ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
Like any other uniquely human ability, imagination is a function of the mind: our creativity is down to us having the kind of mind we have. This means that, if we want to understand how imagination operates, we must trace it to how the mind is structured. Cognitive scientists and philosophers of mind call this structure …
Temecia and Rodney Jackson welcomed their daughter Mila with a licensed midwife, Cheryl Edinbyrd, two weeks ago. Shortly after her birth, Mila developed a mild case of jaundice, which resulted in the yellowing of skin and whites of the eyes. Temecia took her to their pediatrician of ten years with her two sons, as reported …
Back in the day, our nation’s Founders had this crazy idea “to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility.” Read more
Since the publication of the previous edition in 2014, the Global Study on Homicide has been expanded into a special six-booklet format, five of which are dedicated to thematic areas relevant to the study of the ultimate crime. Read more
After years of decline, crime rose during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly violent crime. Using available but incomplete data, this analysis seeks to set out a clear and accurate summary of what is known so far about recent trends in crime and violence. While researchers have begun to identify some of the factors that may have …
Ten days after a shooter unloaded 152 rounds at a Nashville school and killed six people, Tennessee House Republicans on Thursday expelled from the General Assembly two Democratic lawmakers for breaking House rules and mounting a gun-reform protest on the chamber’s floor. Read more
This 2019 documentary tells the stories of young women coerced into prostitution – and follows one police unit that’s committed to rooting out sexual exploitation. Watch the Video
After winning the supermajority in Wisconsin’s senate Tuesday, Republicans are already vying to impeach newly elected Democratic State Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz from the seat that she won Tuesday, April 4, NBC reports. Read more
When World War I broke out across Europe in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the United States would remain neutral, and many Americans supported this policy of nonintervention. However, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 …
Democrats in North Carolina are calling on a state lawmaker to resign after reports surfaced that Rep. Tricia Cotham (D) would switch parties to the GOP. The move, which Democrats described as a “deceit” and “betrayal,” would hand state Republicans a veto-proof supermajority in the state’s legislature, giving them greater power over issues like abortion …