Majority Say Federal Government Actions are Hurting Them

More than 4 in 10 Americans (42%) say they are struggling to remain where they are financially. This is the first time since Monmouth started asking the question five years ago that the number topped 3 in 10 – the range in prior polls was 20% to 29%. Just under half (47%) say their current …

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88% of Americans say the United States is on the Wrong Track

A stunning 88% of Americans now believe the U.S. is on the wrong track and just 10% believe it is on the right track, according to a new poll from the Monmouth University Polling Institute, marking an all-time low for the question, with President Biden facing a whopping 58% disapproval rate as respondents worry chiefly about the …

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A Proclamation on Juneteenth Day of Observance of, 2022

After the Union Army captured New Orleans in 1862, slave owners in Confederate states migrated to Texas with more than 150,000 enslaved Black persons.  For 3 years, even after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved Black Americans in Texas remained in brutal bondage, immorally and illegally deprived of their freedom and basic dignity.  …

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Expertise and Regulatory Science

Beginning with The Fifth Branch, I have examined the ways in which scientific and technical advice shore up the legitimacy of public decisions. That book introduced and developed the concept of “regulatory science” as a distinct domain of scientific production, accountable to epistemic as well as normative demands in ways that help explain why it is …

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Digital African Innovation Week

After a successful inaugural launch at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 2019, African Innovation Week 2020 went Digital from 9-13 November 2020, in collaboration with partners, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The African Union, and the Technology and Innovation Institute of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Read more

African Innovation Week 2020

By strengthening the startup ecosystem through capacity-building and commercialization, matching investors with potential startups, and monitoring, evaluating, and researching helping policy-makers make the right decisions on time, African Innovation Week is striving to help young people in Africa get decent work. African Innovation Week is growing rapidly through its over 108 Ambassadors across the continent, …

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Africa’s Innovation Revolution

Five of the 10 countries with the highest number of start-ups in the entire world are in Africa, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. With the fastest-growing population on earth, Africa represents the highest human capital potential globally and reports released by institutions such as the World Bank, World Economic Forum, and Deloitte underscore innovation …

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The Future of Innovation in Ethiopia

The future of Innovation in Ethiopia looks bright. 70% of university students study science and engineering subjects, making Ethiopia the highest source of technical talent in Africa today. A rise in incubators and technology labs has seen a proliferation of innovative ideas but the commercialization of technology innovation has been an uphill struggle for many …

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የፌድራል ፖሊስ ኃይል የዕውቅና እና የምሥጋና ሥነ ሥርዓት

የኢትዮጵያ ፌድራል ፖሊስ በተለያዩ የኃይል ዘርፎች ተደራጅተው አገልግሎት ለሚሠጡ አባሎች ዕውቅና እና ምሥጋና በሠጠበት ወቅት የነበሩ ትዕይንቶች በዚህ ቪዲዮ አማካኝነት ቀርበዋል። በጣም የሚደንቁ እና ደስ የሚሉ አድረጃጀቶች ናቸው። ችግሩ እነዚህ የፈረጠመ የችግር መከላካያ ክንድ ስለሆኑ ለምን ይህን ያህል ዝግጅት አስፈለገ የሚል ጥያቄ ያስነሳሉ። መልሱ ደግሞ በመጀመሪያ የጸጥታ ሥጋት መኖሩ ሲሆን የሥጋቱ መነሻ የፖለቲካ መበላሸት እንደ …

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