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California just made a huge positive step in Healthcare

Governor Jerry Brown made California the fourth state in the US on Monday to allow physician assisted dying. Yes, only the fourth, and it's disappointing that the numbers (or the lack of) overshadow the real achievement. Everyone has the right to live, and everyone should have the right to die. Of course life is sacred, but the opponents of this law must not seriously think that California's true intentions are to have a genocide. They simply just want to help those people who have no hope of a cure, and are suffering. That's it, there is no story here, Everyone is allowed to make their decisions about their life and body. If you can go and get an abortion from a professional, you should also be able to go to your doctor to die. They are there to help you and to lessen your pain. In any way possible. Of course we support that background checks must take place, and several doctors (including psychologists) should sign off before you are allowed to die. You sho...

It's a Make-or-Break for Greece

Greece will decide it's future tomorrow. Citizens will be heading to the polling booths to vote in a referendum on the bailout of the economy. It will be the first referendum in the country in four decades, but even without it, the stakes are high. Very high. New Government. IMF negotiations. Euro. Grexit. And many more... Tensions are high on the streets as both the Yes and No campaigns are holding mass rallies and are trying to convince people to chose their sides. A Yes vote is widely seen as a yes to Europe and to continued negotiations, while a No vote will bring serious changes to the country. For the past few days, the Greek people have been limited to 60 Euros per person from the ATM's, and many people are worried that their savings will be lost. The banks are worried too, because they predict that they will run out of money by monday. There have also been reports of violence and looting across the capital, as people are trying to salvage...

Special Report from Amsterdam: anti-Semitism in 21st Century Europe

Walking around the picturesque canals of Amsterdam, one can see the modern side of this beautiful European city. However, the Dutch Capital is full of history, and is home to one of the darkest stories of all. Anne Frank. Anne Frank is someone that the modern generation is sadly often less and less familiar with. Or what is even worse, they chose to be ignorant about it. Amsterdam is perhaps one of the most multicultural cities in the world, and is full of people who were born outside of the Netherlands. In fact, about a third of the city's population today is foreign born. The city also has a very large Muslim population, compared to the 2% who consider themselves Jewish.  And we all are familiar with the tensions among the two religious groups. The situation really is worrying, and there is no clear solution. Society and humans should be embarrassed that only 70 years after the Nazis, we are returning to a similar s...