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‘More killing and sexual violence’: The Turkish assault in Syria could eradicate women’s hard-won rights
Since Wednesday, Turkish forces have been bombarding northeastern Syria
Several male film critics praised ‘Joker.’ Here’s why female critics aren’t sold.
Todd Phillips’s new Batman villain origin film grossed $94 million at the box office last weekend
Amber Guyger, off-duty police officer who killed an unarmed black man, found guilty of murder
The shooting touched off days of protests in Dallas and demands for police reform
October 1, 2019
October 1, 2019
‘Am I going to be next?’: Dallas activists react to the latest attack in a string of violence against transgender women of color
After two high-profile murders of black trans women in Dallas this summer, another transgender woman was shot last week
September 29, 2019
September 29, 2019
ISIS women impose a brutal rule at al-Hol, a sprawling tent camp in Syria
About 20,000 women and 50,000 children who had lived under the caliphate are held in dire conditions at the camp
September 6, 2019
September 6, 2019
As India’s crackdown began, I arrived in Kashmir. It was terrifying.
Weeks later, my relatives and friends are still cut off from the rest of the world
A police officer killed my son, Michael Brown, 5 years ago. Nothing has changed.
Black men and boys are still not safe walking down the street or driving in cars
‘An eye for an eye’: How one woman’s eye patch became the symbol of the Hong Kong protests
The pro-democracy demonstrators have been calling for change in Hong Kong since June
August 14, 2019
August 14, 2019
Law enforcement has a blind spot for white male violence. Here’s why.
For years, white men have been responsible for mass shootings in far greater numbers than other demographic groups
A mother died shielding her infant in El Paso. Her husband died guarding them both, family says.
The newlyweds were among 21 victims killed in Saturday’s mass shooting