For decades, the "bystander effect" (previously) has been a bedrock of received psychological wisdom: "individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present; the greater the number of bystanders, the less likely it is that one of them will help."

Daniel Penny's lawyers released a cynical statement claiming that the homicide-committing ex-marine who held Jordan Neely in a death-invoking choke-hold for nearly fifteen minutes acted in self-defense. Disgustingly, the statement claims that Neely's death might bring light to the mental illness crisis. — Read the rest

Ignorance about rape can tragically mute any instinct to protect or tell

Toronto-based host/producer Keith McNally weaves together memory, music, and a magpie's collection of appropriated media, often with a This American Life-style aesthetic.