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 politics.usa Article 1623 words 15 votes
Bill to legalize Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes in California heads to Governor Gavin Newsom's desk politics.usa Article 364 words 27 votes
Norway wealth tax pushes the rich to move to Switzerland – millionaire prime minister has embarked on a push to tax the wealthiest for social justice politics Article 77 words 41 votes
The Ezra Klein Show: Interview with Jennifer Pahlka about where government policy implementation goes wrong (and why government doesn't always work well) politics.usa Article 6586 words, published Jun 6 2023 7 votes
A huge threat to the US budget has receded. No one is sure why (a decade of Medicare spending growth and projections). politics.usa Article 1124 words 18 votes
Poland cuts tax for first-time homebuyers and raises it for those buying multiple properties politics Link 29 votes
Schoolkids in eight US states can now eat free school meals, advocates urge Congress for nationwide policy politics.usa Article 1035 words 85 votes
Finland has finished inventorying its existing bomb shelters in a government effort prompted by neighbouring Russia's invasion of Ukraine – found 50,500 politics Article 329 words 22 votes
Sweden seeks to stem deadly rise in youth crime – illegal guns are relatively accessible, with younger and younger children being drawn into serious crime politics Article 1214 words 14 votes
‘They fired on us like rain’: Saudi Arabian mass killings of Ethiopian migrants at the Yemen-Saudi border politics Article 1136 words 13 votes
Massachusetts passed a 4% millionaire's tax last year. Now every public-school student is going to get free lunch. politics.usa Article 392 words 71 votes
Finland should aim to leave the European Union in the long term, the far-right Perussuomalaiset's Jussi Halla-aho said ahead of his party congress politics Article 509 words 19 votes
Three-year-old migrant dies during trip to Chicago on bus sponsored by Texas politics.usa Article 576 words 41 votes
Japan’s Fumio Kishida hopes to further strengthen strategic cooperation with US and South Korea at summit politics.usa Article 514 words 5 votes
US President Joe Biden's IRA shuts Africa out of critical minerals supply chains politics.usa Article 958 words 6 votes
"Blood on your hands" - The legal dimension of metaphors in the case of Zooey Zephyr politics.usa Link 7 votes
First religious charter school in the US faces legal challenge politics.usa Article 664 words 21 votes
Bernie Sanders 'disappointed, but not surprised,' as US Senate rejects 10% military spending cut politics.usa Article 587 words 17 votes
Italy needs immigration, admits Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as she softens her stance politics Article 196 words 13 votes
What the data says about food stamps in the US politics.usa Article 2211 words, published Jul 19 2023 10 votes
Why can't we stop homelessness in the US? Four reasons why there's no end in sight. politics.usa Article 1355 words 50 votes
Prime Minister Mark Rutte hands in resignation as Dutch government collapses over asylum row politics Article 669 words 19 votes
When Sweden joins NATO its submarines will help the alliance redress its vulnerability in northwest Europe – the Baltic Sea politics Article 538 words 21 votes
Canada to launch 'digital nomad strategy,' other measures to woo international talent politics Article 555 words 18 votes
Protesters gather in Helsinki over ministers' far-right links – several hundred people protest against new rightwing administration's austerity and immigration-cutting programme politics Article 984 words 10 votes
Although Finland's Åland archipelago is strategically located in the Baltic Sea, an agreement prevents any military presence there – but perhaps this could change politics Article 1240 words 8 votes
US Senate proposes that radioactive contamination of NATO territory caused by Russia be considered as attack on Alliance politics.usa Article 534 words 29 votes
Finland's far-right Perussuomalaiset party has agreed to enter a coalition government with the centre-right Kokoomus and two other groups politics Article 33 words 12 votes
Hoping to avert nuclear crisis, US seeks informal agreement with Iran politics.usa Article 1634 words 5 votes
Headteachers warn UK facing ‘dangerous’ teacher shortage as recruitment crisis deepens politics Article 26 votes
Backing Russia is costing China in Europe politics.usa Article 919 words, published May 30 2023 9 votes
United States will soon open a small diplomatic mission in Norway – only mission above Arctic Circle politics.usa Article 304 words 7 votes
Brazil sends thousands of Venezuelan migrants to country's rich southern states politics Article 1282 words, published May 16 2023 7 votes
Taiwan is competing for arms with the Middle East, not Ukraine politics.usa Article 1540 words 2 votes
Trendy neighbourhood in Copenhagen bracing for major protests over anti-ghetto law – critics say it's racist and pushing out remaining social housing politics Article 641 words 5 votes
Joe Biden, Ferdinand Marcos Jr affirm US-Philippines security ties politics.usa Article 930 words 2 votes
As it joins NATO, Finland recorded its highest year-on-year increase in military spending since 1962 – global military spending rose by 3.7% in real terms politics Article 6 votes