ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
LIMA, Peru — It was a day on which much of Peru was focused on Congress, where an impeachment vote was planned against the president on corruption charges. But shortly before noon, the Peruvian leader addressed the country in a surprise televised address. He announced the dissolution of Congress and the installation of an emergency …
Much of the commentary on today’s argument in 303 Creative starts from the premise that the case pits free speech (or maybe religious freedom) against LGBTQ rights. The headline in The Economist reads: “A new Supreme Court case may dampen protections for LGBT people.” Anyone listening carefully to the argument will discover that this framing is off the mark. …
Legal battles over partisan and racial gerrymandering “are as North Carolina as barbecue, tobacco fields and hot, humid summer days,” says the executive director of the state Common Cause chapter. Read more
The Euphrates River is one of the most important rivers in the world. It’s home to a wealth of plant and animal life, and it provides water for millions of people. But there’s something about the Euphrates River that’s even more incredible than its size or its importance. In this video we are going to …
Friction, a philosophy channel featuring interviews of professional philosophers, recently released a supercut of three dozen thinkers answering the question “What is the value of philosophy?” Watch the Video
A breathtaking and beautiful exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking book accompanies the new BBC One TV series, providing the deepest answers to the simplest questions. [The book provides additional insight into Darwin’s Natural Selection Theory] Listen to the Audio
Along California’s picturesque coastline, archaeologists meticulously dig away at the sprawling sands. Soon enough, they hit something. And as the team exhumes the lost relic, it becomes clear that their find is not merely a cast-off from the ocean, nor does it fit in with the state’s history. Instead, the 300 pound artifact seems to …
As recently as just a few decades ago, the interconnected web of experiences, thoughts and emotions known as a ‘stream of consciousness’ was widely believed to belong to humans alone. A still-accumulating body of evidence, however, strongly indicates that consciousness is far from unique to us. Rather, according to the Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness, which …
The relationship between mathematics and morality is easy to think about but hard to understand. Suppose Jane sees five people drowning on one side of a lake and one person drowning on the other side. There are life-preservers on both sides of the lake. She can either save the five or the one, but not …
Suppose that you’re talking with a couple of friends about whether one survives biological death. Your view is that humans are purely physical creatures, which means that there is no non-physical soul or any other part of us that is capable of surviving the death of our physical bodies. As you see it, when someone’s …