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Expanding Domestic Violence Deportation Grounds Does No Favors to Survivors

Paromita Shah | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics
Read More: John Cornyn, Immigration Reform Bill, Immigration Reform Domestic Violence Amendment, Immigration Reform, Chuck Grassley, Domestic Violence, Immigration Reform Bill Amendments, Politics News
Paromita Shah

What's at stake in the immigration reform bill is whether or not we continue to perpetuate the harsh and short-sighted policies of our current immigration laws.

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It's Time for Outrage: Sexual Violence and the Church

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.17.2013 | Religion
Read More: Sexual Violence, Rape, Egalitarianism, Violence, Dominance, Women and Girls, Power, Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Religion News
Jim Wallis

Violence against women is the most prevalent and the most hidden injustice in our world today. It's time for all people of faith to be outraged. It's time for our Christian leaders to stand up and say that women, made in the very image of God, deserve better.

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Man Allegedly Stages Home Invasion, Attacks Wife

Posted 05.17.2013 | Crime
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A Florida man is accused of pretending to be a home intruder and violently attacking his wife. Timothy Hunter, 29, and his 27-year-old wife contact...

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Working to End Violence Against Women in Turkey

Melis Figanmese | Posted 05.15.2013 | World
Read More: Violence, Turkey, Violence Against Women, Diyarbakir, Vaw, Kamer, Domestic Violence, World News
Melis Figanmese

There have been situations of honor killings, where no one is willing to bury the body of the woman, or severe beatings and women have no one to sit beside their hospital beds and KAMER steps in and plays their role in standing up for women.

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David Lohr

Jury: Arias Should Face Death Penalty

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.15.2013 | Crime
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The same Phoenix jury that convicted Jodi Arias for the 2008 slaying of her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, declared Wednesday that she is eligible fo...

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David Lohr

Can Jodi Arias Ask For Death?

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.15.2013 | Crime
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Jodi Arias claims she would prefer death over spending the rest of her life in prison, and while the convicted murderer's sincerity has been questione...

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David Lohr

Does Jodi Arias Really Have A Death Wish?

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.17.2013 | Crime
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After a jury convicted her of first-degree murder, Jodi Arias said she would prefer the death penalty as opposed to spending the rest of her natural l...

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To Curb Domestic Violence, Start With Housing

Terri Ludwig | Posted 05.09.2013 | Impact
Read More: Women's Rights, Social Justice, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, Federal Government, Legislation, Domestic Violence, Housing Crisis, Domestic Abuse, Affordable Housing, Social Work, Impact News
Terri Ludwig

When lawmakers in March reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act--the landmark legislation that guarantees certain rights and protections for survivors of domestic violence--they expanded a rule to bar landlords from evicting survivors from any publicly-supported home.

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Consider Mothers Of The World This Mother's Day

Twesigye Jackson Kaguri | Posted 05.09.2013 | Religion
Read More: Women, Women's Issues, Mother's Day, Africa, Motherhood, Uganda, Moms, Domestic Violence, Religion News
Twesigye Jackson Kaguri

This mother's day, help a woman who is in abusive relationship. She needs you. She needs us.

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David Lohr

GUILTY

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.08.2013 | Crime
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PHOENIX –- Jodi Ann Arias, a California native who testified she killed her ex-boyfriend in self-defense, was found guilty Wednesday of murder. T...

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A National Day of Male Atonement

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics
Read More: Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight, Cleveland, Sexual Assault, Sexual Enslavement, Sexual Violence, Abuse, Rape, Violence Against Women, Cleveland Kidnappings, Ariel Castro, Domestic Violence, Domestic Abuse, Politics News
Dr. Peter Breggin

Maybe we should spend less time being curious about the female victims and more time asking ourselves as men, "What can we do to resist this age-old male drive to dominate and have power over women?"

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LISTEN: Chilling 911 Call One Of 700 Domestic Violence Calls In NYC Daily

| Posted 05.07.2013 | New York
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By Murray Weiss NEW YORK CITY — In a city where millions of 911 calls are made every year, a call from a sweet-sounding child turned into one o...

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David Lohr

Jodi Arias Trial Closing Arguments: Can Her Lawyers Save Her Life?

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.03.2013 | Crime
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PHOENIX -- After hearing the prosecutor describe Jodi Arias as a "sophisticated liar" who "knew she was coming to kill," the jury will now consider th...

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WATCH: Remarkable Service She Offers For Free

Posted 05.02.2013 | Divorce
Read More: Abusive Ex, Lazarus Laser Center, Dawn Maestas, Abuse, Divorce Tattoo, Divorce, Tattoo Removal, Domestic Violence, Video, Divorce News

An Albuquerque woman is doing a great service for women left with painful -- and permanent -- reminders of their abusive exes. Dawn Maestas of Laza...

