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Washington has become the first state to pass laws protecting net neutrality
Although the U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved a measure to remove net neutrality rules in December, Washington state is fighting back. The state governor has signed a bill that protects net neutrality, preventing internet service providers (ISPs) from slowing down or blocking online Read More...
Why is car-crazy Germany so much safer than the USA for pedestrians and cyclists?
Compared to Americans, Germans own fewer cars, drive them shorter distances and less frequently, and walk and cycle and ride transit more often. They have slimmer waistlines to show for their active transport habits and suffer fewer traffic deaths whether in a car or not. They spend less household Read More...
The EU may install “Intelligent Speed Assistance” in all new cars
Each week, 500 deaths occur on EU roads. That’s why Europe is considering to make what they call Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) mandatory on all new cars. ISA works by linking speed limit recognition cameras and GPS data to let the driver know the speed limit. If the driver tries to go Read More...
Regulate weapons like we do in the military, says an army officer
I’m a Regular Army officer and have served in frontline positions in Iraq (this only to mean that I’ve got a very small slice of experience with the practical application of what military grade weapons were designed to do). I’m a southerner who grew up shooting .22s in the field behind the Read More...
How one US state saved $240 million in health care spending
Investment in primary care results in savings in overall health care spending. This has been empirically proven in the state of Oregon. Current innovation in Oregon provides a real world example that can be studied by policy makers, insurers, health care organizations, and consumers for reform and Read More...
Estonia is making the first visa for digital nomads
Visas can be a bane for the fluid-lifestyles of the digital nomad. That’s why the Estonian government is developing a digital nomad visa after noticing that the main barrier to entry workers wanting to work abroad was attaining a proper visa. So how will it work in practice? Though the visa is Read More...
San Diego pays homeless people to pick up trash in new program
San Diego officials are putting homeless people back on the street — but this time to pay them to pick up trash as part of a new program that launched Monday. The homeless people, who are staying at the city’s tented shelters, will be cleaning up trash and clearing brush in downtown San Diego Read More...
What the Swiss can teach the US about controlling violence from guns
Just like the United States, Switzerland has stunningly high rates of gun ownership. But unlike the United States, Switzerland doesn’t have mass shootings. The famously neutral country barely has any shootings at all. With this in mind, what can the US learn from Switzerland when it comes to Read More...
Here are the top 20 countries that deal with corruption best
Transparency International is a human rights organization that has put the issue of corruption on the map. Every year, the organization publishes a Corruption Perceptions Index, providing a global ranking of fairness for 180 countries based on the level of public sector corruption. These are the 20 Read More...
Parkland shooting survivors just proved only teens should interview politicians
“People buy into my agenda,” Marco Rubio blustered, repeatedly, during last night’s #StudentsStandUp event on CNN. Nobody in the live audience was buying into Rubio’s agenda, though. Rather, the crowd was becoming increasingly hostile, with moderator Jake Tapper having to repeatedly ask Read More...