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This story is part of the SoJo Exchange from the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. Click here to read the original story. Three years ago, Darlene Thomas-Burroughs, branch manager of the Hardeeville Library in the rural town of Hardeeville, South Carolina, heard about a new way that library […]

This story is part of the SoJo Exchange from the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. Click here to read the original story. When his father died last year of an overdose, Rodney Watson thought he would miss the funeral and his last chance to say goodbye—not because of […]

MANSFIELD — It was a very bad year for not only overdoses, but also suicides and COVID-19 had a very direct impact on all of that, Joe Trolian said of 2020. Trolian is the executive director for Richland County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board. While not providing direct services, the board plans and evaluates […]

This story is part of the SoJo Exchange from the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. Click here to read the original story. When the Merchants Fund began assisting retired small-business owners who were down on their luck in mid-19th-century Philadelphia, the safety nets of Social Security, health insurance, […]

MADISON, Florida — When Jeff Minder founded Top Tier K9 in March 2014, he wanted to figure out if dogs think and act like humans do. This “experiment” (as Minder phrased it) has become a successful venture, but Minder did not imagine that his business, a mere six years later, would be training dogs to […]

This story is part of the SoJo Exchange from the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. Click here to read the original story. As hospitals nationwide struggle with the latest covid-19 surge, it’s not so much beds or ventilators in short supply. It’s the people to care for the […]

This story is part of the SoJo Exchange from the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. Click here to read the original story. San Antonio teachers are combatting pandemic learning loss with a surgical approach to keep young students at grade level, focusing on a core curriculum of must-have […]

This story is part of the SoJo Exchange from the Solutions Journalism Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. Click here to read the original story. The teachers were fighting three enemies. The Monday fatigue that made the third graders yawn through their screens. The disturbances of the Wi-Fi that muffled conversations. […]

MANSFIELD — You would think thousands of visitors coming to Central Park each night would be a blessing. Not if they are crows roosting in trees — leaving behind a gross, sticky coating of fecal matter that covers historical monuments, benches, artwork and sidewalks. It’s a literal nighttime aerial assault on the center of the […]