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Filing a civil rights complaint with the Office of Civil Rights can be parents’ last stop. Following cuts and restructuring, this federal office is no longer serving that same resource.
Philadelphia has more fatal traffic accidents than other big US cities, and they’re concentrated in poor neighborhoods.
Countries like North Korea and Russia are developing ever-more sophisticated tactics to dodge sanctions enforcement. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Drought and a ruptured pipeline have forced Puerto Rico into revolving water shut-offs. For many people, the disruption started years earlier, as did loss of faith in the utility.
Disasters weaken support systems that take years to rebuild, at the same time people caught in them are under extraordinary financial and psychological stress.
Greater Philadelphia earned failing air quality grades. A new study finds higher asthma rates near industry and major roads, especially where green space is scarce.
A standardized framework for regulating the safety and efficacy of AI in healthcare has yet to be established.
Philadelphia police revoked the carry licenses of five members of the Black Lion Party for International Solidarity, citing ‘good cause.’ Is that constitutional?
Citizen feedback must be properly embedded into government systems so it doesn’t fall on deaf ears.
A case involving the potential dangers of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup, relates to broader efforts to protect consumers.
When coroners shield their records from public view, they’re not just violating the public trust. Often, they’re also breaking the law.
When huge companies assert their patents, smaller businesses and public plant breeders are dissuaded from conducting research that might not be illegal at all.
Deed fraud is a persistent problem in the Detroit area. Only a fraction of victims get justice.
Researchers learned from dozens of interviews that the usual ways of resolving complex cases, escalating issues and holding the authorities accountable no longer work.
For legal reasons, organisations require a human reviewer of generative AI outputs. But this human oversight must be valued and budgeted for in the transition to AI.
The World Bank Group’s integration process must at least maintain the current independence, accessibility and effectiveness of its three accountability mechanisms.
Some Detroit residents spend as much as 25% of their disposable income on water bills. Many are struggling to keep up.
The EPA’s new interpretations are strategically designed to appeal to the current US Supreme Court’s view of agency authority.
Some industry-funded clinical trials show signs of being designed to market drugs rather than to test them for their safety and effectiveness. Detecting these studies remains difficult.
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