Why Domestic Violence Is an Economic Issue

September 20, 2016

In the world of conventional wisdom, there are “women’s issues” and there are “economic issues,” and never the twain shall meet. The right to college, economic; college sexual assault, women’s. Affordable health care, economic; access to [...]

“They Said We Would Pay With Our Lives”

September 15, 2016

Julia was not yet a teenager when members of Mara Salvatrucha in her small hometown in central El Salvador began to threaten her with sexual assault. Her neighborhood had always felt quiet and safe, she said. But things started to change when she [...]

Memo to divorcing boomers: Watch your assets

September 12, 2016

Divorce among couples near retirement age has its own custody complications: how to divvy up the retirement accounts. For baby boomers, divorce is soaring. The divorce rate among adults over age 50 doubled between 1990 and 2014, according to a [...]