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Crossing the Line: What Constitutes Torture?
Torture. The United Nations defines it as the “infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering.” But how severe is severe? That judgment determines whether or not the law classifies an interrogation practice as
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Women’s depression can erode their intimate relationships
Sify: Israeli researchers have found that a woman’s depression can bring her relationship down. A depressed person can be withdrawn, needy, or hostile-and give little back. But there’s another way that depression isolates partners from
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Does the “Empathy Gap” Encourage Torture?
Imagine that you work for a government agency and you are trying to get information from a suspected terrorist. As part of your interrogation you lock the detainee in a “cold cell.” A cold cell
