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Problem Solving Must-Read: Employing Undereducated Fathers

Stephen St. Vincent
Blue Collar Blues

Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Tim Jones, left, rides a bus home from the Chambliss Center, where his sons Tariq, center, and Timothy go to school, in September of 2015. Without a car, picking up his kids from school involves a lengthy bus journey to make the 9 mile round trip from downtown to Brainerd.

Here at The Citizen, we do problem-solving journalism, looking for ideas and solutions to move the region forward and make a better city. Here are some other great ideas for solving the world’s problems, from media outlets around the globe:

Blue Collar Blues

Young men from working class families have few lifelines as the dirty jobs their fathers and grandfathers worked slowly evaporate or evolve. But local approaches that connect those lost boys, many now lost men, to pride and purpose, are proving a rebound is possible.

From Chattanooga Times Free Press
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Ideas We Should Steal: Jobs For the Homeless
An Albuquerque program pays panhandlers to clean up city trash—and gets them needed help.

To Save Big on Energy, Heat People, Not Air

Temperature control in the workplace is about to get way more personal.

From CityLab
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Ideas We Should Steal: Green Roofs for Everyone
In Toronto, every new building has to have one.

New Haven police’s approach aids children of violence

Cops and clinicians are teaming up to help children who witness violence in the home

From Corpus Cristi Caller-Times

 

Previous entries in this series:

Problem Solving Must-Read: Real-Life Moisture Farming
Plus: Bicycle superhighways and a basic-income guarantee
Problem Solving Must Read: "Florida Man"
How the namesake of unusual, hilarious, and terrifying antics, points towards effective government
Problem Solving Must-Read: Performance-Based Pay for Doctors
Plus: Putting kids to work in schools and using jails as a last resort

 

Photo credit: Doug Strickland/Chattanooga Times Free Press

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