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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Witch Hunts and Wizard Trials – Surviving Medieval Superstition. Posted: June 2, 2025 | Last updated: June 2, 2025. What would it take to survive the Middle Ages as a suspected witch or wizard?

Commentary Of Witch-Hunts and Weaponization: The Breathtaking Hypocrisy of Donald Trump and Today's GOP When it comes to metaphorical witch hunts and the weaponization of government against its ...

Trump, indeed, echoed the Puritan witch hunts’ demonization and condemnation of women when he called Hillary Clinton, “evil” and deserving of being locked up; Kamala Harris, ...

Campaigner demands police are banned from Manchester Pride if they continue to refuse to say sorry for past homophobic ...