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  • Why Fight Poverty When You Can End It? Padua Project Calls The Nonprofit Bluff

    June 28, 2016 |

    American University Radio (WAMU) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Fort Worth, Texas

    For five decades, tens of thousands of people have fought poverty. Trillions of dollars have been spent, but poverty is a stubborn enemy. In the second part of a five-part series, WAMU’s Kavitha Cardoza tells us about one innovative program in Fort Worth, Texas, that may have cracked the code.

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  • Poverty is growing in America's largest cities — except this one

    June 19, 2016 |

    Washington Monthly |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Poverty is a problem that only seems to be increasing in the United States. New York City, though, was the only one of America's 20 largest cities to achieve a decrease in poverty rates from 2000-2013. This piece is the first in a four-part series on New York’s fight against poverty.

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  • To manage the stress of trauma, schools are teaching students how to relax

    June 18, 2016 |

    The Washington Post |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Trauma impedes a child's ability to learn as well as making them overly stressed, for children growing up in violent neighbourhoods this translates into poor academic performance. Some schools are now turning to mindfulness, meditation and other techniques to help the students relax and limit the affect trauma has on them.

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  • A radical approach to gun crime: paying people not to kill each other

    June 09, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

    Richmond, California’s Office of Neighborhood Safety uses controversial monthly cash stipends among the incentives it gives to young men it’s trying to steer away from street violence. While the program's first years were associated with steep drops in shootings and homicides, critics question whether ONS deserves the credit and whether it can be replicated in other cities. A deep look at how it works finds evidence that it does make a positive difference while operating in a complex arena of advances and setbacks.

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  • Welcome to Welfare Utopia

    May 31, 2016 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

    States deal with poverty and employment differently, depending on their state legislature and, historically, their racial composition. Oregon is a predominantly white state with some of the most generous welfare and employment programs available in the union. Giving states the option of flexibility with their anti-poverty programs can cause some to reduce their safety nets, but Oregon serves as a model for bipartisan cooperation on generous welfare and employment reforms.

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  • JPD Targets ‘Bandos': A Different Kind of ‘Broken Windows' Policing

    May 25, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    Jackson PD's Community Improvement division has been charged with destroying dangerous, dilapidated houses in low income neighborhoods, even though many are state-owned. In a resources-strapped city, where blight contributes to a vicious cycle of crime and poverty, the police take down the abandoned houses—an unusual role, but one that actually tackles the root causes of crime in an arguably more effective way than low-level fishing for arrests.

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  • The Poverty Puzzle

    May 06, 2016 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    Chattanooga, once called the dirtiest city in America, was later dubbed a Tornado of Innovation by former U.S. President Barack Obama. Now, the city is hub for the tech industry. Despite its rag to riches story, the city’s gap between the rich and the poor has increased dramatically over the past ten years. 1 in four people live in poverty. Nonprofits and activists have been helping, but they need city leaders and elites to listen before it's too late.

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  • What's deadly dull and can save the world? (Hint: We can't stand it)

    April 14, 2016 |

    The Correspondent |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Haiti

    A lack of bureaucratic services has kept people in poverty around the world by limiting the number of documents attainable by citizens who have a low-income, verifying proof of property ownership. "Capacity building" in the form of sending "tax inspectors without borders," book-keeping classes, and expanding bureaucratic services for places in need, allow people to make investments in their properties that can lift them above the poverty line.

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  • Solving Cleveland's infant mortality crisis: Saving the Smallest

    March 16, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland has an alarmingly high rate of infant mortality, there are a large number of infant deaths from SIDS, sleep deaths, and problems stemming from being born prematurely. Programs across Cleveland are growing in order to help address these problems and better serve pregnant mothers, especially the populations that are particularly at-risk.

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  • Here's What Happens When Child Brides Go to School

    March 08, 2016 |

    GOOD Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Rajasthan

    In Rajasthan, India, the literacy rate of women stands at 53%, which falls far below the country's rate of 74%, the low literacy rate is also believed to be a likely contributor to the high rate of child brides in the state. The Veerni Project started as a way to give girls the opportunity to continue their education through and past high school, by providing safe, clean room and board, meals and empowering its students and graduates to be agents of change.

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