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  • Expression
    8 years ago
    by AdelleChattre
    +22 +1

    Woven

    Every story I have ever told has a kind of breach to it, I think. You could say that my writing isn’t quite right. That all the beginnings have endings in them. By Lidia Yuknavitch.

  • Analysis
    8 years ago
    by imokruok
    +25 +1

    Profit and Abuse at Homes for the Profoundly Disabled

    While evidence of abuse of the disabled has piled up for decades, one for-profit company has used its deep pockets and influence to bully weak regulators and evade accountability

  • Expression
    8 years ago
    by AdelleChattre
    +25 +1

    “My Ex Stalked Me For 11 Years”

    Women’s rights advocate Julie Lalonde was stalked by an ex-boyfriend for over a decade—and kept silent about it. Now she’s finally able to share her story.

  • Analysis
    8 years ago
    by geoleo
    +51 +1

    Long-Hidden Details Reveal Cruelty of 1972 Munich Attackers

    In September 1992, two Israeli widows went to the home of their lawyer. When the women arrived, the lawyer told them that he had received some photographs during his recent trip to Munich but that he did not think they should view them. When they insisted, he urged them to let him call a doctor who could be present when they did.

  • Current Event
    8 years ago
    by Nelson
    +34 +1

    Mexican activist killed; searched for missing students

    When he felt authorities weren't doing enough to protect his hometown, he organized more than 100 women to police the streets. When 43 students went missing in a controversial case that drew global attention to Mexico's struggles with violence and corruption, he led search parties trying to find them. And when more families in his state came forward reporting that their loved ones had disappeared, he organized searches for them, too.

  • Expression
    8 years ago
    by baron778
    0 +1

    Internet trolls have learned to exploit our over-militarized police. It's a crime that's hard to stop — and hard to prosecute.

    Early one weekend morning in January 2014, Janet was sleeping fitfully in her parents’ home in Toronto. A junior studying elementary education at a nearby college, she had gone home for the weekend in a state of nervous collapse. For months, someone going by the name ‘‘Obnoxious’’ had been harassing her online. He had called her cellphone repeatedly and sent her threatening texts. Worst of all, he had threatened to ‘‘swat’’ her at school...

  • Current Event
    8 years ago
    by jasont
    +36 +1

    Plans to Close Guantanamo Bay Prison Expected Next Week

    Guantanamo Bay, the prison infamous for reports of prisoner abuse, torture, and illegal interrogation methods, might finally be shut down. President Obama announced on his first day in office that the closing of Guantanamo Bay was a top priority, but he and his administration have so far been frustrated by the lack of progress on that front. However, the New York Times reports that the Pentagon's finalized plans for closing the prison are expect in the coming weeks.

  • Current Event
    8 years ago
    by geoleo
    +61 +1

    Japan urged to ban manga child abuse images

    Japan must ban sexually abusive images of children in manga comics, despite claims that such a move would threaten freedom of expression, the UN’s special envoy on child protection has said. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio praised Japan for passing a law last year that banned the possession of abusive images of children, but said it contained loopholes that allowed exploitation to continue.

  • Current Event
    8 years ago
    by TNY
    +45 +1

    A hazing ritual forced Chinese female flight attendants into overhead bins

    The tradition, imposed by men, supposedly marks the women's first 30 to 50 hours of flight service. To make it as a female flight attendant in China, you must have the body of a model and the strength of a martial artist. Each of the coveted positions attracts thousands of applicants — an interest that has little abated despite routinely documented abuse. At China Southern Airlines, worthy candidates must be no older than 24 and above average height.

  • Current Event
    8 years ago
    by everlost
    +57 +1

    Emotional abuse to become illegal under new domestic abuse law

    A new offence of emotional abuse and controlling behaviour has been announced by the government. The Home Office is giving police in England and Wales new powers in a drive to crack down on domestic abuse. At the moment the government's definition of domestic violence recognizes the impact of threatening behaviour but it has never been a law.

  • Video/Audio
    8 years ago
    by wildcard
    +8 +1

    Soldier uses GoPro to prove wife's domestic abuse

    It was a low blow, captured on a man's GoPro that has led Pinellas County Deputies to put his estranged wife in jail. "This is just one of many instances where I've had to use the camera to either prove her guilt or prove my innocence and that's the only reason I am carrying it," said Michael who recorded the attack. 10 News is protecting his identity since he is a victim of domestic violence.

  • Analysis
    8 years ago
    by KondoR
    +2 +1

    Sex trafficking: Lifelong struggle of exploited children

    In the US, poverty, deprivation and exploitation draw thousands of its own children down into a dark underworld that offers few ways out. It is a world few Americans are aware of. But tens of thousands of American children are thought to be sexually exploited every year. It's believed that every night hundreds are sold for sex.

  • Expression
    8 years ago
    by tukka
    +18 +1

    How I Found the Strength to End My Relationship with an Abusive Girlfriend

    I met Angelo on a film set in Berlin. We'd both been booked for a German TV commercial. The producers were worried that the all blond-haired, blue-eyed cast would send out the wrong message, so they'd done a last-minute search of out-of-work non-German actors in the city and found Angelo, a black Canadian, and me, a ginger Paddy. There was a lot of downtime on the shoot, so Angelo and I got to talking. But our conversations kept getting interrupted...

  • Unspecified
    8 years ago
    by AdelleChattre
    +11 +1

    Congress’ Watchdog Thinks America Can’t Afford the F-35

    New report reads like a passive-aggressive letter between spouses

  • Analysis
    9 years ago
    by wildcard
    +22 +1

    Justice Department Finds Pattern of Police Bias and Excessive Force in Ferguson

    Police officers in Ferguson, Mo., have routinely violated the constitutional rights of the city’s black residents, the Justice Department has concluded in a scathing report that accuses the officers of using excessive force and making unjustified traffic stops for years. The Justice Department, which opened its investigation after a white Ferguson police officer shot and killed a black teenager last summer, says the discrimination was fueled in part by racial stereotypes held by city officials.

  • Expression
    10 years ago
    by Mikey81
    +4 +1

    How Googling Unmasks Child Abuse

    The real story about child maltreatment during the recession is a grim one. I spent months studying this topic, using a number of different data sources, including Google search queries. I found that the Great Recession caused a significant increase in child abuse and neglect. But far fewer of these cases were reported to authorities, with much of the drop due to slashed budgets for teachers, nurses, doctors and child protective service workers.