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  • #EndSARS: Inside Nigeria's Fight to End Police Brutality

    October 29, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    Modeled in part on America's Black Lives Matter protest movement, Nigerian protests against brutality and extortion committed by the police have in a brief time attracted uncommon levels of support across ethnic and religious lines. The government responded by disbanding the primary focus of the protests, its notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), and made other concessions. Protesters say these steps, while welcomed, might easily be undercut by government intransigence. So they have vowed to continue pressing for reform of the Nigeria Police Force.

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  • A new era in maritime travel: Electric boats

    October 29, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Niagara Falls, New York

    The Maid of the Mist has given tours of Niagara Falls for 174 years, and recently replaced its fleet with electric catamarans, the first of their kind in North America. The boats are zero-emission and run on dual banks of lithium-ion batteries that are recharged between each tour by plugging two high-voltage lines into a charging station for seven minutes. The charging station is powered by a nearby hydroelectric facility. Two joysticks, like those on an arcade game, allow captains to steer the boats and dual monitors in the wheelhouse provide detailed battery status reports for constant monitoring.

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  • Managing scarcity

    October 29, 2020 |

    Boulder Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    In Boulder, Colorado those working to address the increasing rate of homelessness are reallocating resources to support longterm housing options as opposed to the traditional temporary services – such as shelters. Although there are challenges to this approach and it's too early to gauge the longterm reality of this approach, early results from the method have shown that consolidating resources has reduced operational costs while housing over 450 people.

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  • How conservation groups confront distrust from communities of color

    October 29, 2020 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    For environmental groups like Conservation Colorado looking to expand their reach, they’ve learned that they need to rebuild relationships and trust with communities that have historically been excluded from conservation conversations and take the time to understand the issues directly impacting them. Once they’ve taken those steps, Conservation Colorado was able to work with an all-women’s Latina group to prevent a waste treatment plant from expanding into their community.

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  • Joe Biden Should Stop Bragging About the Violence Against Women Act

    October 29, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Violence Against Women Act was billed as a way to make a patriarchal society, and policing profession in particular, take domestic violence more seriously. It encouraged policies making arrest of alleged abusers mandatory, even to the point of punishing victims who refused to cooperate in prosecutions. This has backfired on many victims, especially women of color who distrust police and their punitive approaches to solving family problems. The law also prioritizes punitive approaches in its awarding of federal grants, thus denying victim aid to women who do not wish to cooperate with arrests.

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  • Slow Streets Were a Success. Should Cities Keep Them?

    October 29, 2020 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    A pilot project in several American cities has provided a large amount of data on how residents use streets where vehicular traffic is restricted. The initiative tested out ways to calm traffic, provide space for families to convene and exercise, and provide safer bike lanes. A transportation analysis firm was able to provide detailed analysis for how each city responded to the changes, opening up ways for governments to "implement the best project for that specific need and measure against those goals."

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  • Ticket to ride: Officials, riders debate the safety of riding the RTA during the pandemic

    October 29, 2020 |

    FreshWater Cleveland |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    COVID-19-transmission rates on public transportation have been relatively low. This is in part because many public trains, buses, and commuter rails—like the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) – rely on high-frequency air exchange systems that filter and exchange inside air every few minutes. The RTA also requires all employees and customers to wear masks while riding or waiting for transit. Giving away over 6,000 masks. RTA disinfects vehicles every 24 hours and installed vinyl barriers to provide additional protection for drivers.

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  • Los estudiantes quieren formas prácticas de influir en las decisiones sobre su educación

    October 29, 2020 |

    Noticias Telemundo |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    En Oakland, jóvenes han logrado poner a votación la posibilidad de que menores de edad participen en elecciones de junta escolar. Aunque no ha sido votado en Oakland todavía, las experiencias, éxitos y retos vividos por iniciativas similares en otros lugares generan muchas lecciones.

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  • Ciudadanos se activan para que los jóvenes voten

    October 29, 2020 |

    9 Millones |

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    Response Location: Puerto Rico

    Aunque el gobierno de Puerto Rico no informaba bien a votantes jóvenes por culpa de recortes presupuestarios, COVID-19 y otros factores, varias ONG trabajaban para llenar ese vacío. Campañas en redes sociales y esfuerzos de registro de votantes han tenido un impacto positivo, aunque nada se puede comparar con lo que se lograría con un robusto esfuerzo gubernamental.

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  • Decades of Data Suggest Racial Profiling is Getting Worse, Not Better

    October 28, 2020 |

    Flatland |

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    Response Location: United States, Missouri

    In 2000, Missouri passed one of the nation's first and most comprehensive laws aimed at ending racial profiling by police in traffic stops. But racial disparities have grown worse since then, with Black drivers far more likely than white drivers to be stopped and searched. The law relies on data collection to air the problem, which in turn was supposed to spur more reforms. But the state's lackluster efforts to enforce the law and lack of follow through on other reforms has turned the annual data gathering into "little more than exercises in futility."

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