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  • Years-old rape kits are finally being tested. No one can agree on what to do next.

    February 20, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Virginia Beach, Virginia

    In Virginia, a bill was passed to test around 2,902 rape kits that had never been tested. Then, the state passes another law that rules police agencies have to notify all victims that their kits have been tested. Advocates and law enforcement agents fear informing all victims will be triggering and traumatic, and prefer to inform only those whose kits result in a match. The Virginia Beach police meets with legislators in attempt to change the law, but fails. Ultimately they try to decide the best way of informing hundreds of survivors of sexual assault.

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  • How to Deprogram a White Supremacist

    February 19, 2018 |

    Playboy |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Violent, hateful ideologies can grip the mind and body so tightly that moving away from them mimics addiction recovery. Life After Hate and other groups are helping former white supremacists to deradicalize by providing access to therapy, education, and long-term peer-to-peer mentoring. These efforts are chronically underfunded and dismissed, even though "white supremacist extremists are committing more violent attacks than any other domestic extremist movement" in the United States.

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  • NYC opens ‘supportive housing' units to shelter, educate homeless

    February 19, 2018 |

    New York Daily News |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has worked with countless non-profits to try to decrease homelessness in the city. Finally, one solution is showing positive effects. Supportive housing is a type of affordable housing that includes job training programs, access to healthcare, and financial literacy education, all with the aim of keeping residents housed. Within New York, 1,400 units of supportive housing are currently funded, and 2,803 units are in the development process.

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  • Whose nature? Colorado leads push to democratize the outdoors.

    February 16, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Those living in low-income neighborhoods and classified as economically disadvantaged are less likely to have the opportunity to spend time in the outdoors. A series of initiatives throughout the state of Colorado aim to change this by expanding access and help get minority and lower-income children into more nature.

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  • Uganda Attempts to Shut Down Controversial Silicon Valley-Funded Schools

    February 14, 2018 |

    Columbia Global Reports |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Uganda

    Well-known Silicon Valley companies started the Bridge International Academies in 2007, an experimental school model, across some East African countries in an attempt to increase the quality of education, while promising a cost of $6-7 monthly per student. Bridge has now opened over 520 schools, serves over 100,000 students, and consistently showed rising graduation rates and testing performance, but its system of tablet-centered education and standardized curriculum has received criticism from its own teachers and government officials, who are weary of releasing control of their country's education system.

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  • Tech Support for an Ailing Planet

    January 30, 2018 |

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    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The advancement of technology has created the capability to consider solutions never before possible. Conservation X Labs, a startup based in Washington, D.C., has committed their focused on marrying the worlds of conservation and technology, to combat mounting concerns of international poaching and deforestation. While the scaling of the technology is stagnated largely due to the expense of technology, progress has been made and devices are actively being piloted.

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  • Germany: Refugee Integration

    January 23, 2018 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia

    When Germany opened its doors to refugees, the country invested heavily in integration assistance, including free but compulsory language and civics courses. Though political division has formed in Germany over immigration issues, the focus on integrating refugees recognizes, and furthers, the potential of new arrivals to contribute to society.

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  • Putting the Voters in Charge of Fair Voting

    January 23, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    Politicians across the country draw voting maps to favor their own political parties. In Michigan, a state with extreme congressional gerrymandering, voters are saying enough is enough. A nonpartisan group called Voters Not Politicians has collected 425,000 signatures in support of a ballot measure to create an independent commission to determine voting districts. The all-volunteer force gathered proposals at town hall meetings and spoke with voters at parades, football games, and even highway rest stops.

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  • When Being Unproductive Saves a Career

    January 18, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In the United States, executive leaders of non-profits have a high turn-over rate due to workplace fatigue. The Durfee Foundation has pioneered funding 3-month sabbaticals for directors of non-profits to “decompress” so that they can return to work feeling refreshed and productive. Research has shown that these sabbaticals have improved relationships with the board and other organizations. Now more foundations across the country offer funding for sabbaticals.

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  • Nonprofits make rural home ownership more plausible

    January 10, 2018 |

    The Boulder Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Montana

    Affordable housing often needs several solutions to make sufficient impact in a community. In Boulder, Montana, several groups and funding sources are working together to keep a diverse stock of affordable housing available to residents who need it most. The National Affordable Housing Network helps fund energy-saving homes in Montana. Some trailer parks have transformed into cooperative systems or community land trusts, so residents have more of a sense of ownership for what they pay.

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