ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
Gov. Brian Kemp, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and Sen. John Kennedy spoke at a March press conference celebrating the passage of Georgia’s lawsuit overhaul bill. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder This post was updated 3:30 p.m. April 4, 2025, with the latest. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp kicked off the final day of the 2025 legislative session by …
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to cancel $65 million in education grants targeted as part of President Donald Trump’s pledge to eliminate so-called diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. In a 5-4 ruling Friday, the justices granted the administration’s request to terminate the grants while litigation over the issue proceeds. The high court’s action lifted an …
As the United States deserts Ukraine, and Europe with it, leaders on the continent are closing ranks and arming up to defend their democracies against Russia. In Britain, Prime Minister Keir Starmer elicits comparisons to Winston Churchill. In France, President Emmanuel Macron is channeling Charles de Gaulle’s argument for independence from Washington. Germany changed its strict budget …
The first few weeks of Donald Trump’s second presidency have accelerated a process of democratic erosion in the United States. In just two months, the president and his allies have issued executive orders of dubious constitutionality, violated the civil protections of federal workers, impinged on Congress’s powers over the budget, sidestepped and defied court rulings, …
By Femi Akinrebiyo Africa sits atop an enviable wealth of minerals crucial for the world’s clean energy transition. Copper, lithium, cobalt, manganese, rare earth metals and graphite – essential ingredients for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, renewable technologies and decarbonisation of industrial processes – are plentiful across the continent. Meanwhile, Africa’s demographics offer an unmatched asset: a booming, …
faces a formidable set of detractors with a seeminglyforbidding set of questions.Is personal freedom not suitable to the challenges of our time? Is economic liberty nolonger resonant to a broad range of citizens, including policy makers? Is the United Statesunwilling, unable, or unworthy to champion sound principles of economics to othernations? Is the ascendant intellectual …
The Trump administration is undermining publicly produced data, slashing public investments in research, and intimidating civil society institutions that produce fact-based analyses. Enervating organizations that inform the public about vital issues like public health, economic growth, and—most of all—the actions of policymakers leaves the citizenry less able to hold officials to account. Attacks on the …
The March 25 executive order (EO) on American elections, which purports to protect election integrity, instead represents considerable legal overreach—and could disenfranchise many voters across the country. The power to regulate the large majority of elections lies with the states and U.S. Congress—as set out by the Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution. If followed, this EO would consolidate a great deal of power …
Republicans are set to make the audacious play of bypassing the Senate parliamentarian and moving forward with a budget resolution based on a scoring baseline set by Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) that would allow them to argue extending President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts won’t add to the deficit. Audien HearingSpecial Sale: Get $25 …
Rep. Andy Biggs, a Republican from Arizona, submitted a resolution on Monday to remove Judge James Boasberg from office after he blocked President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts. The chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order last month trying to block Trump from sending five illegal …