Abuse

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  • Spanking mad

    A California bill could make spanking a crime. But when did a swat on the bum become child abuse? And how far should the government go in telling parents how to raise their children?
    By Eilene Zimmerman February 5, 2007

  • Psychological warfare

    Angered that their professional organization has adopted a policy condoning psychologists' participation in "war on terror" interrogations, many psychologists are vowing to stage a battle royal at the APA's annual meeting.
    By Mark Benjamin July 26, 2006

  • The Abu Ghraib files

    279 photographs and 19 videos from the Army's internal investigation record a harrowing three months of detainee abuse inside the notorious prison -- and make clear that many of those responsible have yet to be held accountable.
    By Joan Walsh March 14, 2006

  • Salon exclusive: The Abu Ghraib files

    Never-published photos, and an internal Army report, show more Iraqi prisoner abuse -- evidence the government is fighting to hide.
    By Mark Benjamin February 16, 2006

  • Gynecologist from hell

    Seattle women sue the Health Department for ignoring complaints of an abusive OB-GYN.
    By Rebecca Traister December 19, 2005

  • Rummy's scapegoat

    Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski -- former commander at Abu Ghraib -- says she was hung out to dry by the Pentagon.
    By Jen Banbury November 10, 2005

  • Afghan poet beaten to death

    25-year-old died at the hands of her husband.
    By Rebecca Traister November 8, 2005

  • "The place is broken"

    CIA veteran Bob Baer says torture was forbidden when he worked for the agency. "Now contractors are sent out to torture people to death and then hide it."
    By Mary Jacoby May 12, 2004

  • "Guantanamo on steroids"

    Abu Ghraib was an infamous prison under Saddam. Now, for Iraqis seeking relatives detained by the U.S. military, it is still a place where men disappear.
    By Jen Banbury March 3, 2004

  • Abuse and neglect

    Domestic violence occurs as often among gay couples as among hetereosexuals, according to a new study, but victims of same-sex battering do not have equal protection under the law.
    By David Tuller June 4, 2003

  • It's OK -- she's a public figure

    From Mike Piazza to Winona Ryder, celebs have replaced minorities as the people it's OK for America to make fun of.
    By Keith Olbermann December 11, 2002

  • I hate my girlfriend's boyfriend

    We love each other, but she won't leave her abusive, jealous, e-mail-snooping man.
    By Cary Tennis May 28, 2002

  • Goddess in a girdle

    Evelyn Ryan, "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio," has delivered me from the evil of lousy mothering manuals.
    By Jennifer Foote Sweeney April 11, 2001

  • Elizabeth Kim

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  • "Ten Thousand Sorrows: The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan" by Elizabeth Kim

    An immigrant's brutal and disturbing memoir of abuse at the hands of fundamentalist parents and a sadistic husband.
    By Brigitte Frase May 17, 2000

  • A child shoots a child

    It isn't about guns; it's about neglect.
    By Beth Broeker March 13, 2000

  • Torn to pieces

    Brothers and sisters in foster care, rarely adopted together, are routinely split and scattered, never to see each other again.
    By Nell Bernstein February 16, 2000

  • Out with the old and out with the new

    Feminism of every stripe has failed. It's time for a gender equality movement.
    By Cathy Young January 26, 2000

  • Three strikes

    My parents tried and tried and tried, but neither marriage nor divorce could bring them together.
    By Patt Blue November 19, 1999

  • Problem family

    When domestic abuse showed up in my neighborhood, I had to decide whether to help or keep my distance.
    By Jill Wolfson June 28, 1999

  • The trauma of childhood

    As long as they are loved, children can recover from abuse and even the horror of war.
    By Alice Miller June 4, 1999

  • German law would lock out batterers

    May 26, 1999
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