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Labour MPs Demand the Decriminalisation of Drug Possession

The party's drug policy reform group wants a 'new approach' to the war on drugs, including a possible legalised cannabis market in Britain.
Mattha Busby
9.22.20
News

Police Investigating After Hate Groups Invade Anti-Racism Rally

Video shows All Lives Matter protesters crashing an anti-racism rally in Alberta where they screamed at and, in one incident, assaulted the rally-goers.
Kevin Maimann
9.22.20
Astro Guide

Daily Horoscope: September 23, 2020

The moon enters Capricorn today.
Annabel Gat
9.22.20
News

Indigenous Leaders Say Commercial Fishermen Are Threatening Them Over Lobster

The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs issued a state of emergency on Friday in response to the alleged violence.
Anya Zoledziowski
9.22.20
Drugs

Duterte Labels Drug War Critics Malevolent Predators Who "Ooze Blood”

The President of the Philippines used his inaugural United Nations speech to lash out at human rights campaigners who are in the line of fire in the country's war on drugs
Max Daly
Anthony Esguerra
9.22.20
Tech news

OpenAI Exclusively Licensed Its Language-Generating Software to Microsoft

Under the deal Microsoft gets unique access to the powerful model's code, which has never been shared publicly, and can offer GPT-3 to its customers.
Jordan Pearson
9.22.20
Internet

Users Are Starting to Report Internet Speeds From SpaceX’s Starlink

The low-orbit satellite service should be a huge step up for rural Americans. But experts say it won’t be the game changer many expect.
Karl Bode
9.22.20
immigration

ICE Released Another Woman Who Complained of Questionable Gynecological Surgery

Mileidy Cardentey Fernandez says she didn't understand the procedure she underwent at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia.
Greg Walters
9.22.20
News

Canadians Are Buying Way More Weed During the Pandemic

Spending went up $79 million in the months after lockdown orders took place.
Manisha Krishnan
9.22.20
The War On Drugs
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How Super-Strength Weed Dominated the UK

In the early-2000s, the War on Drugs tried to stop smokers getting high on hash. However, this led to the UK getting its very own domestic ‘skunk’ industry.
violence against women

Forced to Abort, Tortured: Indian Women Continue to Face Violence Over Obsession With Male Children

In the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a man ripped open his pregnant wife’s belly to find out if it was a boy.
Pallavi Pundir
9.22.20
colonialism

Colonizers Stole Africa's Art; This Man Is Taking It Back

Mwazulu Diyabanza has spent the summer of 2020 trying to reclaim African art from museums in Europe.
Leah Feiger
9.22.20
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