Between 1400 and 1780, an estimated 100,000 people, mostly women, were prosecuted for witchcraft in Europe. About half that number were executed – killings motivated by a constellation of beliefs ...

While Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed to be a victim of political witch hunts, all concrete evidence to the contrary, his entire campaign against “the enemy within,” or “the deep state,” has been ...

It’s not unusual to hear the term “witch hunt” in politics, but it has no greater devotee than President Trump, who uses it when complaining about the Mueller investigation. How does this modern ...

Witch hunts in Salem were not about magic. They were about control. Fear and power turned ordinary women into targets, and ...

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Women living in Indian villages are banding together with the help of “microcredit” business loans of about 750 rupees ($18) to help prevent modern-day witch hunts that can prove fatal to their ...