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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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  • An Indian nonprofit is showing how free childcare at work can help disrupt the poverty cycle

    January 30, 2019 |

    Quartz India |

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    Response Location: India

    For 50 years, the nonprofit Mobile Creches has stepped up to fill in the gaps of government preschool and provided early child care for families living on temporary construction sites. Research shows that the service has led to gains in nutrition, hygiene, and school readiness for its participants.

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  • With gender-smart investing, public servants can unlock trillions for women

    January 30, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    Gender-based impact investing, or supporting women's economic empowerment through investing in women-owned businesses, is not only the domain of the private sector. Given the scale of government business activities, there are myriad ways the public sector can engage in "gender-smart investing," from supporting women in growth accelerators and incubators to prioritizing women-led businesses in procurement processes.

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  • Alaska schools pay a price for the slowest internet in the US, but change is coming

    January 28, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Alaska

    Three school districts in northwestern Alaska are using a high-speed fiber-optic cable connection to increase connectivity and offer students new opportunities to use educational technology that their peers in other parts of the country take for granted.

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  • How Chicago's ‘J-school of the Streets' Is Reinventing Local News

    January 24, 2019 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Strengthening the link between local journalism and civic engagement lends a voice to communities long underrepresented. Chicago’s City Bureau brings the newsroom out to neighborhoods and communities. In an effort to augment a lack of diversity in US newsrooms and a lack of understanding surrounding local issues, City Bureau empowers locals to act as “documenters” collecting, analyzing, and reporting on public meetings and issues that matter to their communities. By making journalism accessible to locals, City Bureau aims to build trust and redefine the journalistic process.

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  • These 6 policies could drastically reduce maternal mortality

    January 22, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Steps toward preventing maternal mortality – a problem that plagues women worldwide – are being made. A handful of policies, including using data-informed approaches, providing access to doulas, and addressing racial inequality in the healthcare system, that directly target this issue are being implemented in from California to New York.

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  • 'Shared equity' model for U.S. housing boosts home ownership for poorer families

    January 21, 2019 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    A community land trust in North Carolina uses a "shared equity" model to help minority and low income people obtain access to affordable housing. The trust owns the land underneath the house, therefore holding onto the majority of the wealth of the property and allowing homes to be sold below market value.

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  • The Pay-What-You-Want Experiment

    January 18, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    When Panera Bread launched several pay-what-you-want cafes, people from different economic and social backgrounds found themselves eating the same lunch, and paying what they could. While the cafes eventually closed, similar models around the country have found success with this flexible payment option.

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  • One Way To Deal With Cops Who Lie? Blacklist Them, Some DAs Say

    January 17, 2019 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Across the United States, district attorney’s are creating blacklists, or “do not call” lists, of police officers that have allegedly lied, abused their power, or have been corrupted. The purpose is to prevent untrustworthy sources from testifying in court, allowing city prosecutors to build stronger cases. While many police departments and unions have opposed such lists, calling them unfair and subjective, prosecutors and communities have supported their use as a response to police misconduct.

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  • Boulder Valley schools seeing resurgence of Latino parent activism

    January 12, 2019 |

    Boulder Daily Camera |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    Boulder Valley schools are working with Latino parents to create networks of community support, feedback, and insight about the success of Latino children in the district. Parents are working with the school district to make sure stereotypes and racial bias aren't limiting their children from receiving food services and quality education that fit their needs.

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