A psychedelic renaissance
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Amid measles outbreaks, states consider revoking religious vaccine exemptions
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Maine is the first state to ban styrofoam
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After overthrowing its government and changing its name, North Macedonia faces up to the urban crisis in Skopje
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Facebook releases Q1 2019 earnings, expects to be fined up to $5 billion by US government
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Is prison necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore might change your mind.
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Report: Twenty-six states now ban or restrict community broadband
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Silicon Valley-funded privacy think tanks fight in DC to unravel state-level consumer privacy protections
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Colorado could be the next state to let its employees collectively bargain
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How Atlanta plans to get to 100% green energy by 2035
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Last summer, Foxconn announced a barrage of new projects in Wisconsin, but an attempt to check up on them found little except empty buildings and secrecy
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House OKs 100 percent clean energy in Washington by 2045
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A bill banning most abortions becomes law in Ohio
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Take from the rich and give to ... the subway? Inside New York's evolving congestion pricing policy.
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Nova Scotia to become first in North America with presumed consent for organ donation
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Puerto Rico just passed a bill to require 100% renewable electricity by 2050
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What are your thoughts on the New Zealand government censoring the possession and distribution of the Christchurch shooter's manifesto?
Personally, free speech to me means that while platforms like Facebook and YouTube are not required to host it, if they so choose to host it they should be able to do so. Speech should not be...
Personally, free speech to me means that while platforms like Facebook and YouTube are not required to host it, if they so choose to host it they should be able to do so. Speech should not be restricted because it is offensive or because it is viewed as immoral. This applies doubly so to political speech, which terrorism is the most extreme form.
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Maryland just became the sixth state to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour
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Transgender advocates 'gobsmacked' by 'uneducated' ad opposing Tasmanian birth certificate laws
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The two sorts of new Air Force One jets will cost nearly the price of a Nimitz Class carrier
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Madison adopts plan to achieve clean energy goals, align with federal Green New Deal bill
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State-funded adoption agencies in Michigan barred from refusing LGBTQ parents
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Hundreds of US cities are killing or scaling back their recycling programs
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The Mastermind - He was a brilliant programmer and a vicious cartel boss, who became a prized US government asset
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Australian government backs down on banning Milo Yiannopoulos in face of backlash
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Protecting the 'unbanked' by banning cashless businesses in Philadelphia
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Kentucky approves bill to make 'doxing' illegal after Covington student's online backlash
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Ontario’s basic income was working amazingly well before it got canceled
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Australian government bans Milo Yiannopoulos from entering Australia
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FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-encryption laws
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Right to repair legislation is officially being considered in Canada
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Atheists and non-believers could soon receive civil rights protections under Portland law
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US Supreme Court unanimously rules that the Constitution's ban on 'excessive fines' applies to the states as well as the federal government
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The US government and Facebook are negotiating a record, multibillion-dollar fine for the company’s privacy lapses
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British Columbia ending interest on new and existing student loans
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The Australian government has formally recognised the extinction of a tiny island rodent, the Bramble Cay melomys - the first known demise of a mammal because of human-induced climate change.
The current news report: 'Our little brown rat': first climate change-caused mammal extinction The recent government statement: Stronger protection for threatened species The news report from...
The current news report: 'Our little brown rat': first climate change-caused mammal extinction
The recent government statement: Stronger protection for threatened species
The news report from 2016: First Mammal Species Goes Extinct Due to Climate Change
The scientific report from 2016: Confirmation of the extinction of the Bramble Cay melomys Melomys rubicola on Bramble Cay, Torres Strait (PDF)
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In North Carolina, investigators find ballot ‘scheme’ in House race
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Five Melbourne councils forced to dump recycling in landfill as Victoria crisis deepens
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Florida is drowning. Condos are still being built. Can't humans see the writing on the wall?
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The US government has redefined “pink slime” as ground beef
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Cutting through the claims: the refugee medical debate, explained. What exactly are the changes that passed through Parliament against the government's wishes, and what will they mean?
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Swiss e-voting trial offers $150,000 in bug bounties to hackers
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National Popular Vote bill passes Colorado State Senate
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West Virginia lawmaker faces calls to resign after likening LGBTQ people to KKK, ‘terrorist group’
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Millions are on the move in China, and Big Data is watching
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Ralph Northam yearbook page shows men in blackface and KKK robe
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Premier Daniel Andrews has just announced that the Victorian government will ban gay conversion therapy in that state
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New Jersey approved LGBTQ-inclusive school curriculum — And it's only the second in the nation
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Arkansas court rules city can't enforce LGBTQ protections
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New Japanese law lets government hack IOT devices and warn owners they're vulnerable
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