S.9 Wills Act 1837 sets out the current requirements for making and witnessing a will. Importantly, the act specifies that a will must be signed by the testator (male) or testatrix (female) (i.e., ...

A new Downtown Brooklyn art installation, “Witnessing“ uses antiquated emergency call boxes to honor victims of modern-day police brutality. Six seven-f00t-tall call boxes, outfitted with screens, and ...

For victims of domestic violence—the physical attacks, emotional maltreatment, and other abuse endured are certain to take a toll on their well-being. However, while the horrors of abuse are apparent ...

Witnessing is an important act in and of itself. The gaze of others can be pressuring and liberating, validating and troubling; knowing others are witnessing can also be cathartic. The relationship ...

The question, posed in the subject line of an email, was the sort of question I didn’t know to ask until it was addressed to me. At the start of the pandemic, most religious groups across the country ...

For many of us living with chronic illness, pain is an unwelcome fact of life. Perhaps it ebbs and flows; perhaps it remains constant—but the experience of pain changes people. Elaine Scarry talks ...

USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and University of Southern California provide funding as members of The Conversation US. A flashbulb emits a high-pitched hum. A photograph of the ...