ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
New research has pinpointed the likely time in prehistory when humans first began to speak. Analysis by British archaeologist Steven Mithen suggests that early humans first developed rudimentary language around 1.6 million years ago – somewhere in eastern or southern Africa. “Humanity’s development of the ability to speak was without doubt the key which made much of subsequent human …
The policy is both unworkable and irrelevant. I doubt the Rwanda scheme will have much impact on the migrant boats crossing the Channel, let alone the outcome of the next election. But like the poll tax and the demise of Thatcher, it will have a big impact on the narrative as to why this government …
What if Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper company didn’t just hack phones to get a scoop, but targeted elected politicians—right to the very top—in pursuit of its business ambitions? One February afternoon in 2010, the Guardian published on its website a call from the Liberal Democrats’ home affairs spokesman, Chris Huhne, for a judicial inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal. …
It’s hard to imagine punchy advertising campaigns having the same impact on voters as they used to. Britain in the late 1970s was a bleak place. By 1978 unemployment had reached record postwar heights of up to 6 per cent. Between November that year and the following March, the United Kingdom saw its most pervasive …
HR6090, which passed the House of Representatives Wednesday by a 320-91 vote, would provide, in relevant part,
In history, as in romance, beginnings matter – so what we do now will be crucial in shaping the future. In these times of planetary polycrisis, we try to get our bearings by looking to the past. Are we perhaps in The New Cold War, as Robin Niblett, the former director of the foreign affairs think-tank …
Background information on the Amhara Fano movement. Watch the Video
The First Amendment doesn’t excuse violence, trespassing, or capture of public spaces. Universities across the country are engulfed in prolonged campus demonstrations by organized Hamas and Palestinian protesters who rail against the Israeli military response in Gaza to the Hamas attack of October 7. Their message breaks into two broad categories. The first accuses Israel …
Long, but comprehensive documentary on the evolution of artificial intelligence starting from its inception Alan Turing in the 1950s. Watch the Video
As much as US President Joe Biden would like to believe that the economy is strong, and that his own policies have left Americans better off, polls consistently show that the public isn’t buying it. While there are several reasons for this disconnect, none is especially complicated. STANFORD – There is a large disconnect between …