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Mentally ill man worse off after acquittal

Jessica Priest

April 08, 2017 |

The Victoria Advocate |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Victoria, Texas

“Two million people with mental illness are booked into jails every year.” Mental health courts, would take into accounts a person’s illness, rather than solely focusing on the crime.

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How Armenia Is Trying to Stop Sex-Selective Abortions

Nina Teggarty

April 07, 2017 |

News Deeply |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Armenia

In Armenia, sons are far more desired than daughters leading to a high prevalence of sex-selective abortions that is resulting in a shortage of girls. 'Save the Children' works with families to help them see how similar girls and boys are, in order to help decrease abortions.

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Rwanda's 'solar smart kiosk' provides digital solutions to rural mobile phone users

Christin Roby

April 03, 2017 |

Devex |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali

Although an estimated 75% of the world's population uses cell phones, in places like rural Rwanda, the availability and costs of electricity to charge them can be patchwork at best. ARED's 'solar smart kiosk' provides a stand-alone cart that runs on renewable energy and serves not just as a charging station, but a digital and internet center for users at the base of the pyramid. The company also ensures training and monitoring support to keep kiosk operators current on the technology.

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One Big Benefit of Issuing Driver's Licenses to Undocumented Immigrants

Tom Jacobs

April 03, 2017 |

Pacific Standard |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, California

California implemented a law that allows undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses, which has reduced the number of hit-and-runs. With a license, an undocumented immigrant may be less likely to flee the scene out of fear of being deported or having their car impounded.

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Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition

Juhie Bhatia

March 31, 2017 |

Ms. Magazine |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, West Virginia

Many times, in order for solutions to gain momentum and effect real change, there has to be buy in from a community level. To improve the perception of renewable energy in West Virginia, the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC) has partnered with local nonprofits and implemented various campaigns to educate the community on the benefits of making the switch to renewable energy.

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The Kids Who Got 'The Mexican Repatriation' of the 1930s Into California Textbooks

Janice Llamoca

March 31, 2017 |

Latino USA |

Podcast |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, California

In the 1930s, about one million Mexican and Mexican-Americans, who were born in the U.S., were forcibly removed from the U.S. under the presidency of Herbert Hoover. Its called the “Mexican Repatriation.” A class in Bell Gardens elementary learned about it almost by accident. They wanted a formal federal apology and applied to the California “ought to be a law” contest. They testified in front of the California assembly. The governor of California signed a law that encourages courses in history books to include the Mexican repatriation.

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These cities have great, but sometimes strange, ideas on transit. Which ones can Toronto steal?

Oliver Moore

March 31, 2017 |

The Globe and Mail |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

Toronto wants to improve its transit system, perhaps there are solutions that can be applied from other cities. Changing the way parking is priced, improving bus shelters, implementing more highway tolls, and having automated subways are all possible options.

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In Myanmar's slums, women pool savings to get relief from crushing loans

Connor MacDonald

March 30, 2017 |

Citiscope |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Myanmar, Yangon, Yangon Region

Years of misrule and a subsequent dearth of hard currency, along with crippling bank-fostered debt cycles and exorbitant home mortgage interest rates, have created immense suffering for Myanmar's poor. But with the guidance of a local NGO, Women for the World, a pilot project helped women in some of Yangon's poorest neighborhoods capitalize on their cultural "head-of-household" status; by forming and managing community savings cooperatives, the women have instilled trust through local control and, above all, enabled members to secure land, build homes, buy food, and even generate profit through loans to families' business enterprises.

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Indigenous peoples in Colombia play crucial role in the fight against climate change

Bart Crezee

March 30, 2017 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Colombia

Protecting forests against deforestation is key to reducing CO2 emissions, which is what the UN mechanism- REDD+ aims to do by creating contracts with rural areas for them to protect their area's forest for 30 years in exchange for compensation. So far several problems have arisen that question the effectiveness of this mechanism which need attention going forward.

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A Surprising Path Out of Domestic Abuse: Entrepreneurship

Riva Richmond

March 28, 2017 |

The Story Exchange |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Women are often stuck in an abusive relationship due to poor financial situations. Programs are beginning to help abused women by giving them support and helping them become entrepreneurs in order to become financially independent.

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