AI firm [Midjourney] considers banning creation of political images for 2024 elections politics Article 737 words 31 votes
Joe Biden’s chances of US re-election are better than they appear politics Article 1090 words, published Feb 1 2024 34 votes
House Republicans are helping Vladimir Putin – Their cynicism over Ukraine weakens America and makes the world less safe politics Article 624 words 36 votes
Family of Swedish EU diplomat Johan Floderus, imprisoned in Iran for more than 663 days, fear death penalty verdict is imminent politics Article 902 words 17 votes
Geert Wilders’ hopes of becoming Dutch PM dim after centrist party quits talks politics Article 903 words 13 votes
Megathread - Update on state court cases challenging legality of Donald Trump candidacy under the 14th amendment section 3 of the US constitution politics Article 347 words 45 votes
US Republican congressman from Georgia jokes about dropping migrant from helicopters echoing extreme right Pinochet meme about political violence politics Article 978 words 17 votes
Secretive US right wing advocacy group promotes model legislation to limit public nuisance claims like those responsible for tobacco and opioid verdicts politics Article 1021 words 18 votes
Fifty years since Sweden first introduced state-funded parental leave for couples to share – pioneering policy offers some surprising lessons for other countries politics Article 2564 words 19 votes
Only the Middle East can fix the Middle East – The path to a post-American regional order politics Article 5016 words, published Feb 1 2024 11 votes
NGOs allowed to seize €2.9 million from Belgian government for failure to shelter asylum seekers politics Article 560 words 13 votes
US Senator Bernie Sanders set to interrogate pharma executives about prices politics Article 1381 words 33 votes
Finland has rejected the far right, but is the country ready for a gay, Green head of state in Pekka Haavisto? politics Article 736 words 8 votes
An AI-generated image of a Victorian MP raises wider questions on digital ethics politics Article 1849 words 9 votes
Congo’s least bad elections: How a fragile democracy inched forward—and how it can consolidate the gains politics Link 11 votes
Alexander Stubb won the first round of Finland's presidential election and will face runner-up Pekka Haavisto in a runoff next month politics Article 664 words 6 votes
‘America is under attack’: Inside the anti-D.E.I. crusade politics Article 4155 words, published Jan 20 2024 27 votes
Donald Trump and the nightmare of tyranny lurking within the American dream politics Article 1003 words 27 votes
Specter of academic plagiarism has now reached the heart of Norwegian politics, toppling one government minister and leaving a second fighting for her political career politics Article 1015 words 10 votes
Canada announces cap on international students for next two years politics Article 762 words 29 votes
Why is Israel sending Palestinian taxes to Norway? Public money destined for Gaza has been frozen by Israel since November. politics Article 1001 words 13 votes
After seven years in the political wilderness, Alexander Stubb is closing in on a remarkable comeback and new top job: president of Finland politics Article 1040 words 7 votes
Michael Bloomberg's funding keeps US gun control advocacy on a tight messaging leash politics Article 4355 words 7 votes
The West needs to show it values all human life – Accusations of double standards sting because they have a point politics Article 1083 words 23 votes
Denmark's far-right, populist Nye Borgerlige party is being dissolved – other right-wing parties applaud, spying greater share of votes politics Article 206 words, published Jan 10 2024 14 votes
Finland must crack down on hate speech against minorities if it's to appear “united against all external threats” says presidential hopeful Pekka Haavisto politics Article 1100 words 14 votes
Rebecca Solnit: Slow change can be radical change politics Article 1787 words, published Jan 11 2024 19 votes
The price of Benjamin Netanyahu’s ambition – the Prime Minister seems unable to distinguish between his own interests and his country’s politics Article 11 749 words 21 votes
The US Supreme Court will evaluate the constitutional validity of local ordinances barring homeless from sleeping on streets and sidewalks politics Article 405 words 35 votes
In a setback for Beijing, Taiwan elects Lai Ching-te as president politics Article 1661 words 30 votes
‘We are ready for a war’: Somalia threatens conflict with Ethiopia over breakaway region [the Somaliland deal with Ethiopia] politics Article 828 words 9 votes
Finnish presidential frontrunner Alexander Stubb said NATO should become "more European" politics Article 587 words 14 votes