Cell phone bans in schools have become a hotly debated issue recently as many states have passed laws mandating that districts ban phones in schools in some capacity. While some schools have relatively looser bans, where students are simply prohibited from taking out their phones during class time, other schools have instituted extremely strict policies…
Japan has a unique regulation that requires all smartphones and digital cameras sold in the country to make an audible shutter sound when taking a photo, even if the device is set to silent mode. This rule, established through an industry agreement between Japanese phone carriers and manufacturers rather than a formal statute, was introduced…
A clip from a campaign event for Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds recently went viral online and has created some interesting discourse regarding parental estrangement from young adults. During the event, an older woman in the audience became emotional, breaking down in tears while describing an estrangement from her adult daughter that had prevented…
Taking away a child’s ability to see their peers is a very common disciplinary response by oppressive parents, in order to punish their children. This often comes in ways such as cutting off outings, forbidding visits, canceling playdates. At first glance it’s simple, easy to enforce, and visible to adults. But from a youth rights…
A Massachusetts family has drawn national attention after the state Department of Children and Families took custody of their transgender teenager amid a dispute involving the child’s gender identity, the parents’ objections to aspects of the transition, and allegations of abuse and neglect within the home. The parents, Joseph and Arlene Kutzko, have argued publicly…
On October 5th, 2025, a viral video was posted to X, with the caption “Dad found out daughter snuck a boy in the house 😬”. The video consists of a father angrily barging into his daughter’s room, and proceeding to smash his daughter’s television with a hockey club. The father yells at the daughter, saying…
Artificial intelligence is transforming American schools. Across the country, school districts are adopting software that monitors students’ activity on school-issued devices. Companies such as GoGuardian report that thousands of school districts use their products and monitor the activity of millions of students. Recently, NYRA discussed how using intensive AI surveillance of students raises many constitutional…
The Constitutional Question Artificial intelligence is transforming American schools. Across the country, school districts are adopting software that monitors students’ activity on school-issued devices. Companies such as GoGuardian report that thousands of school districts use their products and monitor the activity of millions of students, illustrating how rapidly AI surveillance has become a normal part…
Who is a member of “The Public”? This is the question I was asked to reflect on when I visited the Indiana University South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center. The building which the Center occupies was originally the Engman Public Natatorium, the city’s first swimming pool funded by taxpayer money. Although the word “public” is…
Recently, 18-year-old St. Louis streamer Nitro_Camden was abused on stream by his mother in front of 15,000 live viewers during the biggest moment of his career. His mother’s angry words to him on stream also revealed a pattern of psychological control, financial exploitation and parental oppression that had been occurring behind the scenes, such as…
