She Listened to Women’s Pain. Then She Transformed How It Was Treated.

Gantzer, a French doctor, founded a one-stop shop to treat female victims of violence. Now, her revolutionary template is ...

Miami was a cartoon town in the 1930s and ‘40s. Get the backstory

When a strike by Paramount’s commercial artists and designers’ union threatened to affect the Fleischers in 1937, Max looked for a new location to move his studios. He settled on Miami and moved to ...

The sinister true story of Scotland’s first serial killer

WHEN it comes to serial killers, Scotland has an unfortunate history of horrendous crimes. The likes of Ian Brady, Dennis ...
AOL

On the streets with a city's hidden homeless women

It is a cold night in November on one of Hull's poorest streets. It has been raining and it is damp, dark and chilly in a biting breeze. Street lamps illuminate the footpaths and reflect off the ...
Global Voices Online

Brazilians take to the streets calling attention to a crisis of violence against women

Marches were organized in several cities after a number of cases linked to hatred against women In Brasília, the country’s capital, the charred body of a 25-year-old army corporal was found after a ...
The Columbian

Women biking streets of Tehran

TEHRAN, Iran — When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets of Iran’s capital to the coffee shop she runs, traffic wasn’t her main worry.
Wall Street Journal

Why Are So Many Women Dreaming of Rustic Domesticity?

Videos from Victoria Wolff’s Instagram account. The other day, I noticed that a surprising number of women I know are following the Instagram account of a woman in the Scottish countryside whose ...
Orange County Register

Westminster will rename street in honor of Charlie Kirk

A street will be partially renamed after slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Westminster City Council has decided despite strong community pushback. Councilmembers voted 4-1 on Wednesday, ...
Religion News Service

Women riding the streets of Tehran on motorbikes is the latest sign of Iran's societal change

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In the beliefs of some conservative clerics and hard-liners, a woman riding a scooter or a motorbike is “tabarruj,” or an excessive flaunting of her beauty prohibited by Islam.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Women riding the streets of Tehran on motorbikes is the latest sign of Iran's societal change

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets of Iran 's capital to the coffee shop she runs, traffic wasn't her main ...
WRAL

Women riding the streets of Tehran on motorbikes is the latest sign of Iran's societal change

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets of Iran 's capital to the coffee shop she runs, traffic wasn't her main ...