Abuse

Revelations about the celebrated writer have reignited debates about how to reckon with artists who do terrible things. Have the years since #MeToo yielded any answers?

In “Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma,” Claire Dederer attempts the impossible task of disentangling herself from the figures whose work has made her who she is.

A stage adaptation, at BAM, crams Hanya Yanagihara’s sprawling novel into a single evening—not without some violence. 

In his new film, Robert Greene works with six men who were abused by priests as children to re-create their experiences, even at the very sites where the traumas occurred.

The Christian organization Teen Challenge, made up of more than a thousand centers, claims to reform troubled teens. But is its discipline more like abuse?

As the R. & B. star’s federal trial in Brooklyn comes to a close, the jury may wonder where the other members of Kelly’s alleged criminal “enterprise” are.

Some of the women testifying against the R. & B. star were once represented by Susan E. Loggans, who negotiated payouts with Kelly’s lawyers in exchange for her clients’ silence.

Lizzette Martinez was allegedly abused by the R. & B. star when she was a minor. Now she may be asked to testify against him.

The two-time Olympic gymnast discusses the sport’s recent reckonings—and all the work that’s left to be done.

A son, his mother, and a legacy of abuse.

大规模拘禁与监控主宰了中国维吾尔人和哈萨克人的生活，一个女人挣扎在重获自由的道路上。

As mass detentions and surveillance dominate the lives of China’s Uyghurs and Kazakhs, a woman struggles to free herself.

Perhaps, in the end, we weren’t nearly as ready for it as we might have wanted to be.

The writer Tanya Selvaratnam discusses her abusive relationship with a former state attorney general and the harassment allegations against the current governor.

Evan Rachel Wood’s accusations of abuse reveal a blind spot in our reverence for outsider musicians.

Another migrant child has died in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a system where the quality of mercy is under extreme strain.

The allegations of Adams’s abusive behavior are a reminder that the music industry must reckon not only with the alpha abusers but also with the odious web of enablers that surrounds them.

Are Robin Hammond’s pictures so beautiful because they celebrate the human spirit, the will to be oneself and to love, whatever the circumstances and the laws?

The filmmaker discusses the abuse accusations against R. Kelly. Her new documentary implicates him, his enablers, and even his fans.

Michael Holick, a renowned scientist turned expert witness, relies on his own controversial theory to help alleged abusers avoid prison and regain custody of the babies they were accused of harming.