Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Illustration from “The History of Witches and Wizards, 1720.” | “The History of Witches and Wizards, 1720.” The witch panics that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seventeenth-century England was a world turned upside down. Arguments over religion erupted in violence. Calvinists wanted a ...

In a remote part of West Africa, centuries-old superstitions continue to condemn women accused of witchcraft to exile. A landmark bill offers hope — but can justice overcome belief?

Tribal women here form support groups when they receive the loans. These groups typically of about eight to 10 women have protected other women from these hunts, according to Soma Chaudhuri, a ...

“Witch hunt” — it’s a refrain used to deride everything from impeachment inquiries and sexual assault investigations to allegations of corruption. When powerful men cry witch, they’re generally not ...

What do you know about witches? If your first thought was Hocus Pocus, you don't even know the half of it. Witch folklore has been a part of the worldwide cultural landscape for thousands of years. In ...

Los Angeles – The Oracle of Los Angeles was feeling frazzled. It was already 2 p.m. and she hadn’t had time to prepare lunch, much less wipe the ash from her altar. A tarot card client had just left ...

After a long day working the plantations, Indian women head home. Photo: Michigan State University Witch hunts may conjure images of hysterical Europe in the Middle Ages or 17th century Salem, but in ...

I recently attended a lunch with a group of women to talk about food and health. I’d come to the conclusion that my health would be better served doing this than talking to my doctor. He was unable to ...

Seventeenth-century England was a world turned upside down. Arguments over religion erupted in violence. Calvinists wanted a stripped-down Christianity wholly determined by literal readings of the ...