Stories tagged "violence"

Narco violence is exploding--just as oil prices are plunging and Mexico is bracing for a deep U.S. recession.

Washington DC Article: Guns, knives and education: Violence erupts in D.C. Public Schools by local D.C. Youth Issues Examiner expert, Aisha Ali.

Presented by NonViolenceUnited.org, the following is a beautiful 10-minute video on what you can do to make the most powerful choice on this planet. We can make changes. Now.

In the decade of Darfur and Iraq, and shortly after the century of Stalin, Hitler, and Mao, the claim that violence has been diminishing may seem somewhere between hallucinatory and obscene. Yet recent studies show we're living in the most peaceful times.

The recent spate of drug-related killings in Nogales, Mexico, is driving apart what have long been close-knit communities, discouraging some residents of its Arizona sister city from crossing the border.

Violence affects the lives of millions of women and girls in all socio-economic classes around the world. It cuts across cultural and religious barriers and takes a variety of forms, from domestic abuse and rape to child marriages and female circumcision

As women around the world come together to celebrate the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, violence against women remains endemic in many forms, in all societies. Just last month, Aisha Ibrahim Duhulow was stoned to death by a grou

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, hundreds of thousands of women and girls are being raped and brutalized in a decade of conflict.

A woman was in jail Thursday on suspicion of murder charges after her 18-month-old daughter was found shot to death in the toddler’s crib, authorities said. Friday, November 21, 2008.

You are what you watch, when it comes to violence in the media and its influence on violent behavior in young people, and an article provides new evidence that violent media does indeed impact adolescent behavior.