On November 13, terrorists hit Paris with a series of coordinated attacks — Terror in Paris and Beirut: An Islamic State Reading Guide This piece originally ran on ProPublica. On November 13, terrorists hit Paris with a series of coordinated attacks — France’s deadliest since World War II. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attacks, which killed at...
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A new documentary opening this week focuses on two individuals who form an unlikely alliance to address gun violence in the United States. “The Armor of Light,” by Abigail Disney, follows the evangelical minister Rev. Rob Schenck, an evangelical known for his anti-choice activism, and Lucia McBath, the mother of Jordan Davis, the African-American teenager who was shot to death by a...
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Here’s a tip for anyone planning to grab Serena Williams’s phone – don’t bother. The American, who has won 21 Grand Slam singles titles, will chase you down, and she will catch you. It was a lesson learnt by a man who took the 34-year-old’s mobile phone while she was in a restaurant. “Yesterday at dinner the craziest thing happened to me,” the world...
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By Jessica Valenti- UK Guardian The way that police officers get away with their crimes serves as an important reminder about how women are discredited when it comes to rape accusations There’s a certain timeline of appropriate actions women are told to take if they are sexually attacked. Don’t shower; get help; call the police. That last one seems to be hardest – most rapes aren’t...
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