intimate partner violence

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For families left reeling from murder-suicide, there are few places to turn to for support

Survivors experience a specific grief within gun violence, and many describe feeling invisible in broader bereavement communities

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12 Min
By: Rabia Gursoy

Violence deconstructed: Hysteria over Zohran Mamdani’s crime platform is rooted in lie that cops make women safer

Mamdani’s critics have launched a smear campaign that ignores that police pose an existential threat to victims—and all of us

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7 Min
By: Kylie Cheung

Violence deconstructed: Trump’s actions during his first 100 days mimic the tactics of domestic abusers

The president and those enforcing his fascist agenda are hyperfocused on weaponizing irrelevant aspects of their victims’ pasts to frame them as imperfect victims and undeserving immigrants

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6 Min
By: Kylie Cheung

Violence deconstructed: Under abortion bans, the state is the abuser

Abusers and the U.S. government present a conjoined threat to pregnant people and survivors’ bodies and lives

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6 Min
By: Kylie Cheung

Supreme Court rules that bans on public encampments are permissible and do not violate Eighth Amendment protections

The Supreme Court on Friday, June 28, ruled on what many consider to be one of the most significant cases involving the rights of those experiencing homelessness in recent decades. In City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that cities have the right

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4 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

Gun violence is playing a growing role in Puerto Rico’s femicide crisis

In July 2023, a former boxer was convicted of killing his pregnant girlfriend in Puerto Rico—a gruesome crime that drew attention to the island’s epidemic of gender-based violence. The boxer was found responsible for kidnapping leading to death and causing the death of an unborn child. According to

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4 Min
By: Mariela Santos-Muñiz

Groups focused on ending gender-based violence are building new worlds outside of the carceral system

When Jinat Talukder immigrated to the U.S., she lost her independence. The freedom she enjoyed as a woman in Bangladesh became a distant memory as she was forced to adhere to her husband’s expectations.  “After getting married, I was told things I had never heard before,” Talukder said

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10 Min
By: Rebecca Chowdhury

Anti-abortion bill rape exceptions never fulfill survivor justice

Rape exceptions reinforce the idea that anyone seeking abortion care cannot have that bodily autonomy unless somebody else violates it

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3 Min
By: Thalia Charles

Here’s what you need to know about reproductive coercion

According to studies, reproductive coercion disproportionately affects Black and Latinx women

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5 Min
By: Nayanika Guha

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