Scottish Parliament unanimously passes a bill to provide menstrual products for free across the country ~life.women Link 30 votes
Pakistan’s government uses the internet as a means of exerting control — and in a remote part of the country, citizens are starting to fight back ~tech internet Article 3787 words 6 votes
BBC 100 Women 2020 – A profile of Sanna Marin, who leads Finland's all-female coalition government ~life.women Article 2028 words 7 votes
Denmark's Minister of Agriculture has resigned over an illegal government order to cull the country's farmed mink – Mette Frederiksen also faced opposition calls to resign ~health Article 442 words 7 votes
TikTok can continue to operate in the US, Commerce Department says ~tech social media Article 166 words 10 votes
A look at the future of abortion from Colorado ~health Article 557 words, published Nov 5 2020 9 votes
Denmark's plans to cull seventeen million mink is facing legal obstacles after the government admitted it did not have a legal basis for the order ~health Article 226 words 10 votes
Norwegian Air said it is facing a “very uncertain future” after the government of Norway refused to grant further financial assistance to the airline ~transport Article 451 words 6 votes
Oregon legalizes psilocybin mushrooms (for therapeutic purposes) and decriminalizes all drugs ~health.mental Article 672 words 32 votes
Proposition 24 passes in California, pushing privacy rights to the forefront again ~tech privacy Article 602 words 13 votes
Following a two-year-long hiatus, an initiative by Copenhagen Municipality allowing citizens to get trees for free, has returned ~enviro Link 7 votes
Polish government delays abortion ban after two weeks of protests across the country ~health Article 273 words 26 votes
Denmark forced to U-turn on meat ban for state canteens – initiative had been part of the government's aim to achieve a 70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 ~enviro Article 609 words 6 votes
Internal documents reveal COVID-19 hospitalization data the US government keeps hidden ~health healthcare Article 1583 words 19 votes
At least twenty municipalities have changed local laws to allow backyard chicken coops since the pandemic started ~life Article 903 words 8 votes
Movie night at the White House: A century of screenings, decoded ~movies Article 1909 words, published Oct 20 2020 7 votes
What Prop. 22’s defeat would mean for Uber and Lyft — and California drivers ~transport Article 1816 words 9 votes
Jair Bolsonaro's Brazilian regime incentivizes landlords to burn off forests; anarchist fire brigades pick up the slack ~enviro Article 532 words 16 votes
Federalist 51 - The structure of the US Government must furnish the proper checks and balances between the different departments ~humanities PDF 6 votes
Norway has blamed Russia for a cyberattack on the email system in the parliament in August – Moscow has rejected the claim, calling it a serious and wilful provocation ~tech security.cyber Article 39 words 6 votes
Wisconsin denies Foxconn tax subsidies after contract negotiations fail ~finance business Article 1382 words 12 votes
Michigan Attorney General will no longer enforce governor’s executive orders after court ruling ~health Article 637 words 11 votes
Tracker for coronavirus test results from officials in the US government and presidential campaigns ~health Article 620 words 21 votes
Japanese sex business operator sues state over virus cash handout snub ~health Article 522 words 7 votes
Norway will finance two-thirds of a large-scale project to capture and store carbon dioxide – carbon capture has long been highlighted as a way to reduce CO2 emissions ~enviro climate change Article 679 words 8 votes
The FinCen Files: Thousands of secret suspicious activity reports offer a picture of corruption and complicity - and how the government lets it flourish ~finance Article 3948 words 11 votes
With violent crime on the rise, Minneapolis City Council asks: Where are the police? ~news usa.mn crime politics.usa Article 776 words 5 votes
ACLU sues Palo Alto over ‘unconstitutional’ restrictions at residents-only park ~news usa.ca.palo alto Article 983 words 9 votes
What factors have made Germany relatively successful in managing the coronavirus crisis? ~health Article 2455 words 4 votes
Doesn’t feel like a recession? You should be paying more in taxes ~finance economics Article 1247 words, published Sep 3 2020 12 votes
Uber is hurting drivers like me in its legal fight in California ~transport Article 1089 words 3 votes
California Governor Gavin Newsom: By this point last year, 4,292 fires had burned 56,000 acres. This year, 7,002 fires have chewed through more than 1.4 million acres. ~enviro Article 1509 words, published Aug 24 2020 7 votes
How a plan to save the power system disappeared: A federal lab found a way to modernize the grid, reduce reliance on coal, and save consumers billions. Then Trump appointees blocked it ~enviro energy.renewable Article 3530 words 24 votes
Michigan reaches preliminary settlement to pay $600 million to Flint Water Crisis victims ~enviro pollution.water Article 508 words 9 votes
Appeals court grants a stay on injunction, after Lyft announces rideshare operations would be suspended in California at 11:59 PM tonight ~transport Article 472 words 13 votes
US states seek $2.2 trillion from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma: filings ~health medicine Article 649 words 15 votes
Denmark's vegan party says it has enough support to run for parliament – the party, founded in 2018, reached the 20,182 declarations needed on Thursday ~news denmark politics Article 267 words 13 votes
Local governments ‘overwhelmed’ in race to trace US COVID contacts ~health Article 1528 words 6 votes
Amid protests, Norway's government has begun tearing down a landmark building adorned with giant murals by Pablo Picasso ~design architecture Article 435 words 5 votes
Warnings of possible cover-up in progress as Donald Trump orders hospitals to stop sending coronavirus data to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ~health healthcare Article 657 words 21 votes
A landmark report into the on-demand workforce commissioned by the Victorian Government has made a host of recommendations to make sure gig economy workers get the fair deal they deserve ~finance Article 450 words 8 votes
You can make millions selling masks to the government in three easy steps ~health Article 1873 words 10 votes