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  • Free to Build: How to solve America's housing crisis

    April 01, 2023 |

    City Journal |

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    Response Location: United States

    Restrictive local zoning prevents the expansion of residential properties in cities across the United States and limits the national GDP, limits the housing market, and increases housing prices. State and federal legislative changes that provide more building freedom are needed for housing reform.

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  • Wyoming teachers are leaving. The reasons why may be about more than money.

    March 28, 2023 |

    Casper Star-Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Monte Vista, Colorado

    Teachers are leaving the profession at high rates in the United States, citing a lack of support, stress, and low pay. Therefore, increasing support from administrators and focusing on teachers’ overall well-being might increase their likelihood of continuing to teach.

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  • Agriculture: Why the Kissan Card Scheme Failed

    February 05, 2023 |

    Dawn |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Sahiwal, Punjab

    Farmers in Pakistan are disappointed by the government’s Kissan Card initiative meant to provide financial assistance to lessen their expenses. Farmers frustrated by the program are calling for improved transparency and better distribution of funds.

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  • An ‘OG COVID Crew' nurse at Tucson's Banner-University, her story illustrates Arizona's urgent health care dilemmas

    December 29, 2022 |

    Arizona Luminaria |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    The COVID-19 pandemic shed light on, and exasperated, existing issues in Arizona’s healthcare industry. Medical staff are still dealing with the repercussions and are speaking up to demand better working conditions.

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  • Rent controls are being explored in Bristol – can it learn from Lille?

    November 23, 2022 |

    The Bristol Cable |

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    Response Location: France, Lille

    Lille, France introduced rent controls in March 2020, causing the average rent to drop for the first time in several years in 2021. But due to inadequate outreach with tenants, a lack of enforcement, and loopholes in the regulations, more than 40 percent of rental listings in the city were out of compliance and charging more than technically allowed as of August 2022, and many residents report being hesitant to push back on landlords skirting the policy.

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  • In Colorado, a storied valley blooms again

    October 31, 2022 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, San Luis Valley, Colorado

    The Acequia Institute is an environmental and food justice organization that works on projects like land restoration, supporting local farmers and providing scholarships to local students entering environmental or health fields. The Institute represents a radical way of thinking about environmental conservation and focuses on reviving an economy where people create meaningful relationships with each other and the land.

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  • At Water's Edge: Searching for solutions at the Great Salt Lake's sister lakes across the Great Basin

    October 14, 2022 |

    Deseret News |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    As the communities around the Great Salt Lake face overconsumption of its water and climate change effects, they can look to California’s Owens Lake and Mono Lake to see how they manage dust pollution and water levels from the same issues.

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  • Putting a face to a movement: Trader Joe's unionization

    October 12, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States

    Trader Joe’s stores across the United States are pushing for unionization with mixed results. While some stores have seen success, others have faced union-busting tactics and, in one scenario, an abrupt store closure.

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  • At This Alexandria Community, The Challenges Of Mobile Home Ownership Are Thrown Into Sharp Relief

    October 12, 2022 |

    DCist |

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    Response Location: United States, Alexandria, Virginia

    When an offer to buy the Harmony Place mobile home community in Alexandria, Virginia, came in, the residents worked with a nonprofit to make a counterproposal in an effort to turn it into a co-op. The seller did not accept the counterproposal, but it is now considered a template for other communities looking to do something similar.

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  • Would you like a side of offshoring with that?

    September 30, 2022 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto

    To combat hiring issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, some restaurants have leaned on more innovative solutions, like hiring offshore workers to work remotely from other countries. These virtual cashier systems provide ease for employers while still providing customers with a real person to talk to.

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