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  • A Pioneering Welsh Housing Initiative For a Life in Ecological Harmony

    February 01, 2021 |

    Struggles from Below Magazine |

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    A housing initiative in Wales is combining affordable housing with ecological sustainability. The One Planet Development policy (OPD) gives residents an exemption to stringent countryside planning laws if they commit to a sustainable lifestyle. “There can be tension between affordable living and sustainability, but in the OPD we have an exemplar of low-impact, low-cost development.”

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  • How New York's Vaccine Program Missed Black and Hispanic Residents

    February 01, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York’s vaccination effort has largely left out Black and Latino people due at least in part to the decision to use an online-based system for booking appointments. With the data to back this observation up, the government is actively working to increase vaccination rates within these communities by making changes including setting aside vaccine appointments in 33 high-risk areas.

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  • The NFL's Covid-19 Finding That Saved the Season

    January 31, 2021 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States

    Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the NFL played all scheduled games during its regular season – including the Super Bowl – by enacting strict protocols and using data to make adjustments as necessary. The league relied heavily on contact tracing and testing, which prompted the CDC to change guidelines after the NFL's data showed that previous guidance about exposure was likely too lenient.

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  • Next Step goes to the front lines of gun violence in Minneapolis, starting with the shooting victims

    January 30, 2021 |

    Minneapolis Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Next Step is a hospital-based violence intervention program based at Minneapolis' Hennepin County Medical Center that counsels gunshot victims to try to help lower the chances that they will be harmed again or seek to harm others. Focusing on young adults and their families, the program starts its work when a victim is hospitalized. The counseling and connections to support services can continue for months and even years.

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  • Curing the ‘colonial hangover': how Yukon First Nations became trailblazers of Indigenous governance

    January 30, 2021 |

    The Narwhal |

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    Response Location: Yukon First Nations, Canada, Yukon

    Under the structure of unique treaties called final agreements, Yukon First Nations are able to exercise the powers of self-governance over projects proposed on their land. Implementation of the agreements isn’t always smooth, but 11 of the 14 First Nations have entered into these creative accords with the territorial and federal governments, which aims to foster participation and grant decision-making authority in these Indigenous communities.

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  • St. Louis comedian shares story of redemption, reentry following prison sentence

    January 28, 2021 |

    KSDK-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    When people emerge from long prison sentences, they can be in a hurry to put their lives back on track. But, when enrolled in a voluntary re-entry program called the Concordance Academy of Leadership, they first must go through intense mental health counseling that begins while they're incarcerated before they launch a search for a job or permanent housing. The St. Louis-based program boasts much lower-than-average recidivism rates, in part because it responds to post-release mistakes with more counseling rather than automatic punishment.

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  • The country rejecting throwaway culture

    January 28, 2021 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: France, Paris

    Paris hosts a dozen "repair cafes," which are free, monthly events where residents can fix household objects and electronics with the help and advice of volunteers. The events usually have about 25 attendees who seek to limit the vast amounts of household waste, particularly E-waste, by repairing broken electronics and appliances. France's National Assembly also introduced an index of "repairability" ratings for appliances such as washing machines, lawnmowers, televisions and smartphones, in hopes of increasing the percentage of electronics that are repaired rather than discarded.

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  • COVID antibody treatment available and effective but delivery slower than desired in S.D.

    January 28, 2021 |

    South Dakota News Watch |

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    Response Location: United States, South Dakota

    A new therapeutic treatment known as a monoclonal antibody infusion has been made available across the U.S. for Covid-19 patients who are most at-risk of being hospitalized for the virus. In South Dakota, one of the nations largest health systems has developed a computer algorithm and set up infusion centers to better serve patients who this could most help.

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  • West Virginia has a simple system that avoids wasting vaccine doses

    January 28, 2021 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, West Virginia

    West Virginia has implemented a digital platform that allows residents to sign up for notifications if leftover doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are available for use near them. Although the system is only accessible to those with internet, it has resulted in far fewer people phoning the hotline, which in turn has allowed for greater ease for those without internet access to sign up for appointments.

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  • Is D.C. Finally on the Brink of Statehood?

    January 27, 2021 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    51 for 51 is an advocacy group fighting for DC statehood by educating people about DC residents’ taxation without representation and training advocates in other states, mostly young people, to lobby their senators to support a statehood bill. Organizers also bird-dogged democratic presidential candidates for a public pledge of support for statehood, which 18 did. The group has also gained new support for ending the filibuster, which is needed to pass a statehood bill in the Senate. Support for statehood is at its highest, with a bill passing the House of Representatives for the first time in June 2020.

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