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A 19 year old Chicago woman who live-streamed the racially charged kidnapping, torture and mutilation of a mentaly disabled teen was given 200 hours of community service and four years of probation on Friday. Brittany Herring Covington - who went by "Herring" on Social Media before her arreest,

A Tennessee judge is gaining national media attention for his unique incentive offered to inmates upon sentencing: convicts can undergo a free taxpayer funded sterilization procedure and get a 30 day reduction in jail time. Dozens have already taken advantage of the program since Judge Sam

From the Slope of Hope blog: After I got off the plane and was heading toward the airport exit, I saw something I don't think I  had ever seen before: a woman with a beard. Although I only took in this image for a moment, three things were immediately clear to me: (1) she was, in fact, a woman

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission dropped a big flaming bag of poo on the American doorstep yesterday in the form of a damning and extensive report on workplace harassment. Of the 90,000 complaints the agency handled last year, one third were related to harassment on the job — ...

For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to be a mother. In fact, I used to say I wanted twelve children. While I no longer want a soccer team worth of children (I'm 34, so that ship has likely sailed), I still cannot wait to become a mother. Although this is a natural desire for many women,