implemented in 2021 requiring all U.S. service members to receive training on extremist movements that target troops and veterans. But soldiers describe the briefings, which were largely left to individual commanders to develop, as haphazard and lacking crucial information about preventing radicalization.

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  • Metro Call-A-Ride woes leave disabled St. Louisans in the lurch

    October 24, 2023 |

    St. Louis Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Under federal law, transit agencies are required to provide Call-A-Ride services within a certain distance of existing bus and rail routes to ensure transportation access for people with disabilities. But thanks to service cuts, labor shortages, and technical complications, users of St. Louis’ Call-A-Ride program say the service is not living up to its promises, with nearly a third of requested trips in January 2023 ultimately canceled.

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