MOST RECENT ARTICLES BY:

Melissa Jeltsen

  1. politics
    Why Closing the ‘Boyfriend Loophole’ Would Be a Huge DealDomestic abuse and the plague of American gun violence go hand in hand.
  2. crime
    Domestic Violence Survivors Don’t Just ‘Snap’Mindy Dodd was convicted of murdering her abuser. Then came the TV cameras.
  3. power
    Maybe Cops Shouldn’t Handle Domestic Violence CallsGabby Petito needed help. Instead, police dismissed her.
  4. texas
    Texas Is Already Creating Abortion RefugeesPregnant people in Texas are scrambling to get abortions in neighboring states, but clinics cannot handle the influx.
  5. atlanta shootings
    The Flattening of the Atlanta ShootingsThe desire for a singular narrative hurts, not helps, our understanding of what happened.