The infamous witch trials may have put this Boston suburb on the map, but they’ve also overshadowed much of its magic. Here’s ...

Look at modern-day "witch hunts" through the lens of the notorious Salem Witch Trials in colonial America . By Bridget Marshall . Published October 24, 2019 4:59AM (EDT ...

In most other parts of Europe, though, women were predominantly the victims of witch hunts. One source estimates that about 80% of people executed for witchcraft were women. In Salem, 4 out of the ...

Witch hunts can erupt suddenly, as during the COVID-19 pandemic, when terrified people searched for scapegoats. But when rates of these assaults have stayed high over decades—such as in Europe ...

Witch hunts remain a "global problem in the 21st century," Deutsche Welle said, and it is such a pervasive issue that Aug. 10 has even been designated "World Day Against Witch Hunts." Thousands of ...

Witch hunts are far from being a thing of the past — even in the 21st century. In many countries, this is still a sad reality for many women today. That is why August 10 has been declared a ...

For years, feminist scholars have argued that witch hunts were inspired by a reactionary, misogynistic church. But new scholarship, like Lyndal Roper's "Witch Craze," reveals that the real ...

Real witch hunts were created by a patriarchy terrified of middle-aged women The patriarchy has long persecuted older women. But 'witches' could save humanity.

While this story is about witch hunts, it’s also about controlling women’s bodies for the creation of a labor market — and the creation of a peasant class in post feudal Europe. Federici: By ...

Political witch hunts in the U.S. date back to the early days of the republic, the experts said. Advertisement “Jacksonians attacked [President] John Quincy Adams for buying a billiard table, ...

Just as the Puritans’ actual witch-hunts were not as irrational as they seem to modern eyes, future generations will need to be told why the Mueller investigation was not as much of a “witch ...

Witch hunts can also be used as a pretext to settle scores or land disputes he said. Umame Gamano survived a witch hunt after she was accused of causing her husband's death.