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Why Cities Shouldn't Bend Over Backwards for Corporations

Rick Paulas

October 18, 2017 |

Pacific Standard |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

Flirting with a corporation can end badly. In exchange for city-wide wireless broadband, Kansas City gave Google near-free rein including fast permitting, free office space, low fees, and taxpayer funds. A few years later, Google restructured to become Alphabet and started cancelling hundreds of hook-ups.

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Could Field Trips Push Kids Past Their Violent Realities?

Neil Parmar

October 17, 2017 |

NationSwell |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Many kids living in low-income areas of Chicago never leave their isolated neighborhood, leaving them with a lack of knowledge about the outside world, and a plethora of knowledge about gangs and danger of their area. Embarc is an extra-curricular program that brings these kids on field trips to places around the city. It provides experiential development allowing them to see new things, shadow different careers and build trust.

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Inventing a Vocabulary to Help Inuit People Talk About Climate Change

Laura Poppick

October 17, 2017 |

Smithsonian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Inuvik

A graduate student from British Columbia, the Arctic Energy Alliance, and the elders of the Inuvialuit people may seem a strange team, but together they are tackling the dual concerns of climate change and the loss of indigenous language in Canada. By inventing new terms and words in the Inuvialuit language to describe renewable energy technologies, they are increasing awareness about sustainable development while helping preserve the culture and heritage of this unique population.

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India tries coding camps, craft centers and all-girls schools to fight illiteracy

Liz Willen

October 16, 2017 |

The Hechinger Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India

In India, an intense gender disparity has continued to develop in the sphere of educational attainment. This article discusses new innovations, both public and private, seeking to bridge this attainment gap and increase female enrollment in schools.

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See Who Just Pledged $8 Billion to Protect the Ocean

Todd Woody

October 11, 2017 |

News Deeply |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Malta, St. Julian's

The world's oceans are in serious trouble, facing threats of irreversible ecosystem damage from climate change and reckless human activity; and the scope of the problem is far too vast and complex for any single nation or entity to successfully address. The Our Ocean Conference has provided a platform where governments and companies are coming together to push for collective action, creating a healthy competition to provide solutions and raise resources, as well as a shared source of inspiration for change.

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'Some people believe disability is contagious': breaking down barriers in Mozambique

Lucy Lamble

October 10, 2017 |

The Guardian |

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Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Mozambique

In Mozambique, people with disabilities face a series of barriers to success and independence, ranging from education to the workplace. In partnership with Young Africa, the international organization Light for the World is working to give people with disabilities the training and resources they need to make a living.

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A Better Way to Trace Scattered Refugees

Tina Rosenberg

October 04, 2017 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

The world's 65 million displaced people are not tracked with any cohesive, international database, making reuniting families incredibly difficult. Refunite, a new website with backing from major corporations and international aid agencies, aims to simplify the process and help refugees find lost family members.

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Teaching the Next Generation to Fight Ocean Plastic Pollution

Erica Cirino

October 03, 2017 |

News Deeply |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Newport Beach, California

The 5 Gyres program is a pilot project that takes high school students from low-income districts out on boat expeditions to study the shocking amounts of plastic that can be found in our oceans, hoping to simultaneously raise awareness about this serious environmental issue for the next generation, while sparking interest in the sciences to underserved students.

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Scientists in Mexico Scramble to Deploy Seismic Sensors

Natalie Schachar

October 02, 2017 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City

Scientists in Mexico are deploying instruments to create a network using GPS, pressure and seismic data, to track the movement of tectonic plates with the goal of creating models of earthquakes and tsunamis that would help mitigate loss of life in the next disaster. The decision to focus on the Guerrero Gap was prompted by the 2011 quake and resulting tsunami that devastated parts of Japan. That came from an event similar to what happens in the Gap, prompting a Japanese scientistic group to invest in the research in Mexico.

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Manufacturing in Massachusetts: : Teaching a Younger Workforce New Skills

Frank Dutan

October 02, 2017 |

The GroundTruth Project |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Springfield, Massachusetts

Despite heavy pressure, attending college is not for everyone, and a university degree no longer guarantees job placement; meanwhile industries like manufacturing are facing a decline in interested, qualified workers. Various initiatives in Massachusetts are implementing accessible job training programs, especially for minorities, that are helping to place people in manufacturing jobs that provide improved economic opportunity, while hopefully positioning the state for burst of industrial growth.

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