Bob Herbert writes for an op-ed in the New York Times, “We’ve seen this tragic ritual so often that it has the feel of a formula. A guy is filled with a seething rage toward women and has easy access to guns. The result: mass slaughter.”
Stephanie McCrummen writes for the Washington Post, “For the women of eastern Congo, a U.S.-backed Congolese military operation meant to save them from abusive rebels has turned into a nightmare of its own. An already staggering epidemic of rape has become markedly worse since the January deployment of tens of thousands of poorly trained, poorly Read more …
In the Huffington Post, Anna Deavere Smith uses the recent Gates/Crowley incident as a launching point to discuss many surrounding issues. “But this teachable moment has been framed by the media as more than a moment about policing. It is supposedly about ‘race.’ The teachable moment taught us perhaps to look more closely.”
Jaclyn Friedman writes for the American Prospect, “Last week, a lawsuit was filed accusing football player Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault. In the blink of an eye, sports apologists turned the focus on the case from the athlete to the alleged victim.”
T. Rees Shapiro writes in the Washington Post, “Gerald H.F. Gardner, 83, a geophysicist and mathematician whose statistical research and expert testimony led to the U.S. Supreme Court decision that eliminated sex bias in newspaper want ads, died July 25 at a hospital in Pittsburgh. He had leukemia.”
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