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  • To Help Immigrants Feel Safer Around Police, Some Churches Start Issuing IDs

    October 11, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    The Archdiocese of Baltimore is set to start issuing parishioner ID cards in a program modeled off a similar one in Texas. The ID cards include a name, address, and birth date and are meant for undocumented immigrants to feel safer around law enforcement.

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  • In A Drying Climate, Colorado's 'Water Cop' Patrols For Water Thieves

    October 11, 2018 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Montezuma, Colorado

    In Colorado’s water-scarce Montezuma County, having a designated law enforcement official for water conflict is necessary. Dave Huhn is a sheriff’s deputy specializing in water law, responding to 60-100 calls each month – most of which are about water theft. As the region becomes more arid, it also becomes more ripe for conflict, making those who know the intricacies of water law more necessary than ever.

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  • The Crime Machine, Part I

    October 11, 2018 |

    Gimlet Media |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The creation of CompStat fostered a huge drop in crime rates in New York City by the 1990s. The idea came from an odd and obsessive transit cop was to track every single crime daily in every precinct and use that data to systematically go after everything from murders to low-level crimes once ignored by police. It was a drastic shift in the way NYPD worked and was credited with making the city far safer, but was also flawed.

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  • This Radical Bank Will Free People Of Debt By Literally Blowing It Up

    October 10, 2018 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: England, London

    The Hoe Street Central Bank is an artist run project that raises money through events taking place in a former bank and sells prints designed to mimic paper money. Through the money they raise, the organization buys and eliminates private debt as well as makes donations to organizations affected by austerity measures.

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  • After intermittent fasting, 3 men no longer take insulin for diabetes -- but experts stress caution

    October 10, 2018 |

    CNN |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    A report from Canada says that intermittent fasting helped wean three men with type-2 diabetes off insulin. The idea of curing diabetes is not widely accepted in the medical field, but some medical professionals think that intermittent fasting can help abate symptoms and cause a kind of "remission." Study subjects fasted several times a week.

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  • Puerto Rico's Cats and Dogs Need Help. This Organization is Stepping Up

    October 10, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Arroyo Beach, Puerto Rico

    More than 800 cats and dogs in Puerto Rico have found new homes on the U.S. mainland, thanks to Paws4Survival. The organization and other groups are working against the odds to reduce the number of stray animals on the islands.

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  • LGBTQ students find support within community

    October 10, 2018 |

    Durango Herald |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

    Connecting LGTBQ+ teens with peers and adults for support can help reduce depression and the risk of suicide. Organizations like the Four Corners Rainbow Youth Center in Durango, Colorado, and the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center at Fort Lewis College provide safe spaces where youth feel welcome and supported by a network of peers and adults. The centers also act as social spaces where youth, parents, and their communities can come together.

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  • Coming To The Right Answer By Themselves: Talking With Boys About Sexual Assault

    October 10, 2018 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    To change the way that young boys and men are taught about consent and sexual assault, a youth group in Philadelphia is hosting conversations, fostering dialogues, and ultimately letting them come to the "right answer" on their own. These groups are working to shift the overall culture surrounding these issues, and the youth involved are responding.

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  • How to grapple with soaring world population? An answer from down south

    October 10, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Botswana

    Botswana stands out for its rapidly falling fertility rate; a complex set of factors, including increased access to comprehensive education and contraception, is driving the falling rate. The country's family planning programs are far-reaching, providing services in even rural areas of Botswana, and giving women more control of their reproductive health and choices.

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  • Fixing the Problems We Can Fix

    October 10, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A Philadelphia non-profit is targeting young people who struggle when leaving the foster care system and providing them with comprehensive services to help them transition into independent living successfully; that includes helping them find jobs, homes, and more. The program is based off a model from Youth Villages, a national nonprofit, and is showing impressive results - for example, "90 percent of the youth who joined the program were in need of stable housing; now, 35 percent have their own homes, and the rest live with family, former foster families or in supervised independent living."

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