With Islamophobia at historic levels, a Muslim social services provider finds that women who flee to shelters often confront new abuses from non-Muslim survivors and staff members.
domestic violence
Posted inLaw and Justice
Domestic Violence and Mass Shootings: Why Existing Laws Fail
State and federal lawmakers should take a closer look at the links between abuse and murder and work on new laws to stop batterers from acquiring guns.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Without Passage of Violence Against Women Act 20 Years Ago, We Might Not Be Talking About Ray Rice
But it may take another century before the beating of women by the men in their lives seems as barbaric and unacceptable as slavery does today.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Stopping Domestic Violence: A Radical Feminist Idea?
What’s behind the opposition to the Violence Against Women Act?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Jim Moran: How Not to Respond to Domestic Violence
The congressman’s defense of his son and downplaying of the attack exemplify the ways we let domestic violence continue.