Off the Rock and under the radar

Off the Rock and under the radar

South Sudanese refugees flee a United Nations base while under attack in Malakai last February. (Justin Lynch/AFP/Getty Images) Welcome to The Beachcomber’s new weekly offering of noteworthy, non-Vashon news stories from around the world and closer to home, that you might have missed in the noise of the latest media melt down.

Europe: Do you think basic income is a good idea? Finland has just launched a two-year pilot study of basic income for its unemployed citizens in an effort to find out. It is the first country-wide trial of its kind in the western world, though as […]

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