Domestic Violence Is a Form of Voter Suppression
With stay-at-home orders forcing victims to shelter with their abusers, and more ballots likely to be mailed, victims of domestic abuse face a new kind of threat.
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When Protecting Your Children Is a Crime
Domestic violence victims fleeing their abusers are increasingly being charged with kidnapping, and losing parental rights—even when escape is the only way to survive.
When Marriage Is War
In this excerpt from her new book ‘Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers,” our columnist explains how American women's obsession with the Laci Peterson murder wasn't about tabloid TV addiction, but a darker truth many of them lived themselves.
Finding the Strength to Leave My Abuser
For years her partner degraded her, beat her, made her feel unworthy. But when he hit her in public while she was pregnant, the writer found inspiration to flee—and never looked back.
Is Familicide the #MeToo Moment for Domestic Violence?
Nearly every mass shooting in the past few years has been perpetrated by a man with a history of abuse. So where’s the public outcry for this chronic threat to women’s lives?
In Defense of Tonya Harding
Ice-skating looks beautiful on the rink. But the brutal world we saw depicted in “I, Tonya” is one this writer knows is real—she lived through it, too.
Why Are MRA Groups Pushing “Shared Parenting” Bills?
Michigan is just the latest state to consider this fathers'-rights-supported measure, which, despite the euphemistic name, poses a big problem for victims of domestic violence.
Men Are Killing Thousands of Women a Year for Saying No
For every mass shooting on the national news, there are countless smaller gun-related murders the media overlooks perpetrated by angry men who can't bear rejection.
Who Owns American Patriotism?
Some NFL fans are threatening to boycott in response to players kneeling in protest during the National Anthem while others threaten to boycott if Colin Kaepernik isn't signed. It's the latest battle over who gets to define what is "unAmerican."
Charlottesville’s Race Riot United Bigotry With Misogyny
The man who mowed down anti-racist activist Heather Heyer and injured 35 others used to beat his mother. And he's far from the only white supremacist with a history of domestic violence.