News From A Colorful Perspective
Courtney Taylor Irby was in fear for her life on June 15. Her husband had tried to run her off the road and had been arrested for it. He was facing a domestic violence charge, Irby had a restraining order and he wasn’t even allowed to use, possess or carry…
Coffee County, Tenn., prosecutor Craig Northcott is in a recently discovered video that shows him bragging that, if gay people in his district end up being victims of domestic violence, they should not expect him to use the state’s domestic violence laws to protect them, according to WTVF. Northcott has…
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the reauthorization of the updated Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) on Thursday afternoon, amid opposition from the National Rifle Association. But ahead of the House vote, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, the first Black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts, took to the floor to give a heartfelt speech…
A study conducted by the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) found that intimate partners killed more than half of all female murder victims. Black women were found to die at a partner’s hands more often than women of any other race; approximately 4.4 out of every 100,000 Black women are…
Rob Porter, a top aide toWhite House Chief of Staff John Kellyresponsible for the paper flow to President Trump’s desk, announced Wednesday that he would resign following accusations of domestic abuse from two former wives. In an article published Tuesday on DailyMail.com, Colbie Holderness, Porter’s first wife, and Jennifer Willoughby,…
The role financial abuse plays in keeping women trapped in abusive relationships is often overlooked. A recent report, “The Status of Black Women in the United States,” found that although Black women have high labor participation and voting rates, at all educational levels, Black women are concentrated in lower paying…
LGBT and HIV-positive victims of domestic violence frequently face barriers and discrimination when they try to report their abuse, a new report by the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP), found. The report, “National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs LGBTQ and HIVAffected Intimate Partner Violence in 2015,” analyzed 1,967 incident reports…
By Barbara Frankel Photo by Shutterstock Women are increasingly important to the NFL — they now comprise almost half the fan base. But can a league that has consistently gone easy on players who have committed domestic abuse successfully market to women The NFL has made a concerted effort to…
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