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Legal scrutiny of social media platforms’ treatment of minors is intensifying nationwide, with states, local governments and school districts going to court over child safety. Texas added to that pressure on Feb. 11, filing suit  against Snap Inc. The complaint, centered on deceptive trade practices, alleges that minors on Snapchat are routinely exposed to explicit sexual content, drug references, intense profanity, and self-harm material — despite the app’s “12+” or “Teen” r

“No one should have to endure sexual harassment to keep a roof over his or her head.” That’s what Harmeet K. Dhillon, the assistant attorney general of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said in going on the legal offensive against a former Arkansas landlord and the property owner the landlord worked for.  The DOJ’s lawsuit , filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas in November, names Thomas Ray Kelso, 74, and Avatar Investments LLC,

A leaked report by UK’s Royal College of Physicians paints a bleak and disturbing picture of life inside Blackpool Victoria Hospital on England’s northwest coast: systemic bullying, harassment, racial discrimination, sexual assault, murder, and a culture of fear so deep that staff felt they had to “keep their heads down” rather than speak out.  What’s staggering is how this culture didn’t just harm staff, it put patients at risk, according to the report, first chronicled by T

A recent New York Times   opinion piece  on the Epstein emails is one of the most revealing essays I’ve read about the intersection of privilege, power, and language. It’s a study not only of abuse, but of the coded ways elite circles communicate, and what those patterns tell us about status, access, and the quiet barter economy of non-public information. The guest columnist, Anand Giridharadas, makes a compelling case for what he calls the “Epstein class,” writing: “People a