Punished

A Texas judge ruled Thursday that a Houston-area school district legally punished 18-year-old student Darryl George, who was suspended multiple times for wearing his hair in locs. Administrators at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu removed George from class on August 31, citing a dress code that limits the length of boys’ hair and has made him serve either in-school suspension or participate in a disciplinary program off campus since that time. George’s legal team said that the student’s punishment over…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study from The University of Texas at El Paso reveals a gender disparity in prison infractions that disproportionately affects women. The study, led by Melinda Tasca, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Security Studies at UTEP, and published in Justice…

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the legendary action star, has had a stellar career in Hollywood. However, even the most successful actors have their fair share of regrets, and for Schwarzenegger, that regret comes in the form of his 1985 movie, Red Sonja. Despite achieving cult status in recent years, the film remains one of Schwarzenegger's biggest disappointments. Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and former governor of California.(REUTERS) Red Sonja, with its lackluster storyline and miscasting, failed to resonate with…

The U.S. remains in the midst of an ever-worsening drug overdose crisis. Because prescription opioids drove its earlier phases, the nation responded by drastically reducing access to those drugs — with prescriptions dropping by nearly 50% over the last decade. But it’s now clear that approach was ineffective at combating overdoses, and it left many patients with painful medical conditions stranded.Overdose deaths have continued to soar even as fewer opioids have been prescribed. More dangerous drugs filled the gap: At…

Burning firecrackers is a common practice in India, especially during Diwali. A video of a group of youngsters in Ahmedabad became viral on the Internet after they did stunts with firecrackers on a moving Mahindra Scorpio. Here is what happened after the video became viral. #AhmedabadPolice pic.twitter.com/ddwZCFd9Gf — Ahmedabad Police 👮‍♀️અમદાવાદ પોલીસ (@AhmedabadPolice) October 27, 2022 The video that became viral on the Internet shows a group of youngsters launching sky shooters from the roof of a moving Mahindra…

“We’d rather march to hear Willkie on national unity than be marched into a concentration camp,” Harry Warner firmly stated in the summer of 1941. The mogul was responding to criticism for his encouraging studio employees to attend a rally at the Hollywood Bowl featuring 1940 Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie, a strong advocate for U.S. intervention in World War II. That same summer, a competing rally was held at the Hollywood Bowl on behalf of the America First movement. The keynote speaker…

The Zendesk ownership saga took several new turns this week, with an external investor, Jana Partners, agitating against the company, a review of its strategic options coming to a close, and the business software company deciding to stay independent. Now worth less than $10 billion, Zendesk has made more noise in recent months than you would expect from a company of its size. But after announcing that it would buy Momentive (SurveyMonkey) for more than $4 billion last year, Zendesk has been in a bruising fight with…

Machine-learning systems are increasingly worming their way through our everyday lives, challenging our moral and social values and the rules that govern them. These days, virtual assistants threaten the privacy of the home; news recommenders shape the way we understand the world; risk-prediction systems tip social workers on which children to protect from abuse; while data-driven hiring tools also rank your chances of landing a job. However, the ethics of machine learning remains blurry for…