What’s ‘wrong’ with east Germany? Look to its long neglect by the wealthy west.
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Supreme Court rules Donald Trump can remain on Colorado ballot (gifted link)
46 votes -
France becomes the first country in the world to guarantee abortion as a constitutional right
58 votes -
The uncommitted voter's guide
13 votes -
Germany, France and how not to do deterrence – The EU’s two leading powers are causing confusion and anger among allies as Ukraine’s future hangs by a thread
12 votes -
Sen. Ron Wyden exposes data brokers selling US location data to anti-abortion groups that target abortion seekers
45 votes -
After George Galloway’s triumph in Rochdale, urgent questions loom for Keir Starmer – and the left, too
14 votes -
Opinion - Israel must decide where it’s going—and who should lead it there: the case for early elections
10 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
35 votes -
Trumpist US policy document Project 2025 cowritten by anti social security economist Stephen Moore
35 votes -
Germany to investigate Russia’s apparent interception of military talks on Ukraine
18 votes -
Russians keep turning up dead all over the world
33 votes -
Donald Trump built a national debt so big (even before the pandemic) that it’ll weigh down the US economy for years [published 2021]
41 votes -
Trans person infilitrates CPAC
16 votes -
Analysis: Donald Trump faces multiple US trials. Here’s why scheduling many for one defendant is complicated.
5 votes -
Frontex: [EU] Border agency all at sea over shipwrecks
5 votes -
Mitch McConnell will step down as the US Senate Republican leader in November
52 votes -
Amazon lobbyists to be barred from European Parliament
30 votes -
Transnistria appeals to Russia for ‘protection’, reviving fears for Moldova breakaway region
10 votes -
Florida’s recommendations give room for measles to spread
32 votes -
French president Emmanuel Macron says sending troops to Ukraine cannot be ruled out
22 votes -
Texas is right. The tech giants need to be regulated.
10 votes -
Hungarian MPs have overwhelmingly ratified Sweden's bid to join NATO in a long-delayed vote which paves the way for the Nordic nation's membership
29 votes -
Shaun on Palestine
23 votes -
Sri Lanka ends visas for hundreds of thousands of Russians staying there to avoid war
21 votes -
The end of Françafrique? Festering resentment of French neocolonialism is motivating a backlash against Paris across West Africa.
11 votes -
Donald Trump trials - Georgia defendant Kenneth Chesebro caught lying to Michigan prosecutors about alt Twitter account
21 votes -
UK Conservative party suspends MP Lee Anderson over claims that Islamists have "got control" of London's Mayor Sadiq Kahn and the capital
12 votes -
The real danger to civilisation isn't runaway AI it's runaway capitalism (2017)
87 votes -
Conservative government would require websites to verify age to watch porn: Pierre Poilievre
36 votes -
Germany's new cannabis law to pass this week and take effect in April
17 votes -
Donald Trump benefits from newly approved merger: The US Securities and Exchange Commission approved a merger between Trump Media and Technology and Digital World Acquisition Corp
7 votes -
Preparing for war, social unrest or a new pandemic? Chinese companies are raising militias like it’s the 1970s.
14 votes -
Why joining a club is good for democracy
11 votes -
The West is losing Muslim Liberals – Indifference to Palestinian suffering in Gaza is alienating moderates across the Islamic world and tarnishing the appeal of liberal democratic values
36 votes -
The hottest trend in US cities? Changing zoning rules to allow more housing.
42 votes -
Yes Prime Minister, questionnaire design matters
10 votes -
Why Joe Biden matters
26 votes -
A lesson on US crime policy from game designers: Change the rules
12 votes -
The 355 million dollar US civil fraud ruling against Donald Trump, annotated
30 votes -
Demonstrators claim lack of affordable housing in Gaeltacht region threatens the survival of the Irish language
13 votes -
Parkland mass shooting victims send AI robocalls to NRA-supporting US politicians
29 votes -
What if US public housing were for everyone?
29 votes -
What would America look like if it lost WWIII?
9 votes -
Senators ask CEOs why their drugs cost so much more in the US
60 votes -
Forget technocrats - let's get some realitycrats
9 votes -
Finland's conservative former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb has won Sunday's presidential election, final results show
9 votes -
AI firm [Midjourney] considers banning creation of political images for 2024 elections
31 votes -
Joe Biden’s chances of US re-election are better than they appear
34 votes -
The CHIPS Act treats the symptoms, but not the causes
23 votes