Thomson Reuters Foundation reached out to hundreds of experts who focus on women’s issues, including development workers, journalists, academics, and health providers.

These experts were asked to name the most dangerous nations for women, according to six separate categories. On three of the different measures—sexualized violence, human trafficking, and “culture and religion”-based violence—India won the dubious honor of coming in first, and #USA also made the list.

The increasing violation of our rights and the rights of children; unjust and criminally deadly attacks on the free press, attacks on our US neighbors and longtime international allies should make us want to be registered to vote, even if it's via absentee ballots.

All Americans should be mourning all the injustices and they must all be confronted now before the midterm elections. All bipartisan reforms could be adopted before its too late.

Hazardous Weather Conditions Heat indices into triple digits in much of the central #USA Critical fire weather conditions expand as a trough increases winds in the Great Basin and Southwest. Severe storms with damaging winds, hail, and isolated tornadoes in the northern Plains.