Who says the world is just a bunch of nasty, dead-end stories? Here are a few that feature positive endings, chosen by the Solutions Journalism Network . What do we mean? Scroll down to read how Cuban medicine could help American inequality, a new movement to evolve the fight against concentrated poverty and an effort to improve college application process.
Nauset High School student Branden Patterson (right), 17, and a group of his friends show up to school early most mornings, drink coffee in their pickup trucks, and listen to country music while they wait until classes begin.John Tlumacki/Boston Globe By James Vaznis | Boston Globe
Woodburn High School.Phoebe Flanigan/OPB By Sage Van Wig | Oregon Public Broadcasting
Researcher Robert Balfanz says by ninth grade, he can identify 75 percent of the kids who will drop out from high school. That’s when a team of nonprofits rushes in to help.The 74 By Mark Keierleber | The 74
Samantha Marie Moore, a sixth-year ELAM student from Detroit, Michigan, examines Estrella Gomez Mesa, 76, during morning rounds at the Salvador Allende Hospital in Havana, Cuba, October 6, 2015. Behind is patient Ofelia Favier, 85. All US students at ELAM continue years three to six of their medical training at Salvador Allende Hospital.Allison Shelley/The Development Set By Sam Loewenberg | The Development Set
Eight years after a mercaptan spill in Eight Mile, its mostly black and working class residents still suffer from respiratory issues, rashes and headaches.Inside Climate News By Neela Banerjee | Inside Climate News
An AmeriCorps volunteer works with a student at Los Angeles's Youth Policy Institute.Youth Policy Institute By Peter Edelman | Talk Poverty
Working on an art project at Pre-K San Antonio's South Center.Juleyka Lantigua-Williams/The Atlantic By Juleyka Lantigua-Williams | The Atlantic
Over the last few years, voices from various arenas have begun to complain that increased competition in the college admissions process has become too stressful, too focused on getting into the “right” college, and overly focused on personal success.MindShift (KQED) By Holly Korbey | MindShift (KQED)
Transformation: Nhu Le cooks in class at Worcester Technical High School’s commercial kitchen. A $90 million facility and a new curriculum have made the school, once among Massachusetts’ worst, a showplace.Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times By Claudia Rowe | Seattle Times
A domestic violence incident was captured on a surveillance camera in High Point, NC.David Kidd/Governing By John Buntin | Governing
St. Paul police officer Anthony Dean radios in to dispatch as he responds to a domestic violence call in mid-January. Police officers here are urged to be aggressive in handling domestic violence calls, including when the attacker has fled before help arrived.Courtney Sacco/Caller-Times By Beatriz Alvarado | Corpus Christi Caller-Times
While candidates stoke fears of Islam, a little-known counterterror program has been going exactly the other way.Politico/Getty Michael Hirsh | Politico