Domestic violence

Is Corporal Punishment a Form of Domestic Violence?

Is Corporal Punishment a Form of Domestic Violence? Is Corporal Punishment a Form of Domestic Violence?

Americans widely accept the use of corporal punishment, but its effects are damaging.

Sep 23, 2014 / Melissa Harris-Perry

To Leave Their Abusers, Domestic Violence Survivors Need Economic Security

To Leave Their Abusers, Domestic Violence Survivors Need Economic Security To Leave Their Abusers, Domestic Violence Survivors Need Economic Security

VAWA has sparked real progress—but we can do more to ensure that survivors have stable jobs and housing.

Sep 12, 2014 / Bryce Covert

Domestic Violence Shelters Struggle to Stay Open During Shutdown

Domestic Violence Shelters Struggle to Stay Open During Shutdown Domestic Violence Shelters Struggle to Stay Open During Shutdown

Cut off from federal funding, programs serving abused women may be forced to close.

Oct 8, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

House of Horrors: On Domestic Violence

House of Horrors: On Domestic Violence House of Horrors: On Domestic Violence

America's military-masculinity complex is generating violence on a mass scale—at home.

Apr 18, 2013 / Erika Eichelberger

The War Against Women, at Home and Abroad

The War Against Women, at Home and Abroad The War Against Women, at Home and Abroad

Our political system has turned thoroughly masculine, paranoid, quarrelsome, secretive, greedy, aggressive and violent—not unlike a wife beater.

Mar 21, 2013 / Ann Jones

Oscar Pistorius and the Global System of Deadly Misogyny

Oscar Pistorius and the Global System of Deadly Misogyny Oscar Pistorius and the Global System of Deadly Misogyny

The murder of Reeva Steenkamp has generated conversation about everything except what really matters: the global epidemic of violence against women.

Feb 21, 2013 / Dave Zirin

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