Two years after Israel's last bombardment of Gaza, the war crimes on both sides have not been investigated.

Pregnant adolescents can be pressured into marriage in the US under the laws of certain states.

I don't see anything inherently wrong in a sexual relationship between a high school student and someone age 50. However, the marriage of a pregnant 13-year-old is an indication that something fishy is going on.

It is unfair to coerce someone by pregnancy into anything whatsoever, including giving birth. Does the State of Virginia offer all pregnant minors a confidential abortion at no cost? If not, it ought to.

As stated in the article, preventing forced marriage is not a simple matter of checking age.

Unvaccinated workers at a US immigration detention center caught measles and transmitted it to prisoners.

Just as food service workers are not allowed the choice not to wash their hands, these employees should not be given the choice not to be vaccinated. Other people's health is at stake.

A former Chilean officer has been charged with killing 15 dissidents.

The term "militant" might suggest these were guerrilla fighters, but that would be a mistake. In Chile before 1973, leftist militants campaigned for votes.

The Appeal of Torture: What I Learned from Teaching a Class on Terrorism.

Surely everyone has seen fiction in which the hero is being tortured by people demanding information that the hero does not have. Surely everyone can imagine being in this position. Why don't they apply that imagination to the issue?

You don't have to be a hero, or do anything in particular, to be falsely accused. It can happen to anyone.