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Pink City Rickshaw Puts Women in the Driver's Seat

Geetanjali Krishna

July 28, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Jaipur

ACCESS Development Services trains women to drive electric auto rickshaws, providing them with marketable skills that help them earn a living independently. The all-women Pink City Rickshaw Company employs the women to provide tours throughout the city and has since trained over 200 women.

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King County bet big on remaking its mental health system. Is it working?

Taylor Blatchford

July 27, 2025 |

The Seattle Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, King County, Washington

King County, Washington, is building an alternative mental health care system to avoid escalating unnecessary 911 calls and including law enforcement when it’s not necessarily needed. The County created a mental health-focused response team in collaboration with the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline to divert calls that don’t pose a safety risk and help de-escalate situations. The communications center that fields most of the calls says they get about 20 transfers to the 988 line each month.

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Music and Mental Health

Anna Fox

July 25, 2025 |

Little News Ears |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

Nuci’s Space aims to prevent suicide by providing a safe space for people of all ages, particularly youth, to connect and play music. They also offer affordable practice spaces and mental and physical health care services for participants, including affordable counseling.

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How Finland is preparing its citizens for a world swamped by fake news

Eva-Maria Verfürth, Kari Kivinen

July 24, 2025 |

Development and Cooperation |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Finland

Finland’s National Core Curriculum incorporates “multiliteracy” across all subject areas, and students begin learning about misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation from their first year in school. The country has consistently ranked first in the European Media Literacy Index.

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Americans haven't saved for retirement. States are creating automatic savings plans.

Kevin Hardy

July 23, 2025 |

Stateline |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado

To help more private-sector employees save for retirement—and hopefully reduce future needs for public safety net programs—more states are launching automatic IRA programs that enroll employees who don’t have access to a retirement plan through their employer. In Colorado, more than 70,000 workers have been enrolled so far.

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Singapore's regreening is a model for cities everywhere

Mike Digirolamo

July 22, 2025 |

Mongabay |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Singapore

Government initiatives, certification programs, ecological consultants, and international environmental associations are all part of Singapore's concerted effort to coexist with its wildlife and reduce impacts of climate change like air pollution and stress.

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Affirmative action helps students thrive at universities across Brazil

Michael Fox

July 22, 2025 |

The World |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Federal universities in Brazil operate on a quota system of affirmative action in which half of the available seats are awarded based solely on academic achievement and the other half are for students from underrepresented populations, including those identifying as Black, Indigenous, or disabled. The policy has encountered significant pushback, but it has also helped thousands of students access higher education.

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Safe haven or breeding ground for corruption: how Ukraine is building underground schools

Vladsylav Lesyk

July 21, 2025 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ukraine

To safely get students back into in-person learning environments amid ongoing Russian attacks, the Ukrainian government has prioritized building underground schools, some of which are in repurposed metro stations while others are dedicated shelters attached to existing schools. So far, the country has completed 20 underground schools, with 221 more under construction, but concerns have also been raised about potential corruption among contractors.

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'It's everyone's business.' In Finland, national security is a shared responsibility.

Mark Sappenfield

July 18, 2025 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Finland

Finland’s approach to national security focuses on creating a comprehensive culture, emphasizing the idea that defending the country is a shared responsibility. Regular citizens can take volunteer courses in everything from using firearms and recognizing disinformation to surviving in the wild and interpreting maps, and the country’s men are conscripted at 18 for military or community service.

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Connecticut Serves 1.75 Million Free Summer Meals As Federal Cuts Hit School Nutrition

Karla Ciaglo

July 18, 2025 |

CTNewsJunkie |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Connecticut

The Sun Meals Program distributes free breakfast and lunch to Connecticut children in the summer, with no registration or identification required. The program has handed out more than 1.75 million meals since June, but federal funding that helps support the distribution is being eliminated, leaving the state to shore up the gaps.

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