Female Prison Inmates Often Suffer Horrible Abuses from Male Guards
Does it make sense to allow women to be guarded by men? Does it make even more sense that, in many cases, these guards get the benefit of the doubt from authorities and are often unsupervised? That’s what people are starting to question and challenge. Eleanor J. Bader at Truthout.org writes on the issue, [...]
Woman’s Boyfriend Hid Crack in her Attic: She Got Life in Prison without Parole
If you don’t think that the War on Drugs has had a terrible impact on American families, you only need to look at the case of Stephanie George. If your boyfriend is a dope dealer and he hides his crack in your attic without your knowledge, you would expect that the courts would understand. But [...]
Note to all Brothers: Don’t Sign Up to Be a Baby’s Daddy – Child Support Will Leave You Broke
Do you ever wonder about those guys who have several kids with several women and then whine about how much they’re paying every month in child support? Were they thinking about these things when they were running from one woman to the next looking for s*x? What about those women who let a man into [...]
Tracy McMillan: Why You’re Not Married Yet
by Tracy McMillan You want to get married. It’s taken a while to admit it. Saying it out loud — even in your mind — feels kind of desperate, kind of unfeminist, kind of definitely not you, or at least not any you that you recognize. Because you’re hardly like those girls on TLC saying [...]
Whoopi Goldberg Takes Heat after Nasty Exchange with Ann Romney: Whoopi Lays Incorrect Facts
The rule for the TV show, “The View” might be that you should think twice before putting Whoopi Goldberg in the same room as a Republican. This was the lesson when Whoopi squared off with Republican super-wife Ann Romney. Goldberg attacked the Romney family patriotism by asking whether or not anyone in their [...]
Monique W. Morris: School-to-Prison Pipeline Conversation Should Expand to Include Black Girls Too
Black females represent the fastest growing segment of the juvenile justice population. Black females also experienced the most dramatic rise in middle school suspension rates in recent years. Six-year old girls have been arrested in Georgia and Florida for having a tantrum in class. A 13-year old girl near Chicago was charged with a felony [...]
Woman Killed By Border Patrol Agent Leads to Questions by Authorities
Police are trying to figure out how a 32-year old woman was killed by a border patrol agent in San Diego after she allegedly hit the agent with her car. Valeria Alvarado ran down the officers as they were in Chula Vista to serve a felony warrant, and the agent says that he had no [...]
Woman Shoots and Beheads the Man Who Raped Her
A woman in Turkey has taught her rapist a lesson that he would probably never forget if he had something to remember it with. The woman, who is pregnant, shot the man who raped her and cut his head off. The woman then left the man’s head in the middle of the village for everyone [...]
Tyra Banks Called Misleading for Bragging about Graduating from Harvard Business School
Some of us have been led to believe that Tyra Banks graduated from the Harvard Business School. The fact is that this isn’t true. Getting a certificate for a nine-week course in a non-degree extension program is very different from going through the grit and grind of a four year college degree or even an [...]
Shani K. Collins: Without Regard to Age, Income or Education Level, Domestic Violence Can Happen to ANYONE
By Shani K. Collins Domestic violence is a serious matter. It has existed for years, but often goes unaddressed because of the immense stigma, fear, and shame surrounding the issue. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (2007) defines it as the “willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, s****l assault, and/or other abusive behavior perpetrated by an [...]
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