A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark's Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly after she refused to translate her speech delivered in Greenlandic into Danish ~humanities.languages Article 681 words 19 votes
Texas secessionists win GOP backing for independence vote: 'Major step' ~society politics Article 624 words 48 votes
Residents in southern Illinois county to vote on non-binding referendum to separate state from Cook County ~society politics Link 13 votes
Pedro Sánchez prepares for fraught second term as Spanish PM after Catalan amnesty ~society politics Article 799 words 5 votes
Denmark's parliament to introduce interpreters – Aki-Matilda Hoegh-Dam spoke and answered questions in Greenlandic, causing protests from some lawmakers ~humanities.languages Link 12 votes
Orkney could leave the UK to become a self-governing territory of Norway after its council opted to explore alternative forms of governance ~society politics Article 396 words 23 votes
Greenlandic MP refused to speak Danish during a debate in the Danish parliament and instead spoke in her native Inuit language ~humanities.languages Article 320 words 6 votes
Scottish independence: 19 October 2023 proposed as date for referendum ~society politics Article 1167 words 9 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
Scotland's UK election results deliver another independence mandate, says First Minister ~society politics Article 662 words 13 votes
Catalonia has created a new kind of online activism leveraging social media and peer-to-peer technology to orchestrate massive protests ~tech android social media Article 1977 words 15 votes
How the US has hidden its empire: The United States likes to think of itself as a republic, but it holds territories all over the world – the map you always see doesn’t tell the whole story. ~humanities.history Article 3234 words 12 votes
Catalan separatists pack Barcelona to demand split from Spain ~society politics Article 526 words 5 votes
California? Or Cali-Three-Nia? Proposal to split state will be on ballot in November. ~news politics usa.ca Article 573 words 13 votes