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Help or Harm? The Ethics of Mark Laita and Soft White Underbelly

October 4, 2025 Andrew Esteverena

65 year old Mark Laita operates a documentary and interview style Youtube channel known as “Soft White Underbelly” where he has been producing videos for the past decade. His channel features people who are in extremely bad situations. Laita interviews drug addicts, gang members, prostitutes, convicts, and homeless people among

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When Machines Make Art: AI, Creativity, and the Exploitation of Artists

October 4, 2025 Aidan Owen

  AI-generated art has become one of the biggest debates in creative fields today. Platforms like DALLE, MidJourney, and Stable Diffusion allow anyone to type a few words and instantly create images that look like paintings, digital illustrations, or even movie storyboards. Now of course, this seems super exciting at

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Here comes the bride? More like here comes the debt.

October 3, 2025October 2, 2025 Molly Grocki

For most, the day of their wedding is among one of the happiest days of their lives. In a sea of roses, tulle, and champagne, surrounded by their closest friends and family, they profess their love for another individual, until death do they part. This day (hopefully) marks the beginning

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Lines of Justice: Can Courtroom Sketching Ever Be Neutral?

October 3, 2025October 1, 2025 Christina Oftedal

A recent courtroom sketch captures two 19-year-old defendants accused of playing central roles in the “Scattered Spider” cybercrime group, allegedly responsible for $115 million in ransoms. Against a bleak yellow background, the young men sit with downcast expressions, their posture reinforcing the gravity of the charges. It raises an important

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Lights, Camera, Controversy: The Art Crimes of America’s Next Top Model

October 2, 2025October 1, 2025 Claire Williams

When America’s Next Top Model (ANTM) first hit the screens in 2003, it wasn’t just any reality TV show; it was a cultural phenomenon. Famous fashion model Tyra Banks promised viewers a front-row seat to the making of the next supermodel, a mix of fashion shoots, emotional meltdowns, and runway

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Peaceful Protest to Property Crime: Where Does Portland Draw The Line?

October 2, 2025October 1, 2025 Penny Robertson

In the summer of 2020, amidst the pandemic lockdown, a man named George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police. The video of his killing led to outrage across the country, with protests spread from coast to coast. Nestled in the Pacific Northwest, Portland, Oregon made headlines for the more than

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When Home Movies Become Work: Family Vlogging and Childhood at Stake

October 1, 2025October 1, 2025 Lindsey Belsky

Family vlogs transform domestic life into a routine performance, blurring the lines between reality and entertainment. A 2023 study found that over 10% of children in the United States have been featured in family vlogs, highlighting the prevalence of minors’ involvement in this digital trend. When kids are the stars,

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When ‘Ballet Pink’ Isn’t Pretty: The Cost of Conformity for Dancers of Color

October 1, 2025 Ashley Burnett

The color ‘ballet pink’ has been referred to for ages, whether it be related to your nail polish choice, bedroom walls or outfit of the day. What many people are unaware of is the true origins behind the color, and how this shade of pink continues to cast a veil

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Vandalizing the Archive: Trump, Surkov, and the Spectacle of Fake News

September 30, 2025October 6, 2025 trevor chen

“These are just dishonest, terrible people. I’m telling you that, terrible people,” vocalized President Donald Trump at a MAGA rally in Evansville, Indiana, on August 30, 2018 (Right Side Broadcasting Network). These are not just words being thrown around. They are a part of Donald Trump’s continuing effort to delegitimize

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Selling False Hope, Big Pharma’s Art of Exploiting Vulnerability

September 30, 2025September 29, 2025 Miranda Martinez

You turn on the television and one of the first things you see is an advertisement for a new drug. A man walks into a coffee shop, where his order is already sitting on the counter, ready for him. He says hello to his favorite Barista and drops a tip

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