Iran: undressing protest shows how women are still fighting even as morality laws get harsher
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Don't talk to the police
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Anti-wage-theft laws are kryptonite to dishonest US bosses
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A Texas corporate lawyer got mad about illegal evictions—and did something about it
33 votes -
Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this.
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Toward a feminist criminal law: Mass incarceration means police and prisons are not simple allies for feminists who want a more just world
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The US Supreme Court just quietly handed a huge win to veterans seeking an education
12 votes -
American non-compete clauses could become a thing of the past thanks to a new ruling
15 votes -
US Federal Trade Commission bans new noncompete agreements
77 votes -
The dark reality of Japanese host clubs
10 votes -
Denmark's tough laws on begging hit Roma women with few other options – the Roma minority are heavily discriminated against across Europe
21 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
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British Columbia, Canada: Family pets will no longer be considered property during divorce proceedings
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San Francisco and Grants Pass Oregon lawsuits about homelessness highlight this question: Do those who reject shelter choose homelessness?
16 votes -
Sentenced to life for an accident miles away
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European Court of Human Rights rules that sex workers can seek compensation for lost profits, reversing Bulgarian decision about human trafficking victims
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Sweden halts adoptions from South Korea after claims of falsified papers on origins of children
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Employees can be banned from wearing headscarves, top EU court rules
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Mushrooms, snails and plant roots: The surprising story of how your clothes got their color
13 votes -
This retired pilot went to the hospital but was released subject to legal guardianship of a stranger. Family members were not identified until they found him many months later.
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When foster parents don’t want to give back the baby
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On the inadequacy and obsolescence of US laws protecting student privacy - threatening intellectual freedom to explore ideas
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After many years, migrant workers in Norway won legal protection from exploitative agencies – but now a European Free Trade Association ruling puts progress in peril
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Marriage between cousins and extended family members may soon be banned in Norway
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Professionals in Sweden are pushing back hard against a rightwing plan to make them snitch on undocumented migrants
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Remembering Charles Wilkinson, a true friend to Indian Country, the professor and leader leaves a legacy in Indigenous advocacy
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UK government vows action after man dies in latest dog attack
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Battle over a recurrent French national obsession: How Muslim women should dress?
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Abortions rose in most US states this year, new data shows
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“Swift Justice” looks inside a Sharia courtroom
10 votes -
A warning to employers that US NLRB labor agency has changed the rules governing formation of unions to be easier for workers and harder for employers to oppose
41 votes -
Texas has quietly changed its abortion law - explicitly allowing abortion for premature ruptured membrane and ectopic pregnancy - how it happened
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US 5th Circuit Court of Appeal rejects challenge to Mifeprestone abortion pill’s approval, but upholds some restrictions
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US Supreme Court strikes down race-based admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina
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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
11 votes -
US Supreme Court rejects challenge to Native American child welfare law
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Kids’ reading scores have soared in Deep South states
13 votes -
Trendy neighbourhood in Copenhagen bracing for major protests over anti-ghetto law – critics say it's racist and pushing out remaining social housing
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The ‘open secret’ in most US workplaces: Discrimination against moms is still rampant
10 votes -
An anonymous critic played cat and mouse with Beijing for twelve years. Then he got caught.
12 votes -
Child labor laws are under attack in states across the country
9 votes -
An averted terrorist plot and recent shootings in Reykjavík have put guns in Iceland in the spotlight
5 votes -
Scotland to become first country in world to provide free period products
16 votes -
The Deep South’s dames of dildos
7 votes -
In Iceland, traditionally a land of cat lovers, bans and curfews are redefining the human relationship with domestic cats
7 votes -
Adolescents in the US are chronically sleep-deprived, in part because most schools start too early. This summer, California will become the first state in the nation to require later start times.
24 votes -
Monica Lewinsky’s verdict on the Johnny Depp–Amber Heard trial: we are all guilty
14 votes -
Uvalde and police "duty"
7 votes -
I invented Gilead. The Supreme Court is making it real
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Denmark is facing fresh claims of racism after a change to controversial legislation will allow Ukraine refugees to move into housing emptied of 'non-westerners'
8 votes