ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
In other U.S. elections, candidates are elected directly by popular vote. But the president and vice president are not elected directly by citizens. Instead, they are chosen by “electors” through a process called the Electoral College. Read more
Since 1920, the Clerk of the House has collected and published the official vote counts for federal elections from the official sources among the various states and territories. Read more
This resource guide compiles a list of online and print resources that contain U.S. election statistics for both federal and state elections. All of the print publications listed in this guide can be consulted on-site at the Library of Congress. In addition, most of the online resources listed are freely available on the Internet. A …
Among 64 high-income countries and territories, the United States stands out for its high levels of gun violence. The US ranks eighth out of 64 for homicides by firearm (age-adjusted). Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, two US territories, rank first and third on that list. Read more
Gun deaths by country vary widely across the globe, with some countries experiencing high rates of gun deaths while others experience relatively low rates. According to Our World in Data, the top three countries with the highest gun death rates per 100,000 people are El Salvador, Venezuela, and Guatemala. These countries have rates of 35.5, …
Lawmakers in New York City seem poised to pass a bill that would make it illegal to discriminate based on weight and height, according to reports. The bill, introduced by Council Member Shaun Abreu last Spring, would amend the city’s code to prohibit “discrimination on the basis of a person’s height or weight in opportunities of …
The philosophy of Epicurus (341–270 B.C.E.) was a complete and interdependent system, involving a view of the goal of human life (happiness, resulting from absence of physical pain and mental disturbance), an empiricist theory of knowledge (sensations, together with the perception of pleasure and pain, are infallible criteria), a description of nature based on atomistic …
Ten years ago, Republicans in the North Carolina state House were lining up to vote against Medicaid expansion for their state. They had an opportunity to open up the program to anybody with income below or just above the poverty line, with the federal government picking up most of the cost through the Affordable Care Act. They …
Take a moment to call to mind a few of your fondest memories, the kind of memory so vivid that you can picture and describe it in rich detail. You might recall a vacation with friends, a concert, the birth of your children, a meteor shower on a summer night, a marriage proposal, that hug …
GiveSendGo, the right-wing website that bills itself as the “#1 FreeChristian Fundraising Site,” is hosting a funding project by neo-Nazi activist Christopher Polhaus to create an all-white community in Maine, reported VICE News on Thursday. Read more