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  • New data tracking felony domestic violence cases in Winnebago County shows high conviction rates

    October 23, 2023 |

    Rock River Current |

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    Response Location: United States, Rockford, Illinois

    Prosecutors in Winnebago County, Illinois, are using evidence-based prosecution to increase the number of felony domestic violence cases that end in a conviction. This practice relies on physical evidence like phone and medical records instead of testimony from survivors.

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  • Will Speer Found Hope Enough to Share on Texas's Death Row

    October 23, 2023 |

    Texas Monthly |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Twenty-eight death row inmates have gone through the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Rehabilitation Programs Division’s Faith-Based Program. Over a year and a half, they take classes, participate in community discussions, and attend religious services that encourage a sense of purpose, help them find inner peace with God, and inspire them to make a difference in the prison.

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  • Niger girls learn about menstruation to stay in school, tackle stigma

    October 21, 2023 |

    Daily Nigerian |

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    Response Location: Niger

    In Niger, an initiative challenging menstrual stigma is promoting knowledge and hygiene through community engagement and mentorship. Since 2019, the foundation has reached over 20 schools, 35 communities, more than 3,000 women and girls.

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  • More Colorado students are sticking with higher education after COVID hardships

    October 20, 2023 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    By offering mentorship opportunities, multicultural support, increased academic support, and more resources to address food and housing insecurity, colleges such as the University of Colorado Boulder and University of Northern Colorado have improved student retention rates, with 89 percent and 74.5 percent of freshmen, respectively, staying enrolled for their second year in 2023.

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  • Genesee County's senior abuse prevention model to be taken statewide

    October 20, 2023 |

    Flint Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Genesee County, Michigan

    The elder abuse task force is a specialized unit of the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department that provides critical services to older residents and issues abuse-related warrants. Since its founding in 2018, the unit has served nearly 2,000 elderly residents and issued over 275 warrants; now, this abuse-prevention model is being scaled statewide.

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  • Trash is a lifeline for ‘los cartoneros,' Argentina's army of recyclers

    October 20, 2023 |

    Buenos Aires Times |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

    People across Argentina are earning an income during a severe economic crisis by joining recycling cooperatives. Members collect recyclables off the street and are paid by the co-ops by material and weight.

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  • The slow recovery of millennial-old salt marshes in Spain

    October 19, 2023 |

    Ereb |

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    Response Location: Spain, Bay of Cádiz

    In Spain's Bay of Cádiz, locals have spent years collaborating with universities, scientists, and government entities to restore their bay's traditional salt marshes. The results? A revived economic sector, a community adapted to rising sea levels, and protected migratory birds.

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  • For Indian Farmers, Artificial Glaciers Are a High-Altitude Antidote to Drought

    October 19, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Kulum

    In the Ladakh region of Northern India, vertical artificial glaciers called “ice stupas” melt at a slower pace than natural glaciers, helping farmers to store water for irrigation during the spring drought. Through contests with cash prizes, more than 500 people in 45 villages have been trained to build their own ice stupas.

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  • Why Tiny Homes Will Remain Part of California's Homelessness Equation for Years

    October 19, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

    Tiny homes are being used to address the state’s homelessness crisis by providing a more permanent housing solution to those in need than tents or encampments. The city is currently operating 600 tiny homes and working to build more as they’ve seen a 10% decrease in the city’s unsheltered population. Of the 1,500 people who have lived in the tiny homes, 48% have moved on to permanent housing.

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  • The World's Soils Are Becoming Dangerously Degraded, but Rare Microbes Offer Hope

    October 19, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

    The startup Puna Bio collects microbes that live on the high-altitude La Puna plateau and turns them into a product that farmers can apply to soybeans to increase yields and improve soil health. Since they adapted to survive in such a harsh climate, the microbes can survive depleted soil and extreme weather to pass along key nutrients and antioxidants to crops.

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