ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
Among 64 high-income countries and territories, the United States stands out for its high levels of gun violence. The US ranks eighth out of 64 for homicides by firearm (age-adjusted). Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, two US territories, rank first and third on that list. Read more
Gun deaths by country vary widely across the globe, with some countries experiencing high rates of gun deaths while others experience relatively low rates. According to Our World in Data, the top three countries with the highest gun death rates per 100,000 people are El Salvador, Venezuela, and Guatemala. These countries have rates of 35.5, …
Lawmakers in New York City seem poised to pass a bill that would make it illegal to discriminate based on weight and height, according to reports. The bill, introduced by Council Member Shaun Abreu last Spring, would amend the city’s code to prohibit “discrimination on the basis of a person’s height or weight in opportunities of …
The philosophy of Epicurus (341–270 B.C.E.) was a complete and interdependent system, involving a view of the goal of human life (happiness, resulting from absence of physical pain and mental disturbance), an empiricist theory of knowledge (sensations, together with the perception of pleasure and pain, are infallible criteria), a description of nature based on atomistic …
The University of Maryland will soon offer students a minor in anti-Black racism as part of an initiative to build upon the state’s “legacy of racial equity and social justice” and “position the the University of Maryland as a leading anti-Black racist institution.” Read more
Ten years ago, Republicans in the North Carolina state House were lining up to vote against Medicaid expansion for their state. They had an opportunity to open up the program to anybody with income below or just above the poverty line, with the federal government picking up most of the cost through the Affordable Care Act. They …
Take a moment to call to mind a few of your fondest memories, the kind of memory so vivid that you can picture and describe it in rich detail. You might recall a vacation with friends, a concert, the birth of your children, a meteor shower on a summer night, a marriage proposal, that hug …
GiveSendGo, the right-wing website that bills itself as the “#1 FreeChristian Fundraising Site,” is hosting a funding project by neo-Nazi activist Christopher Polhaus to create an all-white community in Maine, reported VICE News on Thursday. Read more
London — A senior Nigerian politician, along with his wife and another man, were found guilty by a U.K. court Thursday of attempted organ trafficking. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a former deputy president of Nigeria’s senate, his wife Beatrice and Dr. Obinna Obeta were convicted of “exploiting a vulnerable victim for illegal organ harvesting” after bringing a …
Congress is often criticized for being unproductive, but the 117th session was one of the most accomplished in recent years. Not every member contributed equally to that legislative hustle, however. A recent ranking from the nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking, a partnership between Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia, identified the least effective members of both chambers at advancing legislation. Read more