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Retired justice urges repeal of second amendment
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling for the repeal of the Second Amendment to allow for significant gun control Read More...
New bill could allow New Yorkers to ignore after-hours work e-mails
The average New Yorker works more than 49 hours per week, which is longer than people in other large cities across the U.S. In addition, workers spend an extra eight hours per week managing email after work, according to a 2017 survey. With that in mind, the New York city council has proposed a Read More...
What the US can learn from Finland’s approach to homelessness
Per the latest statistics, the number of homeless people in Finland has declined from a high of 18,000 30 years ago, to approximately 7,000: the latter figure includes some 5,000 persons who are temporarily lodging with friends or relatives. In short, the problem has basically been solved. How? By Read More...
How desalination technology can end droughts and feed millions
You don’t need freshwater to grow crops. Don’t believe us? Just look at the horn of Africa where a company built the region’s first sustainable, drought-resistant greenhouse. Using solar power to pump in seawater from the coastline and desalinate it on site, the company is generating Read More...
A billion people can’t prove their identity, the blockchain is going to help them
More than a billion people can’t vote, open a bank account or even access government services: they can’t prove their identity. But the blockchain technology that drives cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin can help. The blockchain creates an immutable record that can serve as proof without the need Read More...
Dozens of U.S. states are now considering plans to keep net neutrality rules
When California proposed a bill this week to preserve net neutrality rules in the state, it was the most comprehensive effort in the nation. The bill would even move beyond the protections that the FCC recently moved to roll back. But the bill is only one way states are moving to keep the rules Read More...
California is defying the FCC and trying to bring back net neutrality
Even though the FCC tried to enforce rules that would stop states from reversing their recent decision to abolish net neutrality regulations, that hasn’t stopped some states from rebelling. Washington state enacted its own net neutrality rules earlier this month, and now California might follow Read More...
US teens can stop school shootings by befriending loners, says #WalkUpNotOut
US students from coast-to-coast are planning to walk out of their high schools today to protest lax gun laws and demand protection from school shooters by the federal government. But a counter-movement is brewing on social media, which suggests students use the power of friendship, not agitating Read More...
A 1980s study on juvenile crime in Japan sheds light on American gun culture
In 1982, John Beck—a strategy advisor and former business professor at Harvard and UCLA—was a 22-year-old Harvard student working on his thesis on juvenile crime in Japan. In the 1980s, Japan had seen an uncharacteristic increase in juvenile crime, which was associated Read More...
How one mom leads millions to take on the NRA
The day before the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, Shannon Watts was a stay-at-home mom of five and former communications executive with around 75 friends on Facebook. The day after the tragedy, says Watts, she started a Facebook group from the computer in her Read More...