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Police 'de-escalation' training — how it could help Chicago

Annie Sweeney

March 25, 2016 |

Chicago Tribune |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

As Chicago faces one of the worst policing crises in its history, it is looking at Las Vegas as a model as it prepares de-escalation training for its cops.

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Solving Cleveland's infant mortality crisis: Saving the Smallest

Brie Zeltner

March 16, 2016 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland has an alarmingly high rate of infant mortality, there are a large number of infant deaths from SIDS, sleep deaths, and problems stemming from being born prematurely. Programs across Cleveland are growing in order to help address these problems and better serve pregnant mothers, especially the populations that are particularly at-risk.

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How a Tapestry of Care Helps Teens Succeed

David Bornstein

March 15, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

A program in Baltimore bring youths together with volunteer second “families” to help guide them through turbulent times.

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Is there a movement to depolarize America?

Allison Pond

March 06, 2016 |

Deseret News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

As views become more polarized, people increasingly sort themselves into tribes based on political ideology. In a effort to diminish this polarization, a small group of activists and academics is searching for ways to stem the partisan tide.

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How High Point, N.C., Solved Its Domestic Violence Problem

John Buntin

March 01, 2016 |

Governing |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, High Point, North Carolina

High Point, North Carolina, had the highest rates of domestic abuse in the state. The county decided to take a more comprehensive approach to the standard methods of the criminal justice system by adding in better collaboration with advocacy groups and social services and focusing on deterrence strategy. Their model has been largely successful in reducing domestic violence and is now being emulated in other regions.

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Hillary Clinton Wants to End the School-to-Prison Pipeline. She Should Embrace Restorative Justice.

Alexandria Neason

February 23, 2016 |

Slate |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Restorative justice programs essentially focus on rehabilitation instead of punishment. Schools that use the model try to understand and address the deficits that provoke students to misbehave, and teach students how to reconcile the consequences of their actions with all those affected by them.

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Kenyans Reacquire an Old Taste: Eating Healthier

Rachel Cernansky

February 23, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

In colonial times, diets and agricultural work in Kenya focused on corn and rice, alongside produce grown elsewhere. Health-consciousness is now restoring nutritious local fruits and vegetables to Kenyan tables, in part by teaching horticulture students in university.

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After the floods: York and Nijmegen - a tale of two cities

Allan Urry

February 09, 2016 |

BBC |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, York

After record-breaking rainfall and flooding, the city of York was at a loss for relief and reconstruction ideas. They turned to the Dutch city of Nijmegen, which had experienced similar flooding and found a solution in building a relief channel.

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An unprecedented experiment in mass forgiveness

Rob Kuznia

February 08, 2016 |

The Washington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

In California, once a national innovator in draconian policies to get tough on crime, voters and lawmakers are now innovating in the opposite direction, adopting laws that have released tens of thousands of inmates and are preventing even more from going to prison in the first place.

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Communication Failures Linked to 1,744 Deaths in Five Years, US Malpractice Study Finds

Melissa Bailey

February 01, 2016 |

STAT |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

A team is trying to improve communication through I-PASS, a methodical way to relay information during patient “handoffs” when doctors and nurses change shifts.

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