ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
AMBASSADOR HAMMER: Thank you. Hopefully now you can hear me. A little technical glitch. Thank you very much, Tiffany, for arranging this media hub call, and thank you all for participating, whether here in the United States, around the continent, or wherever you may be. I hope over the course of my tenure I get a …
In an interview with CNN, the former director of the USOffice of Government Ethics dismantled a letter issued by the Supreme Court in response to accusations that several justices are engaging in law-breaking by claiming to be above the Ethics inGovernment Act. Speaking with CNN’s Zachary Wolf, legal expert Walter Schuab took issue with the arrogance …
Idaho already had some of the strictest laws against abortion, but this one might take the cake. House Bill 242 passed the state House and is on its way to the Senate. The bill will ban minors from traveling to another state for an abortion. This could cause a disaster. Read more
Montana’s governor on Friday enacted a Republican-backed ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender children, days after a transgender lawmaker protesting the bill was barred from the floor of the state legislature, sparking a national furor. Read more
In an open letter to President Droupadi Murmu, a group of former judges, IPS officers, and bureaucrats “request for intervention for saving of Indian cultural traditions, religious tenets and social values.” “…If we revise the law to make same-sex sexual union rational, acceptable or moral, it will open the doors to same-sex sexual culture. Our …
Virginia’s chief diversity officer was blunt. He took the stage Friday at Virginia Military Institute — a college embroiled in a tense debate over racism, sexism and diversity reforms — and slammed the whole concept of diversity, equity and inclusion. “Let’s take a moment right now to kill that cow. DEI is dead,” said Martin D. Brown, …
On Saturday, CNN reported that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has chosen to not voluntarily testify before senators who have questions about how the nation’s highest court is dealing with the growing controversies swirling around Justice Clarence Thomas. Read more
MAINZ, Germany — After Ryyan Alshebl fled Syria’s civil war, he arrived in Germany without knowing a word of German. Eight years on, he’s not only fluent but also the recently elected mayor of Ostelsheim, a small town in the southwest. “German society is ready to break new ground,” Alshebl, 29, told NBC News in a phone call …
The Texas Senate passed a bill Thursday requiring each public school classroom to display a copy of the Ten Commandments, a move that drew backlash from civil liberty advocates who say lawmakers should not dictate what religious materials students are exposed to. The legislation, which passed the state Senate on a 17-12 vote, will now head to the state’s …
Scientists are getting closer to the possibility of making a new person from skin or blood cells, without the need for sex. Called in vitro gametogenesis, or IVG, it promises to someday provide a cure for many types of infertility, to slow or even turn off biological clocks, and to enable the kind of embryo selection that sends chills …