The Dutch city of Utrecht is developing a pilot project for a universal basic income that will launch in January 2017. The Finnish government is designing a trial to see whether giving low-income people a guaranteed basic income destroys their motivation to do any work at all, as critics allege. The idea is not going…
Brazil is being pushed to its limits, environmentally, socially and economically. The increasing amount of government officials facing charges linked to the Petrobras scandal proves yet again how destructive the fossil fuel industry is. We are told that at least US$3bn has been stolen from the state-run firm, by racketeering, bribery and money laundering. All…
Selena Gomez is one busy lady. Between her worldwide Revival Tour and her hilarious new Carpool Karaoke segment with James Corden, it’s a miracle this global superstar has any downtime at all. But when she does get a minute of rest, she of course looks flawless while doing so. Gomez shared a sultry snap from backstage…
Lady Gaga knows how to transform. Just one day after giving us a blast from the past in a retro pink pastel dress for her goddaughter’s baptism, the 30-year-old pop star stepped out of her Manhattan apartment on Monday in a look that proves she defines all things rock star. Gaga graciously took time to…
In the wake of the #OscarsSoWhite uproar at the beginning of the year, which shed light on the prestigious movie Academy’s overwhelmingly white and male member body, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is taking big steps to ensure more inclusivity in Hollywood and reflect more of the industry’s varied backgrounds at one…
(BAGHDAD) — Security forces fired live rounds and tear gas at anti-government protesters in a central Baghdad square Friday, killing three people, in bloody confrontations that continued despite an influential Shiite leader’s call for calm. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani emphasized support for the demonstrators in his weekly religious sermon, saying none of their demands have…
IDEAS Bremmer is a foreign affairs columnist and editor-at-large at TIME. After a month of the most sustained protests Chile has seen since the end of its military dictatorship (1973-1990), President Sebastian Pinera delivered this week the ultimate concession—the offer to rewrite the country’s constitution. It’s a desperate move by Chile’s president to satisfy the…
(VENICE, Italy) — The historic lagoon city of Venice exists on the edge of a double threat: As it sinks, the seas rise. That reality became more stark this week when Venice was hit with its worst flood in over 50 years, caused by a nearly 1.9 meter (6-foot) tide that sent waist-high water flowing…
When Aurora Lo Porto noticed an alarming escalation of racist attitudes on social media in Italy during the past two years, she felt the impulse to act. The medical student had noticed that in her once-welcoming hometown of Catania, Sicily, neighbors and acquaintances had started speaking about immigrants only through harmful stereotypes and unverified data….
The circumstances of Bolivian President Evo Morales’s resignation Nov. 10 have sparked fierce international debate this week. But whether you believe the leftwing leader was forced out by a thinly veiled military coup, or that he resigned in disgrace after a popular revolt over election fraud—or that both could be true—there’s one man who bears…