All the Rage Sady Doyle Aug 15, 2019

When Marriage Is War

Sady Doyle Aug 15, 2019

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.

First Person Claudia Love Mair May 30, 2019

Finding the Strength to Leave My Abuser

Claudia Love Mair May 30, 2019

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.

Domestic Violence Victoria Brownworth Oct 18, 2018

Is Familicide the #MeToo Moment for Domestic Violence?

Victoria Brownworth Oct 18, 2018

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?

Film Laura Zera Jan 19, 2018

In Defense of Tonya Harding

Laura Zera Jan 19, 2018

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.

Domestic Violence Kathi Valeii Nov 1, 2017

Why Are MRA Groups Pushing “Shared Parenting” Bills?

Kathi Valeii Nov 1, 2017

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.

Domestic Violence Caren Lissner Oct 24, 2017

Men Are Killing Thousands of Women a Year for Saying No

Caren Lissner Oct 24, 2017

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.

Abuse Charlotte Clymer Aug 23, 2017

Who Owns American Patriotism?

Charlotte Clymer Aug 23, 2017

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 Kate Tuttle Aug 15, 2017

Charlottesville’s Race Riot United Bigotry With Misogyny

Kate Tuttle Aug 15, 2017

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.

AHCA Carey Purcell Jun 22, 2017

The GOP’s Health-Care Bill Is Absurdly Cruel to Sexual Assault Victims

Carey Purcell Jun 22, 2017

Not everyone can bring themselves to report a rape. But those who do will be punished by Senate Republicans, who are trying to ram through their gruesome AHCA bill.

Abortion Andy Kopsa Apr 10, 2017

The Most Pernicious Form of Terrorism Threatening the U.S. Is the GOP

Andy Kopsa Apr 10, 2017

America has always condemned other nations for religion-based oppression of their citizenry. But are our evangelical lawmakers really so different from other political fundamentalists?