Some Domestic Violence Takes Place Behind Two Sets of Closed Doors: At Home, In the Bedroom, In Secrecy

Since the mass shooting in Atlanta last week that killed six women of Asian descent, Asian Americans, especially women, are sick at heart, angry -- and afraid.

Perspective, Story Behind The StoryKatherine MitchellMarch 23, 2021domestic violence, abuse, women killed, Asian Americans, mass shooting, Atlanta, attacks on Asian Americans, Tanya Selvaratnam, Cathy Park Hong, immigrants, sexual assault, Eric Sneiderman, Kiese Laymon

Why Do Some Black Men Abuse Women?

Black women suffer from domestic violence out of proportion to their slice of the American population, a bit less than 7 percent.

Perspective, Story Behind The StoryKatherine MitchellDecember 1, 2020domestic violence, Heavy, Black women, black victims, black women suffer from domestic violence more, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Black authors, memoirs, Kiese Laymon, Kevin Powell, victims of abuse, abusers

Sitting Next to You in Church: A Victim of Domestic Violence?

Mississippi writer Kiese Laymon, born and reared in Jackson, has written in his memoir, Heavy, about his dislike of attending rural Concord Missionary Baptist Church on Sundays with his grandmama: