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If AI creates the content, who owns the work? Answering this complex question is crucial to understanding the legal and ethical implications of AI-generated content.
Broken child welfare policies have undermined political systems and destroyed the planetary ecosystem.
By: Robin Scher
From child labor to incarceration, U.S. laws often treat youth as disposable rather than nurturing their potential.
By: Colin Greer and Reynard Loki
From war and environmental disaster to poverty and public policy, children face systemic harm that societies often fail to recognize—and can choose to change.
By: Colin Greer and Reynard Loki
European cabinet and gallery paintings reveal how private art collections became subjects of paintings themselves, shaping modern museums, curation, and the display of art.
Research suggests that extremist violence stems not only from ideology but also from personal grievances, raising the question of whether teaching life and social skills in schools could help reduce the risks.
By: Sandra Ericson
Federal management practices favor private ranching interests over legally protected wild horses and burros, often at a high cost to the animals and taxpayers.
By: Ginger Fedak
The 18th-century Bildungsroman '"`UNIQ--nowiki-000026AC-QINU`"'René, or: A Young Man’s Adventures and Experiences'"`UNIQ--nowiki-000026AD-QINU`"', critiqued hegemonic systems of church and state through the artful combination of multiple literary genres.
Edwin Abbott Abbott’s Flatland uses a two-dimensional world to explain higher dimensions while satirizing the class and gender hierarchies of Victorian England.
By: Ian Stewart
The Community Enterprise and Solidarity Clinic is part of a growing mutual aid movement in Chicago, Illinois.
By: Damon Orion
