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  • ‘I can shut my door and I ain't worried about nothing'

    January 10, 2018 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    A program in Houston, Texas is helping to identify and offer housing to those who are both experiencing homelessness and are also frequent visitors to the emergency room for health chronic issues. Although gaining funding for the program has been a complicated process and faces an uncertain future, clients who have participated in the program "have seen an 82 percent decline in emergency room usage."

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  • Rwanda: Gender equality

    January 09, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Rwanda

    Rwanda has the smallest gender gap in Africa. Women’s access to education, healthcare, politics, and property is considered across the board in policymaking from law to national budgeting. Gender-based violence continues to be a problem like elsewhere in the world, but women’s economic and political participation is strong. “I can walk into a boardroom and forget I’m a woman,” said Isabelle Masozera, a PR executive.

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  • We can draw school zones to make classrooms less segregated. This is how well your district does.

    January 08, 2018 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States

    In many American districts, school segregation has returned to pre- Brown v. Board of Education levels. When determining attendance zones, most boards have gerrymandered districts to reinforce existing residential segregation. Alvin Chang asks, "But what if we used these school attendance zones to send kids to schools that aren't as homogenous as their neighborhoods?" In this story, Chang introduces new data and tells the story of a few places that have tried to defy the dominant trend of using schools as a tool for further segregation even as their actions sometimes lead to "white flight."

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  • What Can New York Learn from New Jersey's Bail Reform?

    January 04, 2018 |

    WNYC |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    In 2017, New Jersey eliminated the cash bail system – meaning that potential offenders awaiting court could not be held in jail for money. Instead, judges use an algorithm that considers the individual’s criminal history, flight risk, and threat level to the community. As New York considers doing the same, it looks the impact it has made in New Jersey.

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  • Why Chile's government accelerator is investing in women-led startups

    January 04, 2018 |

    Apolitical |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Chile

    Women are vastly underrepresented in founding teams of startup companies, and they face a huge disadvantage in accessing capital. The Chilean government has launched S Factory, a training program to prepare women entrepreneurs for the Start-Up Chile Accelerator. Since 2015, the program has funded over 100 startups led by women.

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  • A new way emerges to cover college tuition. But is it a better way?

    December 31, 2017 |

    The Washington Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Several private colleges are considering an alternative to traditional student grants and loans - Income Share Agreements (ISAs) - in which colleges or outside capital sources provide loans to students with the promise that students will pay a percentage of their income with no interest for a set period of time after graduation. Critics argue that the arrangement will simply add to existing student debt and favor students in higher-paying math and science majors, programs in which minorities lack proportionate representation. Can colleges adjust the financing model to take into account these concerns?

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  • Unions Are Gaining a Foothold at Digital Media Companies

    December 26, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Employees at digital media companies are pursuing the same means which employees at traditional print media businesses securing their rights: unions. A wave of digital media companies have seen their employees unionize in order to gain protections regarding fair pay, due process related to termination, and severance.

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  • Ohio Is At the Center of a National Debate Over Drawing Political Lines

    December 22, 2017 |

    WKSU |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Gerrymandered Congressional districts, drawn using evermore individualized voter data, are set up to tip elections across the United States. Lawmakers and voting advocates are pushing back and creating new methods of making the maps. From independent commissions to constitutional amendments, here’s what’s happening in California, Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Oregon, South Dakota and Utah.

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  • Restarting Your Career After Caring for Family

    December 21, 2017 |

    Work and Money |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    For people who have taken significant time off from their careers to care for their family, jumping into the work world is full of challenges. Reboot Accel is a Silicon Valley-based bootcamp for women looking to re-enter the workforce. So far, the program has helped 750 women jumpstart the next phase of their careers, and there are now bootcamps happening all over the country to help women develop and market their skills.

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  • Why Foster Care Students In Seattle Are Beating The Odds

    December 17, 2017 |

    NPR |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    TreeHouse, a nonprofit in Washington state, achieved an 89 percent five year graduate rate for the hundreds of high school students in the foster care system it serves. This figure is a stark contrast to a 2010 statistic that found only 36 percent of foster students in King County and Seattle were completing high school. By providing the missing resources and guidance to students, TreeHouse hopes to expand the model to all Washington state counties.

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