The Yazidi religion has reduced its patriarchical attitude towards women enough to stop exiling women who have been raped.

24 states resist the troll's demand for everyone's voting histories.

However, in any states that yield to this demand, Republicans will use the data for their benefit, as well as to formulate methods of voter suppression.

China has unilaterally cancelled its agreement with Britain about the status of Hong Kong. Like a somewhat more urbane version of the troll, China calculates that Britain will eat humble pie because it is desperate for Chinese business.

If You Think the EU Should Stand Up to Trump, Then It Must Stand Up to China.

Residents of the Grenfell Tower housing project approved a more fire-resistant metal cladding, then the local government quietly substituted another that was more flammable in order to cut costs.

The local government behavior was culpable, and so was the pressure to cut costs, which came from the Tories in Parliament.

The UK thugs will stop monitoring some registered sex offenders who are very unlikely to commit a sexual crime in the future.

If only 0.13% of the people in the list ever commit a sexual crime, you could conclude that the list is very effective. Or you could conclude that most of the people on the list were put on it through hypercaution and it is mostly useless.

We know that in the US people have been put on the sex offenders list for bad reasons.