California is preparing to defend itself — and the nation — against Trump 2.0 ~enviro pollution Article 27 votes
Norway unveiled plans to remove a loophole used by the Nordic nation's richest – government attempts to drag more tax revenue out of the fleeing billionaires ~finance Article 77 words 12 votes
Florida latest to restrict social media for kids as legal battle looms ~tech social media Article 1047 words 21 votes
Why ban books when you can ban book awards?: Suburban Illinois district cancels youth chosen Caudill Awards ~books Article 1126 words, published Mar 19 2024 30 votes
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox don’t serve in its armed forces. That’s getting harder than ever to justify and threatens Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition. ~misc politics Article 1917 words, published Mar 15 2024 39 votes
100,000 years and counting – how do we tell future generations about highly radioactive nuclear waste repositories? ~enviro energy Article 1381 words 20 votes
How does Paris stay Paris? By pouring billions into public housing. (gifted link) ~life housing.public Article 1293 words, published Mar 17 2024 17 votes
US Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor slams appeals court and scolds fellow justices for ‘sowing chaos’ by allowing Texas to arrest and deport illegal crossers ~misc politics Article 909 words 23 votes
Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approve another law giving government more power to curb dissent ~news hong kong china law politics Article 628 words 20 votes
Connecticut, USA wants to penalize insurers for backing fossil-fuel projects ~enviro Article 862 words 13 votes
California, USA must triple its rate of carbon emissions reductions to reach 2030 target, report says ~enviro Link 16 votes
US libraries struggle to afford the demand for e-books and seek new state laws in fight with publishers ~books libraries Article 912 words, published Mar 12 2024 46 votes
Indian government to impose ban on import, sale, and cross-breeding of twenty-three ferocious dog breeds ~life.pets Article 686 words 15 votes
YouTube blocks access to CBC's The Fifth Estate story on killing of B.C. Sikh activist at India's demand ~news india politics canada.bc Article 537 words 50 votes
A state by state review of how easy or difficult it is to enforce open records laws in the US reveals many obstacles ~misc politics Article 3094 words, published Mar 10 2024 7 votes
Haiti’s leader to resign as gangs run rampant through country engulfed in crisis ~news haiti politics crime.organized Article 16 votes
New York governor sends national guard to subway in crime crackdown ~transport Article 337 words 21 votes
350,000 Californians are now on the FAIR Plan, the last resort for fire insurance. Now what? ~finance Article 1549 words, published Jan 23 2024 36 votes
Denmark has pledged to put up more statues of women, with the country's culture minister saying the capital has “more statues of mythical beasts and horses” ~life.women Article 455 words 12 votes
France becomes the first country in the world to guarantee abortion as a constitutional right ~health Article 270 words 58 votes
A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices in the 1960s and 70s ~health healthcare Article 398 words 29 votes
A legal historian who studies the US abortion battle explains why the Alabama state Supreme Court’s decision on in vitro fertilization is so momentous ~health Article 35 votes
Mitch McConnell will step down as the US Senate Republican leader in November ~news usa politics Article 1151 words 52 votes
Would Roman elections pass a UN inspection? ~humanities.history Video 16:38, published Feb 18 2024 8 votes
Denmark's second-largest city is trialling a first-of-its-kind deposit scheme to tackle single-use coffee cups ~enviro Article 518 words, published Jan 25 2024 20 votes
US Federal Trade Commission and eight states sue to block supermarket merger between Kroger and Albertsons ~finance business Article 778 words 37 votes
UK Conservative party suspends MP Lee Anderson over claims that Islamists have "got control" of London's Mayor Sadiq Kahn and the capital ~news united kingdom.london politics Link 12 votes
Philadelphia SEPTA won a $317 million federal grant to help replace aging Market-Frankford Line cars ~transport Article 459 words, published Feb 16 2024 16 votes
One of the world’s biggest cities may be just months away from running out of water ~enviro water.ground climate change Article 22 votes
Egypt announces $35bn deal with UAE to buy premium Mediterranean area ~finance economics Article 549 words 11 votes
The 24-hour city: In a push to bolster nightlife, cities are changing laws to keep bars, restaurants and transit systems operating round-the-clock ~life Article 77 words 34 votes
Leak of documents on spyware developed by vendor for Chinese government ~tech security.cyber Tweet 33 votes
Capital One to buy Discover Financial in $35.3 billion all-stock deal ~finance banking business Article 978 words 32 votes
The hottest trend in US cities? Changing zoning rules to allow more housing. ~design urban planning Article 1744 words 42 votes
California's push for mandatory ethnic studies classes runs into the Israel-Palestine conflict in designing a curriculum (gifted link) ~humanities religion Article 2350 words 22 votes
What if US public housing were for everyone? ~life housing.public housing.affordable Article 2145 words, published Feb 10 2024 29 votes
Iceland plans to buy out home owners in volcano-struck town of Grindavík – total cost of the buyout could be as much as $440 million ~enviro Article 77 words 20 votes
Authorities in Medellín will meet representatives of embassies and popular dating apps this week after five foreigners were found dead in Colombia’s second city in the past seven days ~news colombia crime.organized politics Article 680 words 15 votes
Geert Wilders’ hopes of becoming Dutch PM dim after centrist party quits talks ~news netherlands politics Article 903 words 13 votes
NGOs allowed to seize €2.9 million from Belgian government for failure to shelter asylum seekers ~news belgium politics Article 560 words 13 votes
Finnish unions have called for industrial action to protest government proposals on labour law reforms which they say would adversely impact low-wage earners ~finance business Article 978 words 10 votes
Florida official letter: "Misrepresenting" gender on drivers licenses is fraud, changes now banned ~lgbt transgender Article 630 words 40 votes
What happened at the nation’s first nitrogen gas execution: An AP eyewitness account ~news usa.al crime politics Article 632 words 33 votes