Prohibition was a failed US experiment in moral governance
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The Australian government has been forced to talk about climate change, so it’s taking a subtle – and sinister – approach
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Taiwan’s single-payer success story — and its lessons for America
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Free-of-charge public transport isn't free, Finnish experts say
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Norway opens its doors to six hundred people evacuated from Libya to Rwanda
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Oslo saw zero pedestrian and cyclist deaths in 2019 – reducing the number of cars reduced the number of traffic fatalities
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Our neophobic, conservative AI overlords want everything to stay the same
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New York’s Penn Station shows how progressives have made it too hard for the government to do big things
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Sweden in global spotlight with interest rate move – Riksbank has ended a period of negative rates but will other central banks around the world now follow suit?
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US Congress raises legal age to buy tobacco products to 21
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Kalamazoo school district decides not to have LGBTQ books in reading program
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Why Kansas City’s free transit experiment matters
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The old man and the rising seas
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Group of Canadian premiers will work together to research and build small modular nuclear reactors
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Some Reddit comments are being hidden by default as "potentially toxic content" (i.e. a swear filter)
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Denmark plans $30 billion offshore wind island that could power ten million homes
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Denmark’s parliament adopted a new climate law on Friday, committing to reach 70% below its 1990 emissions in the next eleven years
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See how global warming has changed the world since your childhood
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Iceland's prime minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir has urged governments to adopt green and family-friendly priorities, instead of just focusing on economic growth figures
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The Vietnam draft lotteries functioned as a randomized experiment—which has allowed social scientists to study its life-changing effects
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Why is childcare so expensive?
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Norwegian sugar tax sends sweet-lovers over border to Sweden
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From January, jet fuel suppliers in Norway must blend 0.5% of biofuel in all their aviation fuel – a policy Oslo hopes will lead to lower CO2 emissions
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Sweden's central bank sells off bonds from Canadian province of Alberta and parts of Australia over climate concerns
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Italian council is flooded immediately after rejecting measures on climate change
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Germany makes measles vaccination compulsory
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The great American tax haven: Why the super-rich love South Dakota
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Why the government should tax unhealthy foods and subsidise nutritious ones
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The Trump administration is preparing to significantly limit the scientific and medical research that the government can use to determine public health regulations
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Does transparency in moderation really matter? User behavior after content removal explanations on Reddit.
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The math for Elizabeth Warren’s US health-care plan adds up if you accept its ludicrous premise
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US Federal nutrition research is underfunded, even as the costs of diet-related diseases are skyrocketing. Does Washington hold the key to solving the obesity crisis?
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Climate campaigners are taking Norway's government back to court to oppose its plans to open the Arctic for oil drilling
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Pete Buttigieg’s climate vision: Local fixes for a planet in crisis
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More than 50,000 people are set to get a basic income in a Brazilian city
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It's time to boycott any company doing business in Xinjiang
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China is forcing the world to rethink recycling
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Family of teen who died from Ecstacy support legalisation
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Overkill Software to resume production on Payday 2, changes to DLC policy
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The European Union, Iceland and Norway agree to deepen their cooperation in climate action
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What does it take to build the world's best pension systems? Ask the Netherlands and Denmark
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Why we need to dream bigger than bike lanes
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In face of rising sea levels the Netherlands ‘must consider controlled withdrawal’
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To solve the problem of a dwindling population, one small Finnish municipality took a big step – pay its citizens to have babies
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FATF – Iceland could land on a gray list of countries which have failed to take sufficient measures to combat money laundering and the financing of acts of terrorism
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Rep. Pressley announces new caucus on mass transit
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What's Copenhagen's magic formula to reduce CO2 levels?
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Vietnam bans Dreamworks' "Abominable" over South China Sea map showing Chinese claim to the region
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Land without bread: The Green New Deal forsakes America’s countryside
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Finland halts arms exports to Turkey and condemns military operation in Syria
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