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Dec 24, 2024 | 
nationofchange.org | Rebecca. L. Root
At 8 a.m. on a Monday morning, most of the soft recliners in the waiting area of the three-story East Harlem overdose prevention center (OPC) are already occupied by those who have come to consume their first dose of the day.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
prismreports.org | Rebecca. L. Root
At 8 a.m. on a Monday morning, most of the soft recliners in the waiting area of the three-story East Harlem overdose prevention center (OPC) are already occupied by those who have come to consume their first dose of the day.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
devex.shorthandstories.com | Rebecca. L. Root
How local groups are fighting to revive the world's largest inland fishery Battling climate change and dam constructions, communities along the Mekong are finding ways to adapt and protect one of the world’s richest rivers. This is an editorially independent piece produced as part of our Roots of Change series. Close to 1,200 different fish species dart beneath the waters of the Mekong River.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
prismreports.org | Rebecca. L. Root
In the months before and following the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that struck down the constitutional right to abortion, nonprofits that had long worked to advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights found themselves fighting anti-abortion legislation at unprecedented levels.
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May 7, 2024 | 
devex.shorthandstories.com | Rebecca. L. Root
This is an editorially independent piece produced as part of our Roots of Change series. In the Pacific islands, where patriarchal structures are the norm, women’s needs have historically been neglected in climate responses that are largely run by international NGOs. In Vanuatu, that is changing as more local women take the lead on climate action. The challenge, however, lies in a lack of funding for local female-led initiatives.
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May 7, 2024 | 
shorturl.at | Rebecca. L. Root
This is an editorially independent piece produced as part of our Roots of Change series. In the Pacific islands, where patriarchal structures are the norm, women’s needs have historically been neglected in climate responses that are largely run by international NGOs. In Vanuatu, that is changing as more local women take the lead on climate action. The challenge, however, lies in a lack of funding for local female-led initiatives.
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Apr 20, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Rebecca. L. Root
BANGKOK -- On the day the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in August 2021 Shataakshi Verma fled the country, fearing that her work for the Ministry of Social Justice and the Art of Freedom Project, a collective running cultural workshops, meant she wouldn’t be safe. She was right. Since its return, the Taliban, a fundamentalist group that adheres to Shariah in its strictest form, has persecuted filmmakers, painters, musicians, archivists, curators and other cultural workers.
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Apr 7, 2024 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Rebecca. L. Root
Cultural exports such as K-pop, kimchi and the Oscar-winning movie "Parasite" (2019) have wedged themselves in Western minds when people first think of South Korea. But providing a more diverse view of the East Asian country's culture is a key driver for Korean American author Frances Cha. "There's a huge wall ...
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Dec 30, 2023 | 
asia.nikkei.com | Rebecca. L. Root
"There has been no novel written about Amerasians in Vietnam [that includes] the comprehensive experiences of their parents," says Vietnamese author Nguyen Phan Que Mai. She has filled this literary gap, however, with her second novel, "Dust Child," which debuted in March.
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Nov 27, 2023 | 
pages.devex.com | Rebecca. L. Root |Alexander Matheou |Melissa Leach |Charles Owubah
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