UI plan to buy Planet X passes prompts concerns
The University of Iowa considers spending 50,000 dollars of student activity fees to buy 6,000 passes to Planet X and sell them to students at a discount. Critics say the deal subsidizes a private entertainment venue and bypasses student government oversight.
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Paranoia and the loss of common sense in American justice
Philip K. Howard argues that fear of lawsuits has eroded ordinary judgment in U.S. society. A Little League scare scene becomes a lens on liability culture, with baseball transfers, seesaws, and doctors cited as examples. He notes ongoing foul ball litigation and calls for clearer lines between risk and responsibility.
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York
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N.Y
America
Joey Fort
Joey
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Inmate Abuse in U S Prisons Exposed by Rights Watch
Column urges accountability after Human Rights Watch reports reveal prisoner-on-prisoner sexual exploitation in U S facilities. Voices from Texas and Pennsylvania inmates describe neglect by officers, with calls for protective action and policy change amid rising prison populations and economic dependence on incarceration.
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Texas
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Pennsylvania
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