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24 votes
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Finland will review whether to reintroduce antipersonnel land mines for improved defenses against Russia on the NATO defense bloc's longest land border with its main adversary
24 votes -
Latest chat control proposal was voted down but only just
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40% of new Netherlands housing construction halted by two-thirds affordable requirement
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Why US Democrats got the politics of immigration so wrong for so long
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UC Berkeley scholar discusses higher education under US President-Elect Donald Trump's government
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Policy Window: A surprising lack of discussions regarding healthcare policy reform
Rather than rehash all the conversations about the identity or motive of the person who killed the United Healthcare CEO, I'd love to have a discussion about the policy window it seems to have...
Rather than rehash all the conversations about the identity or motive of the person who killed the United Healthcare CEO, I'd love to have a discussion about the policy window it seems to have opened. This is the first time we've seen widespread, bi-partisan support for an issue - seemingly medicare for all - but I can't find anyone actually talking about policy. None of the big legacy media organizations like BBC or CNN, or your typical cast of medicare for all characters like Bernie Sanders. I'm not sure if silence on the topic to insulate folks from being labelled "cold or heartless", but it seems like systematic issues with the insurance industry is at the core of what has everyone so riled up. Am I missing some large scale discussion happening that is actually focusing on regulatory change or is it just not happening?
Maybe to the heart of the question for those better informed than myself: What can we do from a grassroots perspective to push for regulatory reform while this is still fresh in the public eye? There seems to be momentum, can it be funneled into something meaningful?
I realize the threads I've seen on the topic have been locked, so if you participate in the discussion please keep this policy related. We all have strong feeling about what happened, but as much as we can let's stay on topic.
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Public housing in the US was set up to fail but public funds still provide housing for a couple million people
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Chat control is back on agenda, again
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China bans export of critical minerals to US as trade tensions escalate
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'Bodies are piling up': Reporter finds some states are hiding abortion ban death toll
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Wall Street is banking on US President-Elect Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown
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What really happened after California raised its minimum wage to $20 for fast food workers
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Norwegian Parliament votes to extend abortion access to eighteen weeks into a pregnancy, adding six weeks to a limit set in 1978 when the procedure was first legalized
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Towards a new nuclear arms race? Vladimir Putin, the breakdown of nuclear treaty limits and MIRVs.
13 votes -
Amphibious warfare center set up in Norway in the latest move by a NATO member to beef up its operations on Russia's Arctic doorstep
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Icelanders will elect a new parliament Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced PM Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition government
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Germany: 288,000 foreign workers needed annually until 2040
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Denmark's uprooting of settled residents from ‘ghettos’ forms part of aggressive plan to assimilate nonwhite inhabitants
22 votes -
The most anti-school voucher county in Kentucky
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An antitrust advocate reflects on the US Democratic Party's cult of powerlessness
16 votes -
China population set for 51 million drop as pro-birth moves fail
29 votes -
California legacy pot growers struggle
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Montana voters approve abortion rights in state constitution
29 votes -
Fewer kids are going to California public schools. Is there a right way to close campuses?
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Norway's parliament has apologised to minority groups and Indigenous people for historical injustices committed against them as part of its “Norwegianisation” policy
14 votes -
Donald Trump expected to try to halt US TikTok ban, allies say
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Can Donald Trump reduce the US trade deficit?
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Norway unveils plans to boost spending to combat antisemitism against the backdrop of rising terrorism threats linked to Jewish and Israeli targets
7 votes -
A pregnant teenager died after trying to get care in three visits to Texas emergency rooms
81 votes -
The lines at US food banks are growing longer
24 votes -
Donald Trump US tariffs would increase laptop prices by $350+, other electronics by as much as 40%
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Migrant deportations to increase, says EU chief Ursula Von der Leyen
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Donald Trump and the Joe Biden White House both say the United States should have a sovereign wealth fund – Norway, home to the world's largest, may offer a few lessons
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Iceland on track for snap election as government falls – disagreements on issues including foreign policy and asylum seekers, says Bjarni Benediktsson
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German government plans to reform adoption law, allowing unmarried couples to adopt and a child to have two mothers
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Takeaways from AP's report on affordable housing disappearing across the US
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Russia is changing its nuclear doctrine - atomic coercion, Ukraine and the nuclear threshold
18 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)
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EU supreme court will hear arguments on whether Danish law limiting the concentration of ethnic minorities in certain neighbourhoods violates EU anti-discrimination law
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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
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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)
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California fails to track its homelessness spending or results, a new audit says
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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
10 votes -
Doctors have urged Finland's rightwing government to change “problematic and damaging” plans to ban undocumented people from accessing non-emergency healthcare
13 votes -
Germany’s expansion of border controls is testing European unity
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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
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!
11 votes