How an emerging African megacity cut commutes by two hours a day ~design urban planning Article 11 votes
Donald Trump Administration will send asylum-seekers to Mexico while US claims are processed ~news mexico usa Article 3 votes
Climate change: COP24 fails to adopt key scientific report ~enviro climate change Article 565 words 7 votes
Lost lands? The American wilderness at risk in the Donald Trump era. ~enviro energy Article 2248 words 11 votes
Panama the new flashpoint in China's growing presence in Latin America ~news panama china usa Article 834 words 7 votes
Return of African artifacts sets a tricky precedent for Europe’s museums ~humanities.history Article 1317 words 5 votes
You can’t talk about right-wing populism without talking about urban planning ~design urban planning Article 579 words, published Nov 19 2018 12 votes
Indigenous Canadian women kept from seeing their newborn babies until agreeing to sterilization, says lawyer ~health healthcare Article 437 words 22 votes
Polls close in high-stakes Madagascar presidential election ~news madagascar politics Article 421 words 7 votes
US Supreme Court allows historic kids' climate lawsuit to go forward ~enviro climate change Article 1049 words 20 votes
Government experts say plan to prevent animal extinctions is failing ~enviro Article 480 words 10 votes
Single-use plastics ban approved by European Parliament ~enviro pollution plastics.single use Article 560 words 37 votes
Curbing hate online: What companies should do now ~tech social media internet Article 7354 words 8 votes
Federal Labor has dropped its opposition to a contentious immigration bill, increasing pressure on the Government to allow refugee children on Nauru to go to New Zealand ~news australia nauru new zealand politics Article 671 words 2 votes
Mexican government officials visit Canada to learn about marijuana legalization ~news mexico canada politics Article 856 words 10 votes
Canada becomes second country to legalise recreational marijuana ~news canada politics Article 1067 words 25 votes
Separated refugee families launch legal action against Australian government at UN ~news australia Article 854 words 7 votes
Toronto's Sick Kids hospital preparing policy for euthanasia for youth over eighteen that could one day apply to minors ~health healthcare Article 1106 words 4 votes
Architect of Paris climate accord says Morrison government's emissions stance is 'anti-science' ~enviro climate change Article 595 words 4 votes
The US was once a leader for healthcare and education — now it ranks 27th in the world ~health healthcare Article 509 words 9 votes
China's Social Credit system: The first modern digital dictatorship ~tech Article 1554 words, published Sep 17 2018 8 votes
California bans restaurants from automatically giving out plastic straws ~enviro pollution plastics.single use Article 389 words 10 votes
California becomes the first state to restrict plastic straws at restaurants ~enviro pollution plastics.single use Article 749 words 17 votes
'For me, this is paradise': Life in the Spanish city that banned cars ~transport Article 1331 words 14 votes
US Federal Emergency Management Agency to test 'Presidential Alert' system next week ~enviro Article 421 words 19 votes
Controversial Copyright Directive approved by EU Parliament ~tech internet Article 337 words 27 votes
US Food and Drug Administration cracks down on Juul and e-cigarette retailers ~health Article 1474 words 8 votes
Tomorrow, the EU will vote on the future of the internet (again) ~tech internet Article 1181 words 10 votes
Swiss town set for universal basic income experiment ~finance Article 492 words, published Jun 6 2018 13 votes
Apple has permanently banned Alex Jones' Infowars app from the App Store ~tech apple Article 314 words 32 votes
European science funders ban grantees from publishing in paywalled journals ~science Article 1120 words 16 votes
California lawmakers pass nation’s toughest net neutrality law ~tech internet Article 1065 words 14 votes
'Is this a red line for us?' $15b European trade deal doomed if Australia dodges Paris pledge. ~finance Article 669 words 7 votes
The impossible job: Inside Facebook’s struggle to moderate two billion people ~tech social media facebook Article 9455 words 14 votes
There should be ‘consequences’ for platforms that don’t remove people like Alex Jones, US Senator Ron Wyden says ~tech internet social media Article 3069 words 12 votes