ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
Berhanu Anteneh Finn: The incoming administration is sending mixed messages about whether to leave education decisions to the states—or dictate policy from DC. Perhaps you’ve been wondering why many recent articles, predictions and speculations about Trump’s plans for the U.S. Department of Education focus on its abolition while others predict that it will be forcefully deployed to …
Development agencies fund green projects when people need jobs, food and energy. At the latest United Nations climate summit, developing nations slammed rich countries’ pledge to spend $300 billion annually on climate reparations as “crumbs.” The reality is much worse. Wealthy nations likely won’t conjure up $300 billion in new spending. Europe has been roiled …
If you’ve been reading post-election coverage, you’ve probably seen one of the big takeaways from the returns so far: In counties across the country, Kamala Harris won many fewer votes than President Biden did four years ago. With nearly all votes counted, she has about 74 million; Biden received 81 million four years ago. Donald …
Excessive spending has been a way of life for lawmakers in Washington for more than half a century. Since 1969 federal outlays have exceeded revenue every year, except briefly during the high-tech bubble of the late 1990s. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s Department of Government Efficiency will attempt to put an end to this fiscal profligacy. Both men …
In the world of artificial intelligence, the idea of “singularity” looms large. This slippery concept describes the moment AI exceeds beyond human control and rapidly transforms society. The tricky thing about AI singularity (and why it borrows terminology from black hole physics) is that it’s enormously difficult to predict where it begins and nearly impossible to …
The automotive industry has long been defined by a push for bigger, faster, and more efficient engines. Now, a revolutionary innovation threatens to outpace legacy giants like Ford (F), Tesla (TSLA), and General Motors (GM). This groundbreaking engine technology, developed by a Kansas-based company and a Washington research center, is setting new standards in efficiency, power, and affordability. …
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President Trump rightly points out that America did not engage in new wars during his first term in office. The world was indeed a more stable place before the Biden administration engineered a disastrous exit from Afghanistan. That catastrophe signaled weakness and incentivized the Russian invasion of Ukraine as well as the Hamas attack on …
When U.S. President Joe Biden leaves office in January, the already faint prospect of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may follow him out the door. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects the very concept. Biden’s successor, President-elect Donald Trump, spent his first term actively promoting Netanyahu’s most expansionist dreams. Biden has so far …