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  • The Post-Roe Abortion Underground

    Stephania Taladrid

    October 10, 2022 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico, Guanajuato

    The nonprofit Las Libres in Guanajuato, Mexico, helps women access medication for abortions for free. By working with volunteers like the Old Hippies of San Miguel de Allende, the organization delivers the medication to distributors in abortion-ban states in the United States.

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  • How Utah can control dust from the Great Salt Lake — and why it will cost lots of money

    Leia Larson

    October 10, 2022 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    To prevent particulate matter air pollution from the dried-out Owens Lakebed, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power used a myriad of measures including shallow flooding, tillage, laying gravel, and planting managed vegetation.

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  • The New Abortion Underground

    Stephania Taladrid David Remnick

    October 10, 2022 |

    WNYC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Mexico, Guanajuato

    By working with a nonprofit, Las Libres, in Guanajuato, Mexico, volunteers are helping women access medication for abortions for free. Las Libres organizes the supply chain to get the medication to those in need in abortion-ban states in the United States.

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  • Digging into Minnesota's peat, an underappreciated climate superhero

    Dan Kraker

    October 10, 2022 |

    MPR News |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    Researchers are studying the peatlands in Minnesota to understand how to best enhance their carbon storage and minimize carbon and methane emissions as the climate warms.

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  • Scholarship Scheme Is Promoting Tertiary Education In Northern Nigeria

    Abdulwasiu Olokooba

    October 10, 2022 |

    Campus Echoes |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The nonprofit Abdulkabir Aliu Foundation provides scholarships for over 300 students in Nigeria to pursue tertiary education and help reduce the number of illiterate adults in the country.

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  • How to Hire Remote Workers from Economically Distressed Countries

    Tolu Olasoji

    October 10, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Venezuela

    iWorker is a virtual assistant agency that connects bilingual professionals from economically troubled countries like Venezuela to businesses in the US, Europe, and Canada. By connecting workers with these jobs, the platform not only provides them with an income, it ensures that the income will be paid in a foreign currency more stable than their own, helping the recipients manage surging rates of inflation. Since 2018, iWorker has provided work to over 4,500 Venezuelans inside and outside of the country.

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  • Advancing Girl Child Education in Oyo Community

    Adeyemi Okediran

    October 10, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Oyo State

    The Wonderland Gifted Girls Academy provides free education to girls in Oyo State, Nigeria, to increase educational opportunities for girls and give them a foundation to build their future on.

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  • How This NGO Helps Innocent Inmates Regain Freedom

    Busola Aro

    October 10, 2022 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Ikeja, Lagos State

    The nonprofit Hope Behind Bars provides legal services for free for those who are arbitrarily detained to help them get justice. The organization does their own investigation and represents inmates in court.

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  • London's Deadly, Polluted Air Turned the City Into an EV Pioneer

    Feargus O'Sullivan Hayley Warren Jeremy C.F. Lin

    October 10, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: England, London

    London charges higher-emission vehicles every day they enter the city center, called the Ultra Low Emission Zone, on top of the already existing London Congestion Charge for non-electric vehicles to enter the zone. Since the charges were implemented, the city has seen an increase in electric vehicle adoption and improved air quality.

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  • Hurricane Ian Destroyed Their Homes. Algorithms Sent Them Money

    Chris Stokel-Walker

    October 10, 2022 |

    Wired |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Florida

    A partnership between GiveDirectly and Google.org used artificial intelligence to identify Florida neighborhoods most in need of disaster relief after Hurricane Ian. It then sent them a smart phone notification to accept $700 cash assistance with no strings attached.

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