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  • Separated by travel ban, Iranian families reunite at border library

    November 28, 2018 |

    Reuters |

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    Response Location: United States, Derby Line, Vermont

    Iranian families are sidestepping the U.S. Muslim ban inside a library. The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is located in both Derby Line, Vermont, and Stanstead, Quebec. Dozens of Iranian families have briefly reunited in the library, which acts as unofficial political gray zone. “You don’t need your passport. You park on your side, I’ll park on my side, but we’re all going to walk in the same door.”

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  • How VA-trained psychiatrists are bringing their skills to civilians with PTSD

    November 28, 2018 |

    Marketplace |

    Radio |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    PTSD impacts more people than just veterans, but not many services are set up for civilians to seek treatment. To widen the scope of treatment, some academic institutions and psychologists that have been trained to work with veterans are taking the lessons they've been taught and applying them to treating those with complex PTSD.

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  • Schools use yoga to improve behavior

    November 28, 2018 |

    KMGH-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Schools around the world are increasingly teaching yoga as a stress management tool. And students are responding enthusiastically -- in one district, over 70 percent of kids chose to also use the techniques at home.

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  • On college campuses, planning for a post-Millennial future

    November 28, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    The University of Maryland - Baltimore County is known for its higher number of masters and doctoral graduates of color, and for having the greatest number of black graduates with a combined MD-PhD in the country. The school has made a concerted effort to acknowledge the changing demographics of college students and is leading university-specific efforts to promote and support diversity.

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  • One of the biggest challenges of kicking addiction is getting and keeping a job

    November 27, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Employers are creating “recovery friendly’ workplaces by providing support for employees with substance use disorders in the same manner as they would for employees who needed support for any other disease. A job and the support of an employer bring valuable stability to someone in recovery as well as provide a sense of belonging and self-worth.

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  • With growing mental-health needs, colleges look to professors for suicide prevention

    November 27, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Faculty and staff at Philadelphia’s LaSalle University are being given crisis training to recognize, engage, and refer students with suicide ideation. With the number of students seeking mental health care increasing, this program expands the safety net of people students can reach out to in a time of need.

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  • A DU student withdrew from school to change the charity world, quarter by quarter

    November 27, 2018 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    A web browser extension called PocketChange allows people to donate small amounts of money to social causes and have their donations matched by “cause-aligned” brands. The software taps into the desire of news readers and social media users to take action in the moment that they learn about social causes, as well as companies’ growing interest in marketing around social causes. The startup has partnered with about 70 charities and six online sites so far, including The New York Times, Google News, and Facebook.

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  • One Of America's Poorest Cities Has A Radical Plan To Remake Itself

    November 27, 2018 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Evergreen Cooperative in Cleveland is on a path to make wealth and business ownership more accessible. They operate several cooperative businesses: a laundry and a solar panel firm among them, all of which choose to welcome most applicants for employee-ownership, regardless of income or wealth or if they have spent time in prison. The model hopes to grow through the city with the rise of patient capital and growing support of the cooperative movement.

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  • This scrappy community station is rewriting the rules of Detroit radio

    November 27, 2018 |

    Model D |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Operating as a low-power FM radio station, Detroit’s 96.7 WNUC provides an independent platform for community voices and interests. Programming ranges from shows focusing on Detroit’s musical legacy to discussions of environmental justice issues.

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  • How the Ghana ThinkTank Challenges the White Savior Complex

    November 27, 2018 |

    Hyperallergic |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Ghana ThinkTank connects planners in the so-called “first world” to planners in the so-called “third world” to challenge notions of development and spread ideas from overlooked sources. For a recent project, planners in Detroit worked with a think tank in Morocco to adapt a staple of Moroccan architecture to promote the use of public space.

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