ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
China’s government has urged Israel “in particular” to remain calm in the face of recently escalated tensions with Palestinians. During a Friday press conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning delivered a message that stressed restraint from Zhai Jun, China’s special envoy for the Middle East. Mao’s remarks came after Zhai met earlier in the …
Hundreds of Jan. 6 defendants facing obstruction charges — one of the most commonly charged felonies against those who breached the building or confronted police that day — are suddenly in limbo, following a divided appeals court ruling Friday. Read more
For the better part of a decade, scholars and writers across the globe have lamented the growing prevalence of misinformation, conspiracism, ideology, mistrust of experts, epistemic bubbles and echo chambers. These scourges make it much harder to solve any problem of politics, climate, culture or public health, because they frustrate the search for a widely recognised truth. We …
Friedrich Nietzsche’s well-known reputation as a philosophical provocateur is partly the result of his commitment to disabusing his readers of a variety of beliefs: their beliefs in a higher purpose, in an afterlife, in disinterested knowledge, in the absolute value of ‘virtues’ such as compassion, and more. But he does not reject these beliefs merely because …
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