US President Trump commutes sentence of longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone ~news politics usa Article 643 words 35 votes
Why Ethiopia has unusual potential to be a local power ~misc politics Video 14:26, published Jul 8 2020 7 votes
This is why Indian teens kept spamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Instagram with thirsty comments ~tech social media Article published Jun 30 2020 10 votes
Singapore's Workers' Party wins Sengkang GRC, boosting presence in parliament to record high ~news singapore.sengkang politics Link 5 votes
Farmers and animal rights activists are coming together to fight big factory farms ~food Article 3106 words 4 votes
Swedish ex-ambassador Anna Lindstedt acquitted – had been accused of going beyond her remit to have talks with a foreign power ~news sweden china politics Article 511 words 4 votes
Vermont first state to implement a statewide ban on food waste ~enviro Article 803 words, published Jul 6 2020 10 votes
There are climate change policies that rural Americans—even Republicans—support ~enviro climate change Article 727 words 6 votes
Can our electronic ballots be both secret and secure? A mathematician's quest to make American elections more trustworthy ~tech security Article 6310 words 4 votes
In 2008, everyone thought the recession was bad. But in 2020, many Americans’ views depend on their party ~misc politics Article 1091 words, published Jun 30 2020 6 votes
Kanye West says he’s done with Trump—opens up about White House bid, damaging Biden and everything in between ~music Article 2768 words 12 votes
Mary Trump’s book accuses the US President of embracing "cheating as a way of life" ~books Article 878 words 16 votes
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus ~news politics Article 329 words 30 votes
The time Bernie Sanders almost ran against Barack Obama, explained ~misc politics Article 2173 words, published Feb 19 2020 5 votes
Google, Facebook, and Twitter halt government data requests after new Hong Kong security law ~tech google facebook Article 606 words 10 votes
Kanye West declares he will run for US president in 2020 ~news usa politics Article 547 words 27 votes
India loses jurisdiction over Italian marines who killed two Indian fishermen in 2012 ~news italy india politics crime Article 663 words 6 votes
Vladimir Putin declared triumphant in Russian referendum allowing him to rule until 2036 – five hours before polls close ~news russia politics Article 786 words 20 votes
The Trump 2020 campaign has made a T-shirt that has drawn some condemnation for looking surprisingly similar to the NSDAP logo ~misc politics Article 483 words 6 votes
French PM Edouard Philippe resigns as President Macron plans new team ~news politics france Article 382 words 5 votes
The Republican choice: How the GOP chose to spend five decades making itself the white voter's party ~misc politics Article 6512 words 21 votes
Imagine if the National Transportation Safety Board investigated America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic ~health Article 9769 words 9 votes
Resilience is the goal of governments and employers who expect people to endure crisis ~life work Article 1477 words 4 votes
A summary of views about how to respond to COVID-19 in the UK, and how those views changed over time ~health Tweet 7 votes
Indian government bans fifty-nine Chinese apps for security reasons ~tech security Article 348 words 11 votes
Iran issues warrant for US President Donald Trump over killing of top general ~news iran usa politics Article 13 votes
Into the fog: How Britain lost track of the coronavirus ~health healthcare Article 5129 words 6 votes
In first for Congress, US House passes bill to establish DC as the nation's 51st state, but it faces insurmountable opposition in the Senate ~news politics usa.dc Article 472 words 26 votes
I joined Parler, the right-wing echo chamber’s new favorite alt-Twitter ~tech social media Article 1258 words 27 votes
India bans fifty-nine Chinese apps, including TikTok, ShareIt, UC Browser ~tech Article 366 words 20 votes
Actually, can we tell which US states will be swing states in the election? ~misc politics Article 1173 words, published Jun 17 2020 13 votes
Iceland heads to polls to elect next president – while the post is largely symbolic, the president has the power to appoint governments and veto laws ~news iceland politics Article 464 words, published Jun 1 2020 6 votes
Hospitals in the US sued to keep prices secret. They lost ~health healthcare Article 671 words 5 votes
Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire receives far more Facebook engagement per article than any other publisher, largely driven by a network of deceptive and toxic pages that systematically promote it ~tech facebook social media Article 1732 words 15 votes
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, voter registration is way, way down ~misc politics Article 1318 words 6 votes
Rasmus Paludan, head of Denmark's far-right Stram Kurs party, has been given a month in jail for a string of offences including racism ~news denmark crime politics Article 360 words 7 votes
Counter-espionage agency ASIO is conducting a sweeping investigation into allegations Chinese government agents have infiltrated the office of a NSW Labor politician to influence Australian politics ~news china politics australia.nsw Article 503 words 7 votes
What is owed: If true justice and equality are ever to be achieved in the United States, the country must finally take seriously what it owes Black Americans ~humanities.history Article 8675 words 8 votes
Today’s elections in Kentucky and New York are high-stakes for the progressive movement ~misc politics Article 1982 words 4 votes