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  • Punjab's marginalised communities struggle for their right to cultivate common lands

    February 07, 2019 |

    Down To Earth |

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    Response Location: India, Punjab

    Balad Kalan’s Scheduled Castes, popularly called Dalits, collectively bid to win the rights to fertile common lands that big landlords had taken control of. Each family contributed what they could and, after protests due to the lack of transparency in the bidding process, won 53 hectares, or one-third of the common land, which was distributed among 145 families. Fifty other villages have since won collective land rights by replicating the joint bidding process. An 11-member cooperative manages the land in each village, which is distributed to families in proportion to their monetary contribution.

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  • Can old-fashioned journalism combat fake news?

    February 07, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Human-based fact checking offers a more dynamic and thorough way to determine the credibility of news outlets than the use of machine learning software. Although humans are still prone to implicit biases, NewsGuard’s model of employing a team of human fact-checkers to rate news websites pushes back against the tendency of algorithms to disseminate false or misleading content. A user-installed plug-in offers details about the credibility and transparency of over 2,000 websites.

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  • Black Lives Matter Is Making Single Moms Homeowners

    February 05, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville

    In West Louisville, the local Black Lives Matter is working and crowdfunding to buy homes for low-income single mothers and and transient families - and offering homeowner, where the only expense is taxes and utilities, to those who might not otherwise have the opportunity to own their homes. The organization hopes to address the the historical and institutionalized racism that has made homeownership a distant dream for many African Americans in the highly segregated city.

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  • How the ProComp merit pay system led Denver teachers to the brink of a strike

    February 05, 2019 |

    Chalkbeat |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    In 1999, Denver, with the backing of the teachers union, rolled out a merit pay pilot program. Twenty years later, the pay-for-performance system has teachers on the verge of a strike for higher pay. Chalkbeat explores the origin and efficacies of the approach.

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  • In Baltimore, the future of film culture is an old-school video store

    January 30, 2019 |

    The Outline |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Where rental stores couldn’t compete, non-profits step in to preserve physical media in the digital age. Despite promises of unlimited access to media, online streaming services have actually reduced the variety of films available to their subscribers. In contrast to the vagaries of digital streaming business models, Beyond Video in Baltimore looks to members, donors, and volunteers to grow and maintain a lending library—already larger than the Netflix catalog—invested in promoting film culture and history.

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  • Why Old Buildings Are the Key to Transforming a City

    January 23, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    In an era of wildly expanding cities, local governments look toward a trend called "reurbanism," which promotes the revitalization of old, locally-owned structures. Cities like Tucson, AZ and Los Angeles embrace reurbanism initiatives to ensure developers make the most of older, smaller establishments within city limits.

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  • The Feat in Hojancha, the Town that Lost its Forest

    January 21, 2019 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Hojancha, Guanacaste

    In 1976, the Costa Rican city Hojancha preserved only 2% of its land as forest, and as a result their water supply (the Río Nosara river basin) dried up from the lack of vegetation. Sixteen years into the crisis, two friends conceived and ran an initiative to reforest the land by asking every family in the city to donate ¢1,000 a month until they could buy back the land in full from the ranchers who owned it. Now, the land is thriving again, though the project of regrowing the forest continues still today.

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  • San Francisco gives kindergartners free money for college. Could it work statewide?

    January 20, 2019 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    In San Francisco, every kindergarten enrolled in public school gets a college savings account that their families can contribute to. The program is encouraging more families to think of college as a reality and teaching kids saving habits, though, without a full understanding of the intentions, some parents are weary of the accounts.

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  • This Woman Is Using Her Platform To Uplift Black Artists

    January 16, 2019 |

    Essence |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Creating new platforms allows underrepresented and often "tokenized" artists to drive their own narrative. To address the lack of representation of Black artists in legacy institutions, an art nonprofit in Memphis, The Collective (CLTV), empowers Black artists by creating an organization that reflects the community at large. In addition to grants and stipends, the CLTV relies on support from the community and donors to remain financially independent.

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  • How high-tech agriculture is transforming the fortunes of Nigerian rice farmers

    January 16, 2019 |

    The Telegraph |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kebbi

    New planting and harvesting techniques and improved seeds are transforming farmers' fortunes and boosting harvests in Nigeria, where rice is a staple food but local supply fails to keep up with high demand. Farmers are also relying on agriculture apps like RiceAdvice and WeedManager, which quickly determine fertilizer quantities and identify harmful weeds.

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