Drug testing welfare recipients raises questions about data profiling and discrimination
May 12, 2017 06:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
The Australian governments proposed random drug test trial for welfare recipients is not so random. Announced as part of the 2017 federal budget, Treasurer Scott Morrison wants 5,000 people on Newstart or Youth...
Austrian Court Forcing Facebook To Remove Hate Speech
May 09, 2017 03:38 am UTC| Technology Law
Even though it has been making a lot of effort to show the world that it is at least doing a few things about fake news and hate speech, Facebook has been notorious for leaving its users alone whenever they put up hateful...
Catholics vow to go hard in schools fight with government
May 08, 2017 04:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The battle between the Catholics and the government on the schools funding plan appears to be ramping up, with Catholic education authorities deciding to intensify their campaign. Catholic education sources said a...
Obamacare repeal vote shows power of US hard right
May 07, 2017 09:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
Since the passage of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, Republicans have attempted to repeal it. In March, the first attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare under President Trump failed, as both...
Court ruling is a first step toward controlling air pollution from livestock farms
May 05, 2017 01:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Editors note: Most livestock farming in industrialized countries takes place on large enclosed farms, known in the United States as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), that house hundreds or thousands of...
A 147-year-old dispute between church and state spills onto a school playground
May 03, 2017 02:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The United States Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a case from Missouri that could have a significant impact on state funding of religious schools. The case involved a church in Missouri, the Trinity...
Why Dodd-Frank – or its repeal – won't save us from the next crippling Wall Street crash
May 03, 2017 01:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Republicans appear poised to roll back Wall Street regulations passed after the 2008 financial crisis. Democrats argue doing so would be a monumental mistake. Its been framed as a typical fight over regulation....
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