California just passed the Freelancer Worker Protection Act (SB 988) politics.usa Article 730 words 17 votes
EU supreme court will hear arguments on whether Danish law limiting the concentration of ethnic minorities in certain neighbourhoods violates EU anti-discrimination law politics Article 206 words 5 votes
Norway may put a fence along part or all of the 198-kilometer border it shares with Russia – move inspired by a similar project in its Nordic neighbor Finland politics Article 490 words 17 votes
Aug 2024 - "America isn’t ready for the wars of the future" by Mark Milley (ex-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and Eric Schmidt (ex-CEO of Google) politics.usa Article 3872 words, published Aug 5 2024 13 votes
California fails to track its homelessness spending or results, a new audit says politics.usa Article 1956 words, published Apr 9 2024 21 votes
Children in Sweden are to start school at six years old from 2028, a year earlier than at present – overhaul signals a switch from play-based teaching for younger children politics Article 607 words 10 votes
Doctors have urged Finland's rightwing government to change “problematic and damaging” plans to ban undocumented people from accessing non-emergency healthcare politics Article 397 words 13 votes
Germany’s expansion of border controls is testing European unity politics Article 1000 words 12 votes
Norway wants to ban unhealthy food ads that target teens – doesn't go as far as the UK's rule but pushes far beyond other European countries' efforts politics Article 1211 words 10 votes
Chat control is back on the agenda of EU governments. The Hungarian Presidency will collect “guidance for further work”. Take action to stop chat control now! politics Article 895 words, published Jul 11 2024 11 votes
America is losing Southeast Asia: Why US allies in the region are turning toward China politics.usa Article 2727 words 19 votes
Trusted aide would likely play key role in Kamala Harris review of US-Israel policy politics.usa Article 1944 words 11 votes
Kamala Harris plans to tax unrealized US stock gains — but only for people worth $100 million politics.usa Article 906 words 51 votes
California lawmakers pass bill allowing Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes politics.usa Article 677 words 30 votes
Norway's government wants to relax restrictions on abortion to make it legal for women to terminate pregnancies up to the eighteenth week of gestation politics Article 347 words 27 votes
California is giving schools more homework: Build housing for teachers politics.usa Article 1820 words, published Aug 13 2024 19 votes
Digital apartheid in Gaza: Unjust content moderation at the request of Israel’s cyber unit politics.usa Article 817 words, published Jul 26 2024 14 votes
According to demographic projections, people leaving Sweden are set to outnumber immigrants this year – government says this is thanks to its restrictive migration policies politics Article 696 words 9 votes
Sweden's snitch law immigration plan prompts alarm across society – forcing public sector workers to report undocumented people decried as utterly inhumane politics Article 1082 words, published Aug 11 2024 23 votes
Recreational marijuana sales in Ohio can start Tuesday at nearly 100 locations politics.usa Article 203 words 37 votes
A tax break for Washington State data centers promised jobs. Now there are questions about whether the costs are worth it. politics.usa Article 3874 words 7 votes
Governor Gavin Newsom orders homeless sweeps throughout California politics.usa Article 241 words 38 votes
Finland's deportation law puts EU's migration norms to the test – human rights organizations sound the alarm over the controversial measure politics Article 20 votes
What to know about the proposed Kids Online Safety Act and its chances of passing in the US Congress politics.usa Article 1231 words 20 votes
Jessica Valenti (Abortion, Every Day) summarizing Kamala Harris' position on abortion rights politics.usa Article 820 words 18 votes
Finnish lawmakers narrowly approved controversial bill that will allow border guards to turn away third-country migrants attempting to enter from neighboring Russia politics Article 536 words 11 votes
Kansas Supreme Court reaffirms abortion rights are protected by constitution, striking down two laws politics.usa Article 719 words 58 votes
Denmark's plan to eliminate parallel societies has drawn criticism as ethnic discrimination. Others in Europe may be watching. politics Article 1010 words 21 votes
Finland's PM Petteri Orpo urged parliament not to weaken a deportation bill that would allow Finnish border authorities to refuse to accept asylum applications in certain circumstances politics Article 327 words 5 votes
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants had housing. politics.usa Article 1293 words 37 votes
Danish government makes new pact with youth organisations to protect children in the EU from the addictive design of social media and tech giants' business models politics Article 316 words 8 votes
US House GOP leaders vow to block online privacy bill over intraparty pushback politics.usa Article 19 votes
Proposed ballot measure to raise corporate taxes, give every Oregonian $750 a year likely to make November ballot politics.usa Article 931 words 39 votes
Malaysia evicts 500 sea nomads in crackdown on migrants, activists say politics Article 451 words, published Jun 6 2024 9 votes
US policy ideas for lifesaving technologies politics.usa Article 2256 words, published Jun 3 2024 5 votes
Unanimous US Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication politics.usa Article 637 words 46 votes
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pitches mandatory national service at eighteen politics Article 37 votes
School choice programs have been wildly successful under Ron DeSantis. Now Florida public schools might close. politics.usa Article 25 votes