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  • Beyond the Business Suit

    David Bornstein

    January 28, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    For young people, learning the social norms of the office is crucial for survival in the new economy. Year Up is an organization that is unusually successful at preparing young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds for jobs in big companies.

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  • A Healthier, More Efficient Way to Cook

    Amy Yee

    September 29, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    Clean cookstoves reduce emissions, use less fuel and cook faster than open fire hearths, offering people in developing countries an affordable way to create a healthier indoor environment. Although "plenty of work remains in raising awareness about indoor air pollution," one nonprofit has already sold over 150,000 cookstoves in India.

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  • The Cost Conundrum

    Atul Gawande

    May 25, 2009 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: United States, McAllen, Texas

    Studies show that spending more money on healthcare, past a certain level of care, worsens patient outcomes. Mayo Clinic has one of the highest-quality for the lowest cost healthcare systems in the nation. They achieve this by pooling all of the revenue from the hospital system and the doctors and paying everyone a salary, removing the incentive to increase personal revenue by increasing spending, and encouraging physicians to work with their colleagues and their teams to provide a higher level of patient care.

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  • The Island in the Wind

    Elizabeth Kolbert

    July 07, 2008 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Samsø

    The Danish Island of Samsø is home to a community of farmers who transitioned from coal to renewable energy. The community worked to erect wind turbines which now create more energy than they can use—the island can now export energy. The effort took community buy-in, but once a few people started to transition, neighbors decided to give it a try. Now, it's a source of community pride.

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  • Shame of the city: Signs of hope in helping S.F. homeless turn lives around / On-site medical, psychiatric aid makes housing program work at reasonable cost

    Kevin Fagan

    May 09, 2004 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    In the U.S. most supportive housing programs have a 75 percent turnover rate, meaning people end up in the streets again. Direct Access to Housing in California manages a turnover rate of only 15 percent by providing a home, counseling, and financial management.

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  • Solving San Francisco's crisis of homelessness requires a sweeping, costly plan for housing and treatment - and political unity that has been missing for two decades

    Kevin Fagan

    December 04, 2003 |

    SFGate |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    To combat rampant homelessness, cities like New York are investing in supportive housing and comprehensive, consistent services for the homeless population. Although San Francisco has smaller-scale supportive housing programs. political will and regular funding are necessary to grow those initiatives and make a large impact on homelessness in the city.

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  • Compulsory Voting

    Emma Eisenberg

    October 01, 2001 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: Australia

    In the U.S. the electorate skews white, wealthy, and old because such demographics are more likely to vote. Creating mandatory voting laws would increase voter turnout and thus increase voting equity.

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