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Canada wants to welcome 1 million new immigrants in the next three years
Remember when you said you wanted to move to Canada? Now is a good time to start packing your bags. The Canadian Parliament has announced plans to add more than one million new permanent residents in the next three years. That's nearly one percent of the country's population each year. Canada Read More...
Local businesses are pitching in to prevent Yellowstone from closing down
Amid the government shutdown, National Parks are suffering from a lack of employees to collect entrance fees, gather trash or clean bathrooms. Thus, with overflowing trash and unsanitary toilets, parks are shutting down. An exception is Yellowstone National Park, which is benefiting from local Read More...
One of America’s most progressive new political leaders is a white, middle-aged man
Gavin Newsom, 51, was sworn in yesterday as California’s newest governor—and his budget suggests that he plans to make families a Read More...
America's youngest congresswoman launches radical plan to tax the rich
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez began her term as the youngest woman ever elected to the US Congress with a bang this week by proposing to tax the ultra-rich at 60 or 70 percent. The daughter of working-class parents, the 29-year-old New Yorker was following up on her campaign promise. “People are going Read More...
The weapons effect: How equipping police with Tasers fuels hostilities
In June 2016, the City of London police force began to equip some of its frontline officers with Tasers, or "conducted energy devices," as they are known in such circles. The move was the first of its kind in England and Wales, and criminologists from the University of Cambridge used the shift to Read More...
Angela Merkel: Germany to take greater role to defend global order in 2019
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated in her annual New Year’s address that the country will take on greater responsibility internationally in the coming year. Merkel mentioned the increasing threats to world order posed by climate change, migration, terrorism, and populism, and how Read More...
Study shows why tax cuts are not the way to fix the economy
A new study shows that cutting taxes for higher income groups is not the way to go in order to solve the social challenge of wealth inequality. Instead, more direct forms of wealth redistribution are necessary if society is to adopt a meaningful level of financial equality. The research also Read More...
Nevada becomes first US state with majority-female legislature
Nevada became the first state in the US with an overall female majority in its legislature on Tuesday when county officials in Las Vegas appointed two women to fill vacancies in the state assembly. The appointments of the Democrats Rochelle Thuy Nguyen and Beatrice “Bea” Angela Duran to two Las Read More...
Human rights can help fix the economy. Here's how
As we mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) this week, we might pause to reflect upon how relevant it is today in a world dominated by finance. “Highly”, you might Read More...
How a former refugee became mayor of an American city
27 years later after managing to flee his country devastated by civil war, Liberian refugee Wilmot Collins was elected as mayor of Montana’s state capital. His inspirational story speaks to the potential for newcomers to give back to their new country, tapping into the fortitude forged in Read More...