Abuse

A new report identifies 212 priests accused of sexual abuse in the Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose dioceses.

New research argues the answer depends in part on the color of your collar.

Despite growing evidence that abusers often use custody battles to retain control over their former spouses, Congress is still punting on basic protections for survivors.

The news comes two weeks after BuzzFeed reported on allegations that Kelly is running an abusive cult.

A report found 18 incidents in the last year in which employees at nursing homes and assisted living facilities posted unauthorized photos and videos of residents on social media platforms.

Many of today's missing young people are trapped in cycles of poverty—and often rooted in violent neighborhoods.

Today's decision puts the pop star in a difficult spot.

How confronting her alleged abuser made Kesha a workers' rights activist.

Some residential programs for kids have settled on better ways to handle children. But the best practices are almost entirely self-imposed.

Children bullied by their peers are upwards of 60 percent more likely to suffer mental illness as adults than kids who are abused and neglected, according to a new study.

Meryl and Susan Goldsmith’s documentary, The Syndrome, has been boycotted and protested against for its portrayal of SBS as outdated science.

A review of new proposals to put a stop to elder abuse and support the rights of the elderly around the world.

Mindi has never harmed her daughter and is capably raising a son, but authorities took her daughter under a concept sometimes called “predictive neglect.”

Or, more specifically, what's wrong with taking a steroid, while you're pregnant, to try to increase the odds that your female fetus will someday grow up to be a straight woman who gives you grandchildren, and not a lesbian daughter more interested in puppies?

There is clear evidence that the phrases "substance abuse" and "substance abuser" harm, as well as disparage, people with addiction. It's time to ditch these terms.

A Department of Justice study also shows the number of reports of sexual assaults is rising, but rarely results in prosecution.

All week we're running personal stories from Pacific Standard readers in response to Amanda Hess' cover story, "Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet."

All week we're running personal stories from Pacific Standard readers in response to Amanda Hess' cover story, "Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet."

All week we're running personal stories from Pacific Standard readers in response to Amanda Hess' cover story, "Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet."

All week we're running personal stories from Pacific Standard readers in response to Amanda Hess' cover story, "Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet."

All week we're running personal stories from Pacific Standard readers in response to Amanda Hess' cover story, "Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet."

"Ignore the barrage of violent threats and harassing messages that confront you online every day." That's what women are told. But these relentless messages are an assault on women's careers, their psychological bandwidth, and their freedom to live online. We have been thinking about Internet harassment all wrong.

In the January/February issue of Pacific Standard, Amanda Hess writes about the vile threats and abusive comments that are lobbed at women online every day. Have you experienced harassment on the Internet?

Only three percent of shelters nationwide can accommodate domestic animals, and many people refuse to leave them behind.