US offers nearly half-a-million Venezuelan migrants legal status and work permits following demands from strained cities
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Why so many migrants are coming to New York
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UK government vows action after man dies in latest dog attack
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US researchers employed by federal Housing and Urban Development agency propose study re comparative effectiveness of cash grants vs current system of vouchers for housing assistance
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Swedish schools minister Lotta Edholm moves students off digital devices and on to books and handwriting, with teachers and experts debating the pros and cons
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UK government looks to rollback sickness benefits
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Finland has finished inventorying its existing bomb shelters in a government effort prompted by neighbouring Russia's invasion of Ukraine – found 50,500
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Sweden seeks to stem deadly rise in youth crime – illegal guns are relatively accessible, with younger and younger children being drawn into serious crime
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The new (improved?) face of public housing in Maryland
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Naomi Wu and the silence that speaks volumes
32 votes -
Growing segregation by sex in Israel raises fears for women’s rights
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The historic Gullah-Geechee community is fighting to retain its land and culture in South Carolina
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Why do so many Scots cling to a false affinity with Norway?
10 votes -
US workers are dying in heat wave but Joe Biden administration is still working on federal standards for working in extreme heat
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The best way to find out if someone is a Donald Trump voter? Ask them what they think about manhood.
29 votes -
The manufacturing backlash: No factory in my backyard
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California needs real math education: an essay
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Why the mental health of liberal girls sank first and fastest
11 votes -
Affirmative action and its role in your life
Initial SCOTUS rulings on affirmative action were before my time. I agree with the concept. Do you? Has it affected you positively? Negatively? Now that affirmative action has “ended” and we’ve...
Initial SCOTUS rulings on affirmative action were before my time. I agree with the concept. Do you? Has it affected you positively? Negatively? Now that affirmative action has “ended” and we’ve totally “solved racism”, what is the path forward? There’s a lot of opinions out there but I want to know what real people think about the consequences in all our lives, U.S. or otherwise. Let’s talk.
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South Koreans become younger overnight after country scraps ‘Korean age’
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Canada to launch 'digital nomad strategy,' other measures to woo international talent
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Finland wants to reverse downward trends in PISA school aptitude tests, and promote a focused learning environment, with new laws around mobile phone use
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The invisible victims of American anti-semitism
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The truth about China's social credit system
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Inside North Korea: "We are stuck, waiting to die"
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Headteachers warn UK facing ‘dangerous’ teacher shortage as recruitment crisis deepens
26 votes -
I set out on a journey to the high north of Greenland to meet the Inuit communities that brave the harshest winters in the world
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Chile's Congress passes bill to cut workweek to forty hours
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Child labor laws are under attack in states across the country
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US citizens can now sponsor refugees directly. Here’s how to apply.
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India police detain students gathered to watch BBC documentary on Narendra Modi
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As Danish authorities consider Damascus safe for return, the practice of reconsidering refugee residence permits presents serious challenges
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Finland defence minister to take two months' paternity leave amid NATO bid – Antti Kaikkonen says 'children are only little for a moment'
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South Koreans are getting a year younger, parliament rules
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The most lawless county in Texas
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People don't want to hear about it – how the pandemic shaped Sweden's politics and left many feeling hopeless and disenfranchised
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How life has changed for Afghans since the Taliban takeover
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Here’s what life looks like in a country that’s run out of fuel
10 votes -
A culture that kills its children has no future
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Denmark forces refugees to return to Syria – under a more hostile immigration system, young volunteers fight to help fellow refugees stay
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Why being anti-science is now part of many rural Americans’ identity
15 votes -
We should all know less about each other
12 votes -
Dan Wang's 2021 letter about China
14 votes -
Portugal makes it illegal for your boss to text you after work in 'game changer' remote work law
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An unprecedented California program is already fulfilling its promise to house the most vulnerable
11 votes -
Gavin Newsom signs bills aimed at creating more affordable housing in California
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China's media cracks down on 'effeminate' styles
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Modern Luddism and the battle for your soul
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Democracy should be sentimentalist not rationalist
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From child refugee to politician – Suldaan Said Ahmed, whose family fled the civil war in Somalia, is intent on driving out racism in Finland
3 votes