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David Lohr

JODI ARIAS TRIAL: Closing Arguments

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.02.2013 | Crime
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PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Lawyers in the 5-month-old Jodi Arias trial will try to sum up for the jury one of the most widely publicized trials in U.S. history...

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Freeze Frame: Still Shots in Life and Death

Sarah Lehat | Posted 05.02.2013 | Arts
Read More: Photography, Self-Portraits, Angela Strassheim, Judaism, Modern Family, Portraiture, Family Portraits, Royal Family, Narcissus, Domestic, Andrea-Meislin-Gallery, Domestic-Homicide, Portraits, Slidepollajax, Domestic Violence, Domestic Abuse, Butades, Arts News
Sarah Lehat

As I inquire about the organs, I learn they are not related, at least not in a familial fashion. One is an infant's healthy heart. A second is that of a teenager, overdosed on drugs. Followed by a third, pierced by a gunshot. Together, aligned neatly in a row, they have a natural kinship.

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David Lohr

Arias Lawyers' Final Message To Jury: She Was Abused

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.02.2013 | Crime
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PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Jodi Arias' defense team attempted to launch the equivalent of a Hail Mary pass Wednesday during a marathon day of testimony by thei...

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Up-Close Look at Group's Grassroots Effort to Reduce Homelessness

Jim Luce | Posted 05.02.2013 | New York
Read More: Omari Gay, Dress for Success, Children, Bronx, Faith, New York City, Socks 4 Tots, Coalition for Homelessness, Laura Cyrus, Laverne Rooks-Sparrow, Women, Harlem, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Jim Luce, Homelessness, Partnership for the Homeless, Social Responsibility, Orphans International Worldwide, Domestic Violence, New York News
Jim Luce

It is an understatement to call homelessness a growing problem. More accurately, it's a tragedy. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that an a...

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Joe Biden Invokes Questionable Use Of 'Rape' At Fundraiser

AP | JOSH LEDERMAN | Posted 05.02.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden says many women who are raped or physically abused don't report it because they don't want, in his words, "to g...

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David Lohr

Battle Of The Experts Sets Stage For Arias Trial's End

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.01.2013 | Crime
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PHOENIX, Ariz.. –- The prosecution and the defense in the Jodi Arias trial are determined to fight it out to the bitter end during the last day of t...

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Is the Way We Divorce in America About to Change?

Beverly Willett | Posted 04.29.2013 | Divorce
Read More: North-Carolina-Healthy-Marriage-Act, Divorce, Leah Ward Sears, William Doherty, Children of Divorce, Second Chances, Coalition for Divorce Reform, Beverly Willett, Chris Gersten, Parental-Divorce-Reduction-Act, Domestic Violence, Divorce Reform, House Bill 684, Divorce News
Beverly Willett

For more than four decades, Americans have by and large ignored the devastating consequences of divorce on our nation's families.

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Study Finds Increase In Domestic Violence Following Major Sporting Events

The Huffington Post | Kavitha A. Davidson | Posted 04.29.2013 | Sports
Read More: Domestic Violence UK, World Cup 2010, Domestic Violence Sporting Events, Domestic Violence Study, World Cup 2006, Domestic Violence Nfl, Domestic Violence World Cup, Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence Sports, Sports News

Sports fans are known for being passionate and rowdy, perhaps none more so than fans of international soccer. One doesn't have to look too far to find...

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Moving Beyond the Boundaries of Fear

Cynthia Gallagher | Posted 04.29.2013 | Women
Read More: Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg, Fearless, Sheryl Sandberg Lean In, Overcoming Fear, Asking for Help, Career Advice for Women, Life Advice for Women, Domestic Violence, Women News
Cynthia Gallagher

Fear is something we can't live without; it is a feeling we all experience at one time or another in our daily lives. I think as a society, we live with fear in the wrong way, and after many years, I'm ready to share the story of how I turned fear into a source of inner strength.

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Change Comes from Within Our Communities: Hindus United Against Domestic Violence

Anju Bhargava | Posted 04.26.2013 | Religion
Read More: Women's Rights, Shakti, Domestic Violence, Hindu American Seva Charities, United Nations, Tzu-Chi, Hinduism, Hindu Women, Religion News
Anju Bhargava

As we struggle to bring a change, we find -- individually and collectively -- no one can really do it for us. We, as empowered Hindus, have to bring the social change within our own communities.

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David Lohr

Jodi Arias' Trial Nearing An End

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 04.26.2013 | Crime
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The Jodi Arias trial is finally nearing an end with closing arguments scheduled to begin next week. Judge Sherry Stephens drew a line in the sand W...

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