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    Fifth Street

    January 21, 2021

    Jan 21, 2021
    Bringing Everyone In at Nuwu Art | History for (Ventriloquist) Dummies | The Inauguration Poet | Hip Hop and Mass Incarceration
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    DC Blog
    The City Observed
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    A Glittering Anchor

    Jul 22, 2020

    Remembering Gipsy, where the queer community “could be themselves at night”

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    Goats and Soda
    Antonio Cartagena, an accordion player in a mariachi group meets his bandmates on the street in Medelli­n, Colombia.
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    How 6 Problem-Solvers Tackled Pandemic Challenges In Their Neighborhoods

    Jul 12, 2020
    From a generous urban farmer to a roving mariachi band, people are using their talents to help others. Read their stories — then nominate a problem-solver in your community.
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    Goats and Soda
    A month after Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas, Sherrine Petit Homme LaFrance gets a hug from husband Ferrier Petit Homme. The storm destroyed their home on Grand Abaco Island. They are now living with China Laguerre in Nassau.
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    PHOTOS: After The Storm, Haitians In The Bahamas Depend On The Kindness Of Strangers

    Oct 12, 2019
    One woman turned her home into an ad hoc shelter for Haitians displaced by the storm and facing discrimination.
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    Books
    People pass books down a chain to help the bookstore October Books move to a new location on Sunday in Southampton, England.
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    How Do You Move A Bookstore? With A Human Chain, Book By Book

    Oct 30, 2018
    Shoulder to shoulder, they formed a line 500 feet long: from the stockroom of the old shop, down the sidewalk, and onto the shop floor of the new store.
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    All in
    High Priestess
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    Q&A: Inspiration by the Cup

    Jul 26, 2018

    Using tea and talk, Pamela Dylag is creating community for women one serving at a time.

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    Shots - Health News
    Proponents of hospital mergers say the change can help struggling nonprofit hospitals "thrive," with an infusion of cash to invest in updated technology and top clinical staff. But research shows the price of care, especially for low-income patients, usu
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    Can A Community Hospital Stick To Its Mission When It Goes For-Profit?

    Jul 19, 2018

    After 130 years as a nonprofit hospital with deep roots in North Carolina, Mission Health is seeking to be bought by HCA Healthcare, the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain.

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    Bulletin Board
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    ‘We will come back from this’

    Oct 03, 2017

    Bittersweet political transcendence at a prayer vigil in Las Vegas

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    Code Switch
    After his death, several candlelight vigils for Srinivas Kuchibhotla were held around the country. This one took place in front of the Gandhi statue in Union Square in New York City.
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    Indian Americans Reckon With Reality Of Hate Crimes

    May 15, 2017
    Unaccustomed to being targets, they are organizing and marshalling resources after one fateful killing.
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    Code Switch
    Interdisciplinary artist and TED Fellow, Damon Davis.
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    At TED This Week, Two Speakers Got To The Root Of Things

    Apr 28, 2017
    At the TED Conference in Vancouver this week, two Fellows, Devita Davison and Damon Davis talked about putting ideas to work to invigorate marginalized communities from within.
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    Religion
    Jane Murphy (shown here with two of her three children), moved to Hyattsville with her husband to be part of the local Catholic community and send their kids to St. Jerome Academy.
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    Catholics Build 'Intentional' Community Of Like-Minded Believers

    Apr 10, 2017
    Nationally, Americans are growing disenchanted with traditional religion. But in a Maryland suburb, Catholics seeking more spiritual lives are banding together with others who share their values.
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    Code Switch
    Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill on Jan. 31. Waters called for an investigation into Trump administration ties to Russia.
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    This Week In Race: A Spicer Dust-Up, Muslim Latinas Speak Out, Blue Men See Red

    Mar 31, 2017
    Busy week per always: resistance to deportations, black women get spicy with the White House press secretary, and Muslim Latinas. Yeah, really.
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    The Salt
    A dinner menu from a pop-up dinner that featured long beans, broad beans, squash, greens and chilies grown in Detroit by the women of Bandhu Gardens.
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    This Garden Connects Bangladeshi Women With Restaurants — And Each Other

    Mar 14, 2017
    The female-run Bandhu Gardens in Michigan sells surplus vegetables from backyards and hosts pop-up dinners and cooking classes to help meet the needs of recent immigrants and their families back home.
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    NPR Ed
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    How The Barber, And Other Caring Adults, Help Kids Succeed

    Oct 25, 2016

    A new study finds that for every seven more adults in a neighborhood, one fewer young person leaves school.

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    Shots - Health News
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    Facebook And Mortality: Why Your Incessant Joy Gives Me The Blues

    Sep 07, 2016
    Has the social media site been good for our mental health or not? The evidence isn't straightforward, researchers say, despite lots of study. How Facebook makes you feel may depend on how you use it.
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    Shots - Health News
    Neighbors learn how to move gunshot victims safely at the Fighting Chance emergency response training.
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    In Philadelphia, Neighbors Learn How To Keep Shooting Victims Alive

    Aug 30, 2016
    A first-aid class in Philadelphia is designed to help people learn how to keep shooting victims alive until the paramedics arrive. It teaches skills such as applying tourniquets to stop bleeding.
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    The Two-Way
    Colored blinds hang outside of a first grade window at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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    4 Years After Tragedy, A New Sandy Hook Elementary Prepares To Open Its Doors

    Aug 28, 2016
    Students will be entering a brand-new school for the first time when classes start Monday. It's located at the same site as the scene of the tragedy and the architects were inspired by nature.
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    Shots - Health News
    The Kawaguchi mini-mart also sells some ready-to-eat meals in pouches that are ranked from 1 to 5 — based on how difficult it is to chew what's inside.
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    Beyond Slurpees: Many Japanese Mini-Marts Now Cater To Elders

    Aug 23, 2016
    Convenience is in the eye of the generation. Increasingly, corner markets in Japan target the 27 percent of residents over 65 — offering nursing care advice and home delivery of meals and groceries.
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    The Two-Way
    An abandoned house at the west end of Shishmaref, Alaska, sits on the beach after sliding off during a fall storm in 2005.
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    Threatened By Rising Seas, Alaska Village Decides To Relocate

    Aug 18, 2016
    Rising sea levels have eroded Shishmaref for many years. Now, the Inupiat Eskimo village has voted to move. One resident told NPR that it's a matter of protecting their unique community.
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    Desert Companion
    Balance

    Want your teen to make a difference?

    Jul 12, 2016

     Here’s advice from TeenMD’s pioneers.

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    Home life
    Community
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    Community: Advanced degree in charity

    Jul 11, 2016

    A group of local teens proves that community service can be fun, fulfilling and high-impact.

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    Shots - Health News
    The author (second from right) with boarders from Geel during a fishing outing in 2007.
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    Community-Based Care Can Reduce The Stigma Of Mental Illness

    Jul 02, 2016
    People with mental illness are often feared and stigmatized. Psychologist Jackie Goldstein says that having patients live in the community reduces fear and makes it more likely they'll get treatment.
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    KNPR's State of Nevada
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    Vegas Roots Garden Launches A Farmers Market Food Truck

    Jul 07, 2016

    Six years ago, Roz Brooks started a garden.

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    KNPR's State of Nevada
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    The Rise And Fall Of Casino Bands

    May 02, 2016

    There was a time in Las Vegas when it was the norm for hotels-casinos on the Las Vegas Strip to employ house bands.

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    KNPR's State of Nevada
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    Cohousing On The Way To Nevada

    Apr 15, 2016

    In the 1980s, a new kind of living arrangement called "cohousing' sprouted up in the United States.

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