VRT

Federal Finance Minister warns of the economic consequences of failing to make progress on the budget

Speaking on Thursday, the Federal Finance Minister Vincent Van Peteghem (Flemish Christian democrat) warned that failing to ...

General strike in Belgium against coalition government’s austerity programme

The militant movement in Belgium is part of a continent-wide fightback by the working class. In recent weeks there have been ...
VRT

Flemish Government launches new initiative to improve Dutch language skills among adults with a different mother tongue

The Flemish Government has announced a new initiative to boost the teaching of Dutch as second language for adults. The ‘Nederlands werkt!’ (Dutch Works) initiative contains a total of 8 concreate ...

How the governing Christian Democrats pave the way for the far-right Alternative for Germany

Advocates of direct cooperation with the AfD are now so strong that the CDU's executive committee met for a two-day retreat ...

A long history of ‘Who is Christian?’ and a more hopeful future

Instead of falling into the same heated and well-worn debates, different perspectives on the Christ can lead to rich ...

Something Is Stirring in Christian America, and It’s Making Me Nervous

In the Book of Galatians, Paul contrasts the fruit of the spirit with what he called the “acts of the flesh,” the sins that ...
The New York Times

Democracy and Its Discontents

Experts at the Athens Democracy Forum this week will explore the challenges to democracy, from artificial intelligence and subversion to complacency and inequality. By Steven Erlanger Steven Erlanger ...
Townhall

Unaccountable Kamala, and the 'Confidently Dumb' Democratic Party

“Confidently dumb” describes Kamala to a T, or a C and a D. The caustic reviews of 107 Days are far more accurate, not just of the book, but of her political career. Stephen A. Smith, so far, is the ...
Time

Republican and Democratic Lawmakers React to Government Shutdown as Blame Game Ensues

Republicans and Democrats react to government shutdown, TIME interviews 'Wicked' actor Jonathan Bailey, and more Length: Long Speed: 1.0x The federal government shut down at midnight after a stalemate ...
The Atlantic

How Democrats Backed Themselves Into a Shutdown

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. The government shutdown that began at 12:01 a.m. is the sixth such ...
The Spokesman-Review

Northwest Democrats and Republicans dig in for messaging battle as government shutdown begins

WASHINGTON – Congressional Democrats and Republicans from the Northwest blamed each other Tuesday for an imminent government shutdown, as the Senate failed to pass a short-term spending bill amid a ...
USA Today

See which Democrats broke ranks to fund the government

WASHINGTON – As the clock ticked on Sept. 30 to a government shutdown, several Senate Democrats broke ranks with their party to vote for a Republican-backed funding measure that would have kept the ...