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Go Midwest, Young Man

Alana Semuels

October 02, 2023 |

Time Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

After years of population decline, leadership in states across the Midwest United States are leveraging their climate change resilience to attract new businesses and residents.

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A solution to the housing shortage?

Alana Semuels Adrian Ma

December 19, 2022 |

NPR |

Podcast |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Home builders in the United States are producing homes up to 50% quicker with modular housing. This process involves manufacturing different parts of the home in a factory and assembling all of those parts on-site.

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Can Philanthropy Save a City?

Alana Semuels

August 02, 2018 |

The Atlantic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

Stockton is courting philanthropists by billing itself as a budding hub of innovation for fighting poverty. The city is mitigating the risks of tapping private foundations to fund city services by identifying target policies and programs ahead of time.

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Welcome to Welfare Utopia

Alana Semuels

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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The Town That Decided to Send All Its Kids to College

Alana Semuels

August 18, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Baldwin, Michigan

College was never much of an option for most students in this tiny town of 1,200 located in the woods of the Manistee National Forest. But residents of Baldwin, Michigan, pooled together their money to provide scholarships for everyone, and it changed the town profoundly.

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The Best Way to End Homelessness

Alana Semuels

July 11, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

America has the largest number of homeless women and children in the industrialized world - it’s a depressing statistic exacerbated by a housing crisis that forced thousands of families out onto the street. The first-ever large-scale study on the topic finds that permanent, stable housing can be more cost-effective than shelters.

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How Chicago Is Trying to Integrate Its Suburbs

Alana Semuels

June 17, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Glenview, Illinois

Many wealthy, white communities in the Chicago suburbs would not welcome an affordable housing development - perhaps residents wouldn’t say so outright, but instead they might pass laws prohibiting apartment buildings or deny permits to units targeted at low-income people. But now, through the Regional Housing Initiative, the housing authorities pool a portion of their Section 8-voucher funds and use that money to subsidize the construction of affordable developments in areas with a low poverty rate, a high homeownership rate, good schools, and access to jobs.

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