Continuing crackdown on churches and NGOs moves Nicaragua further from democracy to authoritarianism
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The rise of the right-wing tattletale
11 votes -
Swedish government accused of trying to ‘outlaw poverty’ over begging ban – critics say proposal may not be lawful and would not tackle root cause of vulnerability
36 votes -
California bans legacy admissions at private universities
29 votes -
California just passed the Freelancer Worker Protection Act (SB 988)
17 votes -
Mexico's Senate just approved changing the constitution
18 votes -
California fails to track its homelessness spending or results, a new audit says
21 votes -
Emmanuel Macron unveils new right-wing French government
25 votes -
São Paulo mayoral candidate treated in hospital after getting clobbered with chair
7 votes -
At the University of Michigan, pro Palestinian protestors have "Shut Down" student government, by being elected to it
35 votes -
California lawmakers pass bill allowing Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes
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
27 votes -
California is giving schools more homework: Build housing for teachers
19 votes -
Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand’s next PM, youngest ever
8 votes -
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to resign, paving way for new leader
20 votes -
Local Canadian news loses 58% of online engagement, thanks to the Online News Act
33 votes -
Recreational marijuana sales in Ohio can start Tuesday at nearly 100 locations
37 votes -
Bangladesh’s leader resigns and flees country after protests
37 votes -
A tax break for Washington State data centers promised jobs. Now there are questions about whether the costs are worth it.
7 votes -
San Francisco becomes first US city to ban automated rent-fixing technology
66 votes -
Mayor of Oslo warns that drug smugglers are increasingly targeting the Norwegian capital as a gateway to Europe as authorities tighten controls on major ports such as Antwerp
7 votes -
Governor Gavin Newsom orders homeless sweeps throughout California
38 votes -
Bangladesh imposes curfew after dozens killed in anti-government protests
23 votes -
Five killed and dozens injured in Bangladesh in violent clashes over government jobs quota
14 votes -
National security or legal niceties? Norway picks a path – closing down opportunities for members of the authoritarian axis is not always as easy as it looks.
7 votes -
French government resigns, stays on for now in caretaker role
16 votes -
Kansas Supreme Court reaffirms abortion rights are protected by constitution, striking down two laws
58 votes -
Arizona abortion rights advocates submit double the signatures needed to put constitutional amendment on ballot
63 votes -
Norwegian government has called off a plan to sell the last privately owned piece of land on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard in order to prevent its acquisition by China
30 votes -
The government of Cuba declares itself in a ‘war-time economy’
19 votes -
Los Angeles’s mayor was contemplating a mask ban. She just got Covid.
38 votes -
US Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside
35 votes -
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants had housing.
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
8 votes -
Maryland governor to pardon 175,000 marijuana convictions in sweeping order
52 votes -
US policy ideas for lifesaving technologies
5 votes -
Haiti forms new government as gang violence persists
11 votes -
Foreign interference probe exposes links to “witting” lawmakers in Ottawa
32 votes -
Canadian MPs 'wittingly' aid foreign meddling - report
10 votes -
Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is weaponizing consumer protection laws against nonprofit organizations
23 votes -
School choice programs have been wildly successful under Ron DeSantis. Now Florida public schools might close.
25 votes -
The future starts in South Africa
6 votes -
No wrong doors
14 votes -
Manhattan co-op in crisis spearheads push to cap land rent hikes
10 votes -
If you're seeing this, I'm in jail
54 votes -
As China and Iran hunt for dissidents in the US, the FBI is racing to counter the threat
20 votes -
The existence of a Roma police register is shocking but not surprising. It is directly linked to Norway's long history of antigypsyism.
16 votes -
7,000 Maui short-term rentals could be eliminated under new county bill
20 votes -
Georgia rocked by protests as government pushes Vladimir Putin-style ‘foreign agent’ bill
27 votes -
Arizona governor Katie Hobbs signs abortion ban repeal bill
49 votes