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  • Getting Tried as an Adult Depends on Skin Color

    October 10, 2016 |

    WNYC |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    Many minors, especially those who are black or hispanic, are tried and sentenced as adults. A new New Jersey law requires minors to at least begin their sentence in juvenile facilities, but there are still problems.

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  • A helping hand for migrant students

    October 09, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Center, Colorado

    The Migrant Education Program, which offers educational and social services to migrant worker families in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, is growing in popularity among the valley’s migrant worker population, and has recently begun to focus on getting migrant students geared up for college .

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  • Somali-American outreach workers bridge divide between community and government

    October 08, 2016 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Somali-Minnesotans feel that US counter terrorism programs are suspicious of them and thus not there to help. A growing number of Somali-Americans have been recruited by public programs to improve relations between Minnesota’s Somali community and government agencies.

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  • Native schools move forward by looking to the past

    October 08, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: Santa Clara Native Reservation, United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    A New Mexico network of native schools, called the NACA-Inspired Schools Network, addresses the failure of traditional schooling to incorporate native culture into lessons by designing a culturally relevant curriculum for students. Beyond cultural education, the network also requires students to take at least two Advanced Placement courses and apply to at least 10 colleges to help level the playing field for native students in New Mexico.

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  • Naperville family's creative home solution for son with autism

    October 07, 2016 |

    Daily Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, Naperville, Illinois

    Part 3 of the Caregivers Crisis series: In light of a shortage of state group living facilities in Illinois, one family is partnering with a non-profit to retrofit their home into a safe, independent living space for their autistic son, creating a future for him when his aging parents can no longer take care of his daily needs.

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  • There's a Message for City Planners in Cape Town Plumbing Poll

    September 26, 2016 |

    Next City |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town, Western Cape

    If you’ve ever been to a music festival, you’ve probably stepped inside a chemical toilet. The blue, plastic toilets, are meant to be temporary. However, in post-Apartheid, Cape Town, they are permanent fixtures for a large population of mostly black, poor residents.

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  • Minnesota Somalis work to root out homegrown terror from within

    September 17, 2016 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Somali-Minnesotans are at risk for homegrown extremists but are suspicious of federal investigations in their community. A federal pilot project is using outreach programs to include the Somali community in the solution to reduce violent extremism.

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  • For Refugees in Lebanon, Cash Instead of Camps.

    September 13, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Lebanon

    In Lebanon, services for refugees are often misguided and ineffective. To address this issue, the country created a cash-debit card allowance for refugees, providing a more appropriate resource than the typical aid program.

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  • Abolish the police? Organizers say it's less crazy than it sounds. Audio icon

    August 25, 2016 |

    The Chicago Reader |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Police abolitionism, an idea that strikes many as fanciful and dangerous, lies at the root of many community projects in Chicago that have demonstrated on a small scale the ways that problems can be solved without police involvement. Run by acolytes of Mariame Kaba, these projects provided dispute resolution services, mental health responses, and a bond fund that uses donated money to bail pretrial defendants out of jail. The key idea is to demonstrate ways to scale back police powers, rather than wait for institutions to reform themselves.

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  • Nextdoor Rolls Out Product Fix It Hopes Will Stem Racial Profiling

    August 24, 2016 |

    Buzzfeed |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The location-based social network Nextdoor responded to criticism about racial profiling on its site by revamping the platform. The company collaborates with many public agencies and Oakland’s mayor said the city’s departments should stop working with Nextdoor until it addressed these issues. Nextdoor subsequently changed how people can report crimes or suspicious activity so that race is de-emphasized and this has reduced racial profiling on the site by 75 percent, although some activists who helped Nextdoor say they were left out of the process and there is more work to do.

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