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Civic space is one of those things you won't notice until it's gone. The United Nations defines it as “the environment that enables people and groups to participate meaningfully in the political, economic, social and cultural life of their societies.” Measuring civic space is as much about laws as…
Something massive is hiding underground: large networks of tiny threads, each many times thinner than a hair. If laid out end to end, they would stretch about 110 quadrillion kilometres – roughly 730 million times the distance from Earth to the sun. These tiny threads are fungi, specifically…
It’s 15.25 outside the Schottenhamel Festzelt, the oldest Oktoberfest beer tent in Munich, with space for around 9,000 people. A small crowd of women in dirndls (traditional Alpine dresses) of varying sleeve-puffiness and neckline depth, and men in assorted shades of brown leather shorts, is…
A burning building, charging police officers and witty slogans disappearing in a haze of tear gas: high schoolers are protesting all over France. And today, a national day of demonstrations is taking place. What's going on? On 21 September, teachers at a high school in the Paris suburbs went on…
“Tax the rich” is a rallying cry for some to raise government revenue, but the Netherlands actually loses money on its household capital income tax. Governments tax the money a household makes from what it owns – its capital income, which includes returns on savings and investments, and rental…
What happened: Less than two weeks ago, Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was evicted from the flat in Madrid she had lived in for over 70 years, after the building’s new owner, a real estate company called Urbagestión, raised her rent from €500 to €2,650. Her case sparked outrage over the situation in…
The EU promised to sanction Israeli ministers and partially suspend the EU-Israel trade agreement in September 2025. Neither has happened. Why? Shortly after European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen made those promises, Donald Trump announced a ceasefire in Gaza, and the EU largely…
“Cognitive dissonance” is when you hold two conflicting views. Or keep doing something even though you know it conflicts with your beliefs. It's not really a surprise to me that there's chemical pollution around me. I can smell car fumes and see plastic lying in the grass on my way to work. Local…
“Fewer planes, more life,” read one of the banners carried by protesters in Barcelona a couple of weeks ago. Together with demonstrators in the Balearic Islands, they were opposing airport expansions that would bring even more tourists to already overcrowded places. Four of the 12 airports that…
Of course not. But you might be able to get more people to care about it. Pablo Rodriguez came up with this idea while talking to a friend about how to get fellow residents involved in his local campaign: stopping the city board from turning a tree-covered square into a car park. Pablo and his team…
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