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The father of the web has a radical plan: the Internet of people
The man who invented the world wide web, knows what the original mission was: a decentralized global network. That is very different from today’s reality where a few big companies—Google, Facebook, Amazon—dominate the Internet. Now, Tim Berners-Lee launches an initiative to create a free and Read More...
Corbyn vows to end 'greed-is-good' capitalism in UK
Last week, British Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn attacked the “greed-is-good” capitalism that he claims has resulted in large swaths of the UK being left behind, promising a raft of new policies including a “green jobs revolution” that will create 400,000 new Read More...
South Africa is the latest country to legalize private marijuana use
South Africa has now become the third country in Africa to legalize marijuana, following Zimbabwe and Lesotho. The new law allows people to use marijuana privately, effectively decriminalizing the personal consumption and possession of the herb. In 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the Read More...
California to launch its own satellite to monitor greenhouse gas levels
Frustrated by Trump’s attempts to minimize NASA’s role in monitoring climate change, California Governor Jerry Brown has announced that California will launch a satellite of its own. The satellite is part of a project to ensure that the state can monitor greenhouse gas emissions fueling climate Read More...
If America wants to solve poverty, creating jobs isn’t the solution
The rhetoric on Capitol Hill is constantly about finding ways to create new jobs in America as a means of solving the issue of poverty. However, the reality is that creating jobs doesn’t lead to a decrease in poverty. Unemployment is down, and millions of jobs are going unfilled every day. The Read More...
New bills will stop the Trump administration from drilling off the Pacific coast
The coast off of California is not open for drilling. That’s the conclusion to be taken from a pair of bills signed by California Gov. Jerry Brown which effectively prevent new drilling projects off the state’s coast. Despite the Trump administration making it clear that it wants to increase Read More...
The supreme court of India has finally decriminalized homosexuality
The world’s biggest democracy, India, has ruled that the country’s LGBTQ community has the same sexual rights as everyone else. In 2009, the supreme court decriminalized homosexuality, but that ruling was then overturned in 2013. Now the 19th-century law has been repealed following a bunch of Read More...
Scotland becomes first nation to guarantee free tampons to students
Scotland made a decision this week that displays why it is truly an evolved, modern civilization. As a part of $6.7 million government plan to fight “period poverty”—the problems faced by women who struggle to cover their basic needs while menstruating—Scotland has guaranteed free sanitary Read More...
This is the real cost of universal basic income (Spoiler: It’s less than you think)
The deceptively simple solution to ridding of poverty and lessening inequality is universal basic income (UBI). Just transfer enough money to everyone, every month, to guarantee a basic livelihood. The policy is universal and unconditional (you get it no matter who you are or what you do.) The only Read More...
Disney animations are helping researchers create a warning system for avalanches
Thanks in part to groundwork laid by the animators of Disney’s Frozen, researchers have figured out how to simulate in awesome detail the moment a so-called slab avalanche shears from a mountain. The rendering isn’t just hypnotic—it may well help develop better avalanche warning systems to Read More...