Editorial on OpenAI licensing and journalism rights
Guest editorial from Mercury News and East Bay Times argues OpenAI uses vast human knowledge without fair compensation. It compares unauthorized copying to stealing books and stresses ownership, publisher revenue, and democratic impact of weakened journalism. It insists creators deserve compensation for training data and generated outputs.
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Mercury News
East Bay Times
Openai
U.S
Free Little Library at Cedar Rapids UU Church
A Cedar Rapids Unitarian Universalist church has installed a Free Little Library at its entrance. It stocks contemporary and classic titles some politicians seek to ban, inviting adults and children to access books fostering inclusivity and open inquiry. The effort highlights enduring Iowa civic values and faith communities supporting free reading.
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Iowa
Unitarian Universalist
Uus
America
Emerson and Thoreau
Peoples UU Church
Cedar Rapids
Two Washington days show Congress divided and uncivil
Cal Thomas contrasts a hostile congressional hearing with a Billy Graham statue dedication, noting public disapproval of Congress, recalling historic violence in the chamber, and urging civility. He cites remarks by Greene, Crockett, Ocasio-Cortez, and others, and calls for leaders to rise above insults.
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Congress
Gallup
House Oversight Committee
Merrick Garland
House
Marjorie Taylor Greene
R-Ga
Jasmine Crockett
Texas
Crockett
Greene
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Dn.y
Ocasio-Cortez
Mike Johnson
R-La
John Fetterman
D-Pa
U.S. House
Preston Brooks
D-S.c
Charles Sumner
R-Mass
Sumner
History Channel
Yale History
Joanne B. Freeman
Billy Graham
Graham
Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Daniel Webster
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Cspan.org
Time running out to save Sudan from famine urged by Lambers
William Lambers urges urgent international aid for Sudan amid civil war driving 18 million people to hunger. WFP warns 5 million on brink of starvation with 41 hot spots, as Darfur and Kordofan face famine risk before rains cut roads. He urges donations to WFP UNICEF Save the Children CARE Mercy Corps CRS and calls for pressure on officials to accelerate food relief and ceasefire.
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Sudan
Darfur
Kordofan
U.N. World Food Program
WFP
Carl Skau
Chad
Khartoum
Save the Children
Notre Dame
Paris
Unicef
CARE
Mercy Corps
Catholic Relief Services
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