Domestic violence experts say Johnny Depp’s star status and the fact that Amber Heard has not yet taken the stand may be influencing the public.
Author: Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY
The internet is laughing at Tucker Carlson’s new program. Experts say it’s no joke.
Experts in masculinity and extremism say Tucker Carlson’s program is giving dangerous white supremacist online narratives a mainstream platform.
Suicide leaves us asking ‘why?’ In new memoir, journalist searches for answers
In her memoir “Stepping Back from the Ledge,” USA TODAY journalist Laura Trujillo bares herself to better understand her mother’s suicide.
Sex after sexual violence challenges the body. How survivors can heal.
Sexual trauma can impact a person’s sexual health. Experts say survivors can relearn trust, consent and boundaries, healing through self-compassion.
‘I felt as if I was dead to her’: The psychological cost of the silent treatment
The silent treatment is a refusal to verbally communicate with another person. When it’s part of a pattern of controlling behavior, it can be abuse.
Will Smith and the ‘unfair’ burden Black men face
Experts say the racially-charged reactions to Will Smith’s slap show the pressure Black men face to always be the best versions of themselves.
Will Smith, Chris Rock, and when words are violent, too
Violence is not limited to slaps. Violence can be the words we use to mock, categorize, exclude and control.
Why we can’t agree on Will Smith’s slap
Everyone watched the same shocking Oscars moment between Will Smith and Chris Rock, but our identities shaped our very different moral conclusions.
Marsha Blackburn asked Ketanji Brown Jackson to define ‘woman.’ Science says there’s no simple answer.
When Marsha Blackburn asked Ketanji Brown Jackson to define “woman,” she wanted a simple answer. Scientists and gender scholars say it doesn’t exist.
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s comments on motherhood, her husband’s tears and what they mean for a historic moment
Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, is sitting before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week.