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Peace agreement with FARC

mardi 4 octobre 2016 à 02:00

Colombians voted to reject the peace agreement with the FARC. The cease-fire remains in effect.

Tax on plastic bags

mardi 4 octobre 2016 à 02:00

The tax on plastic bags in stores in the UK has been a great success in reducing litter. 90% of people carry bags with them all the time.

I've done that for several years now.

Stop gentrification

mardi 4 octobre 2016 à 02:00

Tenants in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, fight to stop gentrification.

These struggles are worth trying, but what we really need is a lot more housing construction in our cities. To unlock this, we must eliminate the zoning requirements that limit how much housing can be built.

It is ok if the new housing is only for rich people, as long as there is plenty of it. That will drive down the price of the existing housing.

CIA tortures

mardi 4 octobre 2016 à 02:00

CIA torture victims, later released, deserve compensation for the crime committed against them.

Black immigrants in US

mardi 4 octobre 2016 à 02:00

Black immigrants in the US are more likely to be deported after committing crimes than non-black immigrants, in similar cases.