1+ hour, 47+ min ago  (1625+ words) If we are to understand the conditions facing vulnerable children, we have to begin with a difficult truth: poverty remains the central force shaping their lives. It is not the only factor, but it is the most consistent one'structuring access…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (213+ words) The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel " CC BY 2. 5 "Adam was an Onanist." " Graffiti, men's restroom, Vatican City (public wing) "I know. I watched." " Added below, in gold marker Woman, we are told, began as a spare ribbon of flesh " all…...

4+ week, 1+ hour ago  (276+ words) At the time, I knew that Pyongyang had once been the "Jerusalem of the East," that the country's founder Kim Il Sung had a Christian background, and that some elements of Kim's ideology drew on religious sources. This was common…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (873+ words) The online gathering carried a quiet urgency. Veterans, psychologists, and aid workers had come together to discuss something rarely visible in wartime reporting: how Ukraine was trying to heal the psychological wounds of war. Ukraine therefore risked slipping from view…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (509+ words) Image Source: The CDC As birthrates continue to decline in many industrialized countries, anxious governments are running out of schemes to keep women procreating. In the US, millionaires and billionaires are'lining up'to donate to Trump's "baby bonus" savings accounts. Trump…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (550+ words) I'm a kindergarten teacher in St. Paul, Minnesota, working hard and contributing to the diverse community I love. But with two children, it's hard getting by in this precarious time " now exacerbated by terror in our streets. Even before internet…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (618+ words) Two girls protesting child labour (by calling it child slavery) in the 1909 New York City Labor Day parade " Public Domain Just when America needs stronger child labor protections, the Trump administration is seemingly abandoning enforcement altogether. A disturbing new analysis…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (526+ words) Institutional Abuse and Neglect From foster care to immigration detention, systems meant to protect children often do the opposite. Foster care, religious institutions, immigration, the justice system, and other establishments commodify and criminalize childhood, showing patterns of systemic harm rather…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (539+ words) Image by Cole Keister. Education was sold as a guarantee for decades. A college degree represented stability and a future for those who followed the rules of a country that claims to reward preparation. That promise has collapsed under the…...

6+ mon, 5+ day ago  (769+ words) America loves a good illusion. It loves the performance of generosity from people who built their fortunes on systems that leave everyone else scrambling. Image by Avinash Kumar. America loves a good illusion. It loves the performance of generosity from…...