Guest Essays

The Untold Story of Domestic Violence

Some say ignorance is bliss. It’s not true, especially when it concerns domestic violence. In that case, ignorance can be a death sentence. Ignoring the warning signs of domestic violence only leads to more violence, and it evolves so gradually that sometimes that it’s almost impossible to recognize it when it starts. Read more...

One Unsafe Woman: In Her Own Words

Angela is 35, and happily married with three children. But 10 years ago, Angela was an unsafe woman; one of millions in this country. She was in an abusive, violent relationship that lasted two years. And that relationship is one of the reasons Angela would later become a police detective.  Read more...

The Hidden Cost of Domestic Violence

"A lot of companies – especially small businesses – refuse to believe that domestic violence affects them. But it’s not true. Domestic violence affects all companies. And small business most of all."  Read more...

The Silent Secret of Domestic Violence

"During my career as a family court judge, I saw first hand the devastation wrought by domestic violence. The faces of the more memorable victims flash before me now even as I write this column. They are painful images of women, bruised and broken, stripped bare of their self-esteem, and thoroughly embarrassed to be in court. All this while they obsessively questioned their very decision to seek help and, reflecting domestic violence's cruelest irony, blamed themselves at some level for the perpetrators' acts of brutal betrayal."  Read more...