He not only admits to the domestic violence but links it directly to his efforts to rescue three Cleveland women.

In a piece for BlackAmericaWeb, Tom Joyner says that these drug- and alcohol-fueled incidents have gone too far, and parents need to step in and drill into children's heads that sexual violence is never OK. 

Writing at the Huffington Post, Rep. Karen Bass makes the case for a comprehensive fix to the student-loan debt crisis. For one thing, student-loan interest rates will double on July 1 from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent.

Clearly, abuse is no laughing matter. But is it that bad to make a joke at the expense of the perpetrator?