By Monday night, Charles Ramsey — the Cleveland man who aided in the rescue of kidnap victims Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight and Amanda Berry that same afternoon — was being touted (rightfully) as a hero. Then on Wednesday, days after his post rescue interview had gone viral, his own history of domestic violence came…

We're all horrified that Ariel Castro allegedly kidnapped and imprisoned three young women for a decade so he could rape and beat them at his convenience. But given the circumstances that allowed him to evade suspicion for so long, Castro's case is a not-so-hyperbolic allegory for what millions of domestic violence…

It'll come as a surprise to nobody anywhere ever to learn that the psychopath who kidnapped, imprisoned, raped, and tortured three women for ten years reportedly has a history of repeatedly abducting his daughters and threatening to kill his wife and daughters.

While all Saudi women are still under the guardianship of a male family member — usually a husband or father — the first Saudi domestic violence ad marks progress for the Kingdom's women.

Houston area hippie-dippie restaurant Roots Bistro ran a sign on its marquee this weekend proclaiming "Beer should be like violence: domestic."

Lady pop quiz: what concerns you more, domestic violence or the true nutritional value of low-fat yogurt? "Wife beating" or that realllly enticing Madewell shoe sale?

In fact, domestic violence is two-to-four times as prevalent in police officer families as it is in the general population. Yikes.

Speaking on behalf of the Ring The Bell campaign — a movement that calls on men and boys around the world to take a stand and make a promise to act to end violence against women — Sir Patrick Stewart, a consistent and powerful activist for equality, spoke eloquently about what violence against women looks like, and…

Finally: House Republican leaders are ready to let their VAWA bill go to make way for the Senate's legislation, which includes protections for LGBT, Native American and immigrant survivors of domestic violence. From the Huffington Post:

Rob Morrison, the anchor for WCBS-TV's This Morning and News at Noon, is currently in custody for allegedly choking his wife Ashley Morrison, who's an anchor on CBS' MoneyWatch. Ugh.