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Science & Nature Three watery ecosystems endowed with legal protections earn an author’s admiration...Read MoreBecki Damron

Human Rights Foundation launches Bitcoin Alliance to aid global civil liberties Gino Matos · 3 weeks ago · 2 min read The nonprofit will act as a platform to exchange knowledge on using Bitcoin as a censorship-resistant financial tool.  2 min read Updated: Apr. 11, 2025 at 9:18 am UTC Cover art/illustration via CryptoSlate. Image

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has announced a new round of grants from its Bitcoin Development Fund, distributing 1 billion satoshis (10 BTC) to over 20 projects worldwide. The grants aim to support open-source Bitcoin development, mining decentralization, privacy tools, and educational initiatives for individuals living under authoritarian regimes, with a focus on Latin America

An advocacy group for patients' rights on Thursday welcomed a government proposal to allow non-locally trained nurses to work in Hong Kong without taking a licensing exam, but said authorities must make sure they don’t quickly leave the public healthcare system. Alex Lam, from Hong Kong Patients’ Voices...

By Steve Holland ATLANTA, Ga. (Reuters) -President Joe Biden told Americans to look towards Martin Luther King Jr.’s life for lessons on repairing their divisions, extremism and injustice, as he become the first sitting U.S. president to speak at a Sunday service in the civil rights leader’s church in...

BMG has officially acquired the “music interests” of “Show Me the Way” vocalist, songwriter, and producer Peter Frampton as part of a far-reaching deal. Bertelsmann’s BMG unveiled its agreement with 72-year-old Peter Frampton – one of several song-rights investments that the Berlin-based business has made to this point in 2022...

In Canadian law, liberty is not simply "the ability to do what one wants," according to Crown lawyer Noah Wernikowski...