Tag: Child abuse
When parents turn children into weapons, everybody loses
Jennifer Harman, Colorado State University
Domestic abuse can involve one parent using a child as a weapon against the...
Apple’s plan to scan your phone raises the stakes on a...
Laurin Weissinger, Tufts University
Apple’s plan to scan customers’ phones and other devices for images depicting child sexual abuse...
Domestic violence 911 calls increased during lockdown, but official police reports...
Jillian B. Carr, Purdue University
COVID-19 stay-at-home orders surely saved many lives, but a growing number of studies document...
Abolishing child labor took the specter of ‘white slavery’ and the...
Betsy Wood, Hudson County Community College
Today, U.S. laws and regulations bar kids under the age of 14 from working in most industries. Children under...
What’s the difference between sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment and...
Sarah L. Cook, Georgia State University; Lilia M. Cortina, University of Michigan, and Mary P. Koss, University of Arizona
The terms “sexual abuse,” “sexual assault,”...
How the Catholic Church’s hierarchy makes it difficult to punish sexual...
Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross
Cardinal George Pell, a top adviser to Pope Francis, returned to his native Australia July 10 to...
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Don’t get too excited, no one has cracked nuclear fusion yet
By Matthew Hole, Australian National University
Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin’s announcement this week that it could make small-scale nuclear fusion power a reality in the...
