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Women who endured intimate partner violence need more than awareness spurred by a TV advertisement. They need accountability for abusers. Read the whole story at The Guardian
It seems like a relatively obvious equation: The weaker the gun laws and the higher the rate of gun ownership in a given state, the more deaths from gun violence…
The Super Bowl wants to have what the VMAs are having. After Beyoncé’s Internet-shaking performance at MTV’s Video Music Awards last year, in which she spelled out “FEMINISM” in bright…
Romina, a teen who created an online video, gained national attention when she said: “If your boyfriend hits you or beats you up, stay with him. He loves you.” Now,…
This Sunday, for the first time ever, the National Football League will run a PSA during the Super Bowl that directly addresses the country’s domestic violence and sexual assault crises….
After initially rejecting an edgy advertisement about domestic violence in the National Football League, Sports Illustrated magazine has decided to run the ad on its website Thursday, just a few…
CAIRO — The extremist Islamist militant group Ansar al-Shariah, based in Benghazi, Libya, said Saturday that its leader, Mohammed al-Zahawi, had been killed. Unconfirmed reports that Mr. Zahawi was wounded…
The world has seen a surge of religious violence in recent years — from the recent attacks on the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo to the Wisconsin Sikh…
A leading human rights group said Wednesday that Egypt is failing to protect its women from widespread violence and criticized the country’s authorities for “token” legal reforms that have not…
The report wraps up an inquiry by former FBI Director Robert Mueller into how the NFL initially investigated the then-Baltimore Ravens running back’s attack on Janay Palmer last February at…
At least 17,049 civilians were recorded killed in Iraq during 2014, Iraq Body Count said, roughly double the number recorded in 2013which in turn was about double that of the…
Pistorius has admitted to shooting Steenkamp but says he mistook her for an intruder. The judge ruled that he’ll serve a maximum five-year prison term for the killing, to run…