child safety

“It is a peculiar cruelty to demand extraordinary proof from those who have endured ordinary injustice.” My pain does not require cross-examination to be real.My humanity is not pending approval. …

There is language that has been troubling my soul. As a Womanist historian, I know that misinformation is not just an error; it is a weapon used to disarm the …

Sometimes I feel weak and weary. Like today, and yesterday, and the day before that. This work—this witnessing, this advocating, this holding the line—gets heavy. And yet, I am appreciative. …

He killed her. Murdered her. Left the broken pieces for their children to pick up for the rest of their lives. And people still asked about his mental health. No …

In our society we underestimate intuition in favor of logic. I like logic. I also like intuition and fact-based pattern recognition.   From Youtube summary: This animated summary explains how …

For years, people asked, “Why doesn’t she just leave?” That question is evaporating—not because we finally understand domestic violence, but because something far more sobering is happening: Where can she …

Child marriage is often mistakenly viewed as an issue exclusive to the Global South, but it persists significantly across the West, including the United States and Europe. In the U.S., …

Malcolm X said : “A lie told once is questioned. A lie repeated often enough becomes accepted. And once it becomes ‘common sense,’ people stop investigating it. That is how …

There was a time when America believed a slogan could solve a crisis. The Just Say No campaign told people: Just say no to drugs. Simple. Clear. Repeatable. And it failed, failed, …

When we treat symptoms as causes, harm finds new ways to grow. When we face the root, we begin to change what is possible.   When We Make Porn the …