Charles Martin has been steadily building a devoted audience for his books. His new novel,Thunder and Rain, should add even more readers to the Martin fan base.
Ludy Green, Ph.D | Posted 04.11.2012
According to the Center for Disease Control, teen dating violence happens more than you may think. Anyone, regardless of education, race, and age, is susceptible to abuse.
Melanie Curtin | Posted 04.04.2012
It's nice to get compliments. Just make sure you don't give them -- or take them -- too seriously.
The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.30.2012
Sok Thoeun, a 40-year-old man from Batt-ambang, Cambodia, is being pursued by authorities after reportedly beating and chaining his 13-year-old son, S...
AP | By KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 03.12.2012
WASHINGTON -- Tens of thousands of students, most of them disabled, are strapped down or physically restrained in school, and disability advocates hop...
The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.06.2012
Parents of Aaron Hatcher, a former special needs student at Roswell High School in Atlanta, Ga., have filed a $10.5 million lawsuit against the distri...
New Harbinger | Posted 03.07.2012
The power of our culture can be turned inward and used against us or it can be used to build strong families and communities.
Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 11.26.2011
Anger was the typical response I got from my ex when I was honest with him about my feelings. His anger left me emotionally "hand shy," inwardly wincing before each anticipated strike.
AP | By JENNIFER DOBNER | Posted 11.09.2011
SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah company that ran a network of domestic and international schools for troubled teens is being sued by more than 350 former stu...
Reuters | Posted 07.10.2011
(Reuters) - Six orphan girls aged between 12 and 18 were flogged in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of attacking the head of their orphanage, a...
Yahoo! News | – | Posted 05.25.2011
ANTANANARIVO (AFP) -- Madagascar's government early Thursday flew home 86 women domestic workers from Lebanon who had been subjected to abuse, amid co...
News, Weather, Sports | Posted 05.25.2011
After several complaints from parents, school leaders have pulled a national bestseller novel from middle schools shelves after determining it's conte...
Posted 05.25.2011
Two Bangladeshis -- including a Muslim cleric -- have been arrested after a local woman who had been caned for allegedly having an extramarital affair...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The UAE's highest judicial body says a man can beat his wife and young children as long as the beating leaves ...
Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011
Perhaps seeing physical abuse on TV will wake some teenager up to the reality of an abusive relationship.
Posted 05.25.2011
BANGKOK (AP) -- Secretly recorded cell phone footage has exposed a teacher at a Catholic boarding school in northeastern Thailand who whacked dozens o...
David Wygant | Posted 05.25.2011
Domestic violence is something that runs rampant in this country. What I really want is to read your comments on this subject. How many of you have ever been a victim of any kind of domestic violence?
The Boston Globe | Posted 05.25.2011
MIT researchers are working on sensor-studded women's clothing that would record assaults on them and store the data on a computer. The idea is to pro...
BBC News | Posted 11.17.2011
Physical or emotional abuse during childhood could speed up the body's aging process, US research suggests....
Michael Leoni | Posted 11.17.2011
Every minute in America, 1 kid will run away. Every day, 13 of those same kids will die on our streets. At this very moment, almost 2 million kids are living on our streets and of those 2 million, 650,000 of them are under the age of 15. These statistics are staggering but what's more shocking is the number of Americans who are unaware of this crisis.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011
How come the majority of people vocal about violence against Rihanna have been white women? How come black women as have not come together as a collective to say enough is enough?
CNN | Mohammed Jamjoom and Saad Abedine | Posted 05.25.2011
A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a 75-year-old Syrian woman to 40 lashes, four months imprisonment and deportation from the kingdom for having two ...
Sharon Waxman | Posted 05.25.2011
Canada has apologized to the country's Native Americans, for forcing them into residential schools where they were physically and sexually abused.
Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 04.18.2012