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7 votes
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Scotland's leader fears for wife's parents 'trapped' in Gaza
13 votes -
‘The Guest’: The Palestinian mastermind behind deadly Israel incursion
25 votes -
Broken zipper? France will pay to get it fixed
16 votes -
The attraction of the center
17 votes -
Naomi Klein's Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
8 votes -
The war in Ukraine is heightening tensions between Russians and Norwegians living on Svalbard | Focus on Europe
8 votes -
Why I don't criticize Israel - Sam Harris - transcript from a 2014 podcast
16 votes -
We can’t wait thirty more years for another breakthrough in the Middle East
7 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 2
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
11 votes -
Alliance Defending Freedom has won fifteen Supreme Court cases. Now it wants religious exemptions to anti-discrimination laws—and is going after trans rights.
36 votes -
California lawmakers move to ban irrigation of some decorative lawns
6 votes -
Four doctors gunned down on a Rio beach, including brother of leftist legislator Sâmia Bomfim, political motives very likely
19 votes -
Analysts have expressed concerns that relations between Serbia and Kosovo could tip into an armed conflict
14 votes -
Former US President Donald Trump allegedly discussed US nuclear subs with Australian billionaire businessman Anthony Pratt after leaving White House: Sources
43 votes -
US Senator calls for Department of Justice action against Philips for keeping CPAP machine complaints secret
20 votes -
How General Mark Milley protected the US Constitution from Donald Trump
44 votes -
New survey shows that many in the US lack knowledge of basic facts about government
47 votes -
UK PM Rishi Sunak applauded for being openly transphobic in speech
53 votes -
Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ neighbors have no voting rights to stop it
19 votes -
Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s job is at risk after US House of Representatives votes to move ahead with hard-right effort to oust him
60 votes -
Can NYC ease housing costs with ‘City of Yes’ proposal?
14 votes -
Dianne Feinstein’s US Senate seat to be filled by Laphonza Butler
29 votes -
US state of Arizona cancels leases and water rights for Saudi company that grows alfalfa
45 votes -
Former US President Donald Trump heading to trial in seven civil and criminal cases: A calendar of dates and what to expect
56 votes -
Without a college degree, life in America is staggeringly shorter
21 votes -
Added context to Benjamin Franklin's famous quote about trading liberty for safety
23 votes -
How Lars Findsen and Claus Hjort Frederiksen came to be facing trial for allegedly disclosing Danish state secrets that had been in the public domain for years
10 votes -
Finland faces autumn of discontent with strikes and protests over government's austerity budget
8 votes -
Scottish officials approve UK’s first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs
30 votes -
New developments in US antitrust enforcement - more and new types of cases brought under Joe Biden, new leaders at the Federal Trade Commission
14 votes -
Is multiculturalism bad for women? (1997)
6 votes -
The chemistry of ‘Yes Minister’ (2017)
4 votes -
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California dies at 90
95 votes -
Aquaculture is bringing jobs and money to rural Icelandic regions, but a huge escape of farmed fish in August could devastate local salmon populations
7 votes -
First defendant in Donald Trump Georgia case pleads guilty
41 votes -
The scrambled spectrum of US foreign policy thinking
10 votes -
Former US President Donald Trump says UAW talks do not matter because EV shift will kill jobs
26 votes -
No rides, but lots of rows: ‘reactionary’ French theme park plots expansion
6 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 25
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
6 votes -
For the fourteenth year running, Iceland takes the top position in the Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum
11 votes -
‘Once we win California, the nation is next’: What a caste discrimination ban means for Americans
19 votes -
UN Secretary-General: A worrisome new nuclear arms race is brewing. Any use of a nuclear weapon — anytime, anywhere and in any context — would unleash a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions.
27 votes -
Joe Biden administration announces $1.4 billion to improve US rail safety and boost capacity in thirty-five states
34 votes -
India ‘weaponising global anti-terror fund’ to crack down on civil society groups, Amnesty says
16 votes -
If you are in the US, that cardboard box in your home is likely fueling election denial
26 votes -
Ralph Nader, wary of Donald Trump, offers to help US President Joe Biden win
18 votes -
Joe Biden administration grants Seattle Children's Hospital $240K for LGBT sex education tool
11 votes -
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman says multiculturalism has ‘failed’ in Europe during migration speech
15 votes -
Witnesses and security camera footage viewed by The Washington Post reveal a more complex operation to kill Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canadian Sikh leader, than authorities have previously described
40 votes