German parliament votes to make it easier for transgender people to change their name and gender
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Loneliness can kill, and new research shows middle-aged Americans are particularly vulnerable
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Bernie Sanders: It’s time for a four-day work week
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California introduces 'right to disconnect' bill that would allow employees to possibly relax
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Phoenix passes historic ordinance giving outdoor workers protection from extreme heat
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Reducing late-night alcohol sales curbed all violent crimes by 23% annually in Baltimore
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Plans for regulator illustrate inherently political nature of football
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All the ways car dependency is wrecking us – car harm: a global review of automobility's harm to people and the environment
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Birthrates are plummeting worldwide. Why?
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How does Paris stay Paris? By pouring billions into public housing.
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Indian government to impose ban on import, sale, and cross-breeding of twenty-three ferocious dog breeds
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Denmark's tough laws on begging hit Roma women with few other options – the Roma minority are heavily discriminated against across Europe
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The life-ruining power of routines: Habits don’t lead to personal optimisation. They lead to suffering.
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Having self-control leads to power: a new study with 3,500 people finds that showing self-control influences how powerful an individual is perceived to be by their peers
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Denmark has pledged to put up more statues of women, with the country's culture minister saying the capital has “more statues of mythical beasts and horses”
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Notes on conciseness
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A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices in the 1960s and 70s
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The 24-hour city: In a push to bolster nightlife, cities are changing laws to keep bars, restaurants and transit systems operating round-the-clock
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Leasing like a state, or: public housing is development policy
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Out of the rabbit hole? New research shows people can change their minds about conspiracy theories.
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Study finds emojis are differently interpreted depending on gender, culture, and age of viewer
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Greece legalizes same sex marriage
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What if US public housing were for everyone?
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Fifty years since Sweden first introduced state-funded parental leave for couples to share – pioneering policy offers some surprising lessons for other countries
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Finnish unions have called for industrial action to protest government proposals on labour law reforms which they say would adversely impact low-wage earners
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The Hawthorne effect in human resource management is based on unreliable studies
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In praise of mass immigration
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'Americans are fake and the Dutch are rude!': A personal account on their difference in social behavior
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The US GOP doesn’t want to punish trans people—it wants to eradicate them
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The poverty of anti-wokeness
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Finland must crack down on hate speech against minorities if it's to appear “united against all external threats” says presidential hopeful Pekka Haavisto
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Economist Gabriel Zucman investigates the wealth stored in tax havens (2019)
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The US Supreme Court will evaluate the constitutional validity of local ordinances barring homeless from sleeping on streets and sidewalks
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How social justice activists lost the plot
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Many prehistoric handprints show a finger missing. Canadian scientists say evidence shows digits may have been ritually removed to appease deities or aid social cohesion.
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With one of the lowest rates of bullying in Europe, we speak to teachers, pupils and parents to find out how Denmark is managing to stamp out harassment in schools
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Thailand takes steps toward legalizing same sex marriage - bill from cabinet will be submitted to parliament
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America isn’t ready for the two-household child
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You can’t even pay people to have more kids
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The world-first Danish strategy to encourage plant-based foods may contain a lesson for other nations looking to cut back on meat – build new demand first
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Sweden halts adoptions from South Korea after claims of falsified papers on origins of children
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Maryland is making a $27.2 million investment in devices as part of an effort to ensure residents have the technology to access reliable, high-speed internet.
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Residents of Luleå, Sweden welcome new campaign encouraging them to say hello to each other during dark winter months
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The ritual of the calling of an engineer
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Ontario to ban Canadian work experience requirement in job postings
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Sweden's schools minister Lotta Edholm aims to limit the profit-making ability of friskolor/free schools in her plans for education reform
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Denmark aims a wrecking ball at ‘non-Western’ neighborhoods
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A vast northern European project is underway to combat isolation by promoting inclusion – we take a look at the results in Norway
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A handful of influencers are trying to turn the tide on toxic masculinity. But can they get anyone to listen?
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Dozens of Greenlandic women who say they were fitted with the contraceptive coil without their consent or knowledge are planning to sue the Danish state
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