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by Sandra Park onApril 29, 2013
In Norristown, Pa., a law stipulates that after three police calls, a tenant can be evicted, writes Sandra Park, staff attorney for the ACLU's Women's Rights Project, for the Huffington Post.
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by Valerie Jarrett onMarch 8, 2013
In a piece for the Huffington Post, Valerie Jarrett, President Obama's senior adviser and chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, praises the reauthorization and strengthening of the Violence Against Women Act.
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by Helena Andrews onMarch 1, 2013
An episode inspired by Chris Brown and Rihanna exposes the blurry line between reality and entertainment.
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by Kellee Terrell onDecember 3, 2012
The Cicely Bolden case exposes the dangers women face when telling partners they're HIV-positive.
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by Mychal Denzel Smith onDecember 3, 2012
Who told little boys it's OK to pull little girls' hair? Mychal Denzel Smith digs into this question and its larger implications on Ebony.
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by Helena Andrews onNovember 27, 2012
Not battered women or anyone who advocates for them, that's for sure.
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by Demetria L. Lucas onSeptember 18, 2012
The Root's contributing editor Demetria L. Lucas writes in her Essence column that she wishes Floyd Mayweather's wife would realize that "S--t happens" isn't an appropriate response to having been beaten in front of her children.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onAugust 30, 2012
On Twitter, the disgraced football player said that fans shouldn't feel sorry for him.
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by Sil Lai Abrams onAugust 27, 2012
Ebony relationship expert Sil Lai Abrams looks at what constitutes an abusive relationship, the definition of domestic violence and the markers of situational relationship violence.
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