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  • More Cities Want to Embrace ‘Democracy Vouchers'

    August 08, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Seattle residents receive cash vouchers to contribute to local campaigns of their choosing. The taxpayer-funded program aims to broaden political participation and counter the influence of big donors. The idea is spreading to other cities, including Albuquerque and Austin.

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  • The Downsides of Property Tax Caps

    July 26, 2018 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States

    Property tax caps have been found to exacerbate economic inequality. They restrict funding for basic services and push municipalities to increase sales taxes and fees instead.

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  • The cleaners who won fair wages and a way to belong

    July 18, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    Professors, workers’ rights advocates, and workers themselves united to change the standard for the compensation of cleaning staff at local universities. Low paid service jobs, including cleaning, tend to be outsourced. This leads to lower pay and a lack of job security. Now there is a trend for universities to bring cleaning services in-house, increasing wages for workers and creating a better work culture for all.

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  • The Private Cities of Honduras

    July 18, 2018 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Honduras, San Pedro Sula

    To attract foreign investment, Honduras is creating privatized cities with Western-style laws and foreign judges. The development initiative is bringing in money and creating jobs, but the enclaves are tailored to please private companies and may undermine Honduran sovereignty and social cohesion.

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  • One Woman's Quest to Fight Gentrification by Asking Residents How

    July 05, 2018 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Even as cities fight gentrification, residents are often consulted late in urban planning, if at all. Cat Goughnour is pushing for change in Portland. Her consulting group ran a series of workshops, resulting in community-generated ideas for improving the Albina neighborhood that wouldn’t displace longtime residents.

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  • Brazil's audacious plan to fight poverty using neuroscience and parents' love

    June 29, 2018 |

    Quartz |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Brazil

    Criança Feliz (Happy Child), is a parent-coaching program that was launched in Brazil in 2017 to help parents and children build healthier relationships. The program works by sending skilled social workers to the most financially disadvantaged regions of Brazil to help parents learn the importance of play, emotional interaction and well-being, and how to stimulate intellectual development through interactive activities. The program has already reached 300,000 families.

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  • An International Final Four: Which Country Handles Student Debt Best?

    April 02, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    In a March Madness bracket style competition between Sweden, the United States, Australia, and Britain, experts choose Australia as the country with the most effective student loan repayment system. Judges cite automatic collection of income-based payments as Australia's best feature and discuss what the U.S. can learn by "acknowledging that possible ideas for improvement don't stop at the border."

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  • Legal Pot Is Notoriously White. Oakland Is Changing That.

    March 27, 2018 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    A nonprofit incubator in Oakland trains people of color to stake their claim in the booming California legal marijuana industry. Participants in the Hood Incubator learn the business skills and industry knowledge to thrive as they open dispensaries and try their hand at selling legal weed.

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  • Land Conservancies Enter Unfamiliar Territory: the City

    March 21, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Conservation groups and land trusts that typically serve rural areas have begun integrating their missions and services in urban communities to battle environmental inequity and blight. In cities like Cleveland and Seattle, these land trusts address racial and economic disparities in the fight to preserve land, making sure to orient their renewal efforts in a way that positively impacts minority communities.

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  • Is 2018 the Year of the Public Bank in America?

    February 27, 2018 |

    The Progressive |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Bank of North Dakota, the only public bank in the United States, has weathered financial crises and provided financial stability to the state. Now, in 2018, many municipalities across the United States are looking at North Dakota’s success, as well as success in countries such as Germany, and gathering the support needed to start their own public banks. In Los Angeles, a group called Revolution LA is making substantial progress toward creating a local public bank that will also help support green energy.

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