ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
London — A senior Nigerian politician, along with his wife and another man, were found guilty by a U.K. court Thursday of attempted organ trafficking. Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a former deputy president of Nigeria’s senate, his wife Beatrice and Dr. Obinna Obeta were convicted of “exploiting a vulnerable victim for illegal organ harvesting” after bringing a …
Congress is often criticized for being unproductive, but the 117th session was one of the most accomplished in recent years. Not every member contributed equally to that legislative hustle, however. A recent ranking from the nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking, a partnership between Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia, identified the least effective members of both chambers at advancing legislation. Read more
Ethiopia’s constitution provides for an ethnic-based federal system of government. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party dominated the 2021 general election, winning more than 96 percent of the 468 seats up for election in the House of Peoples’ Representatives, and formed a government. Voting for the 79 remaining seats representing other constituencies, including the entire …
On January 5th, 2010, YouTuber xkcdHatGuy released his first video, titled, “4th Dimension Explained By a High-School Student.” The video currently sits at 33 million views and would forever alter his life. The video was a massive hit, and viewers couldn’t help but feel transfixed by a young man with a surprisingly deep voice, explaining an incomprehensibly …
A recent DNA research on the bones of a boy who lived along the shores of Lake Baikal in Siberia shows that one-third of his genome was that of Western Eurasians, prompting scientists to conclude that Native Americans share much of their genetic material with Middle Easterners and Europeans. Read more
Far-right broadcaster Pete Santilli called on members of the military to execute former President Barack Obama, former Attorney General Eric Holder, and former National Security Advisor Susan Rice if former President Donald Trump is arrested. Read more
Charles Negy, a University of Central Florida (UCF) professor at the center of a years-long saga, is fighting back after he was fired for speaking out against the notion of systemic racism and White privilege. Read more
The concept of an “intelligent machine”—as a tireless assistant, the ultimate soldier or even a caring companion—has captivated the human imagination for thousands of years. Long before artificial intelligence was a reality, writers from ancient Greece to Cold War-era America spun fictional stories that reflected our collective hopes and fears about AI. Will intelligent machines …
In the nine months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, pregnant patients in red states across the country have had their lives imperiled by abortion bans. Many post-Roe laws are actually harsher than their 19th century counterparts, reflecting the anti-abortion movement’s conviction that exceptions for a patient’s life should be as vague and narrow as possible. As …
JERUSALEM — Ask Israelis what has taken hold of their country — which has been paralyzed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “legislative blitz” and the massive protests it has triggered — and they’re more likely to reply with a sound than with an actual word. A grunt, or a long, drifting whistle. Very often, a deep sigh. …