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  • What Germany's Coal Miners Can Teach America About Medical Debt

    December 14, 2022 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: Germany, Puttlingen

    Germany, like the U.S., has a largely private healthcare system that relies on private doctors and private insurers. Like Americans, many Germans enroll in a health plan through work, splitting the cost with their employer. But Germany strictly limits how much patients have to pay out of their own pockets for a trip to the doctor, the hospital, or the pharmacy, making medical debt practically nonexistent.

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  • Pods live on: School districts are using the pandemic-era invention to help kids recover from ‘learning loss'

    December 14, 2022 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Central Falls, Rhode Island

    Originally developed to help students succeed academically during the pandemic, learning pods in a Rhode Island community continue to help students through in-person school. The pods create job opportunities for community members and give students a place for one-on-one help.

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  • Resurrecting Climate-Resilient Rice in India

    December 14, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Odisha

    A conservationist dedicated 1.7 acres in Odisha, India, to farm and conserve native rice varieties in an effort to revive resilient crops and food systems in the country after many were abandoned for high-yield varieties. The seeds are shared with small farmers across several states.

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  • The South isn't so anti-abortion after all. Kentucky proved it at the polls.

    December 14, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    Ahead of a vote on a ballot measure that would have ensured that no right to abortion could ever be added to Kentucky's constitution, pro-choice activists connected with voters via protests and door-knocking campaigns. Their efforts focused on registering new voters and exploring the nuances of reproductive health care, and the amendment was successfully defeated by a margin of nearly 5 percentage points.

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  • Video games can make climate change real for players - here's how

    December 14, 2022 |

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    Response Location: England, London

    Video games are educating players on climate change and its effects while encouraging mitigative behavior through gameplay.

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  • The rate of out-school children in Nigeria is alarming, but one initiative is taking children off the streets in Gombe

    December 14, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Gombe

    The founder of the Uncle Muhsin Education Support Initiative uses his own resources to offer in-person and virtual classes for free to young Nigerians who are out of school. He also offers classes for children in school who do not understand all of their subjects.

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  • Boden gut machen

    December 14, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Austria

    Kein anderes Land verbraucht im Verhältnis zu seiner Fläche so viel Boden wie Österreich. Die politischen Rahmenbedingungen verstärken das Problem. Dennoch gibt es viele Möglichkeiten gegenzusteuern, wie Beispiele im In- und Ausland zeigen.

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  • Brighton's holistic approach to housing aims to break the cycle for the next generation

    December 14, 2022 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Brighton, Colorado

    The Brighton Housing Authority uses a holistic approach to help those experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity. The organization provides tutoring to kids, runs a domestic violence program that provides temporary housing, and gives out rent and gas vouchers to those in need.

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  • Treating Farmworkers on Their Terms

    December 13, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Salinas, California

    Community health clinics provide a space for indigenous people to access both traditional and nontraditional medicine as there’s a significant disconnect between indigenous communities and modern healthcare institutions. These community clinics increase healthcare access for indigenous communities and present care in an easily accessible way by taking language and cultural barriers into consideration.

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  • Denver students benefited from 11 years of reforms, new study shows

    December 13, 2022 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Reforms that improved learning at Denver schools included easier paperwork for school of choice applications, an increased number of charter schools, and the closing of schools with low test scores.

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