Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But is online public shaming necessarily negative? I’m a political scientist who studies the relationship between digital ...

EXCLUSIVE — Two House Republicans are proposing the return of public shaming in response to the torrent of bad behavior by their colleagues, like ex-Reps. Eric Swallwell (D-CA) Tony Gonzales (R-TX).

“Cancel culture” has a bad reputation. There is growing anxiety over this practice of publicly shaming people online for violating social norms ranging from inappropriate jokes to controversial ...

I’ve been a people pleaser my whole life. One thing I’ve learned is that sometimes, my efforts to appease are also about avoiding shame from public criticism. Shame is an internalized feeling caused ...

Journalism is meant to hold power to account, and mobