Open Rights Group has responded to government proposals to tackle domestic abuse in the UK. Policy Manager, Sophia Akram said: “It’s important that the government is committed to tackling domestic abuse and supporting the women and girls who are affected by it. However, plans to create a digital tool that would identify people as perpetrators […]
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A stocktaking on the impact of the economic sanctions against Russia.
After pretending to be powerless, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is now talking tough and promising new railroad safety rules.
Incumbents do better than they ought to due to the opposition failing to unify sufficienlty against their main target.
The outcome of the Supreme Court case Sackett v. EPA may limit the ability to prevent pollution of our nation’s waters and combat climate change.
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Solnit sees hope as central to the clmate change fight. Is that belief well founded?
If voters can't be scared by the threat of the 'woke left' devaluing their house – they might be scared by it devaluing their childhood, writes Graham Williamson
When the second and final series of Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights was released into 2002’s lucrative home DVD market, it became the fastest-selling British television DVD in the format’s history, outselling Ricky Gervais’ The Office by two to one. But where The Office lingered in popular memory through streaming, regular repeats, and an American remake, […]
Mainstream outlets are missing the real story of the times.
A science fiction magazine shuts down submissions.
The Voice to Parliament referendum is a historic milestone for Indigenous peoples, yet many Australians fail to understand its significance. read now...The RBA governor has consistently sought refuge in claims that wage pressures in Australia are building and justify the central bank rate hikes – 9 consecutive increases since May 2022. The RBA has chosen to seriously mislead the Australian public on this issue and when confronted with publicly-available data that justifies that conclusion they claim…
The Chinese balloon saga exposed blatant political opportunism by MAGA Republicans and ended in a farce with jet fighters shooting down party balloons. read now..."Every brazen money-making strategy should feel included"
Genaro García Luna was convicted on Tuesday of accepting millions in cartel bribes. But the information U.S. officials had went mostly unexplored.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided not to replace Queen Elizabeth II’s portrait on the Australian $5 note with the features of King Charles III. read now...The AP and the NY Times interviewed the Special Grand Jury forewoman in the Fulton County election interference case. She was surprisingly open, although she did say that she was following the guidelines laid out by the judge overseeing the case. Here are just a few tidbits from the AP article: During a lengthy recent interview, Kohrs complied with the judge’s instructions not to discuss details related to the jury’s deliberations. She also declined to talk about unpublished portions of the panel’s final report. But her general characterizations provided unusual insight into a process that is typically cloaked in secrecy. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who was on the receiving end of Trump’s pressure campaign, was “a really geeky kind of funny,” she said. State House Speaker David Ralston, who died in November, was hilarious and had the room in stitches. And Gov. Brian Kemp, who succeeded in delaying his appearance until after his reelection in November, seemed unhappy to be there. Kohrs was fascinated by an explainer on Georgia’s voting machines offered by a former Dominion Voting Systems executive.
