Month: May 2017

By Nicholas Kristof New York Times When she was a scrawny 11-year-old, Sherry Johnson found out one day that she was about to be married to a 20-year-old member of her church who had raped Read more…

By Rebecca Beitsch The Pew Charitable Trusts Most Americans think of child marriage as a vestige of a bygone era. And yet in every state, people under 18 are allowed to marry. Some states set Read more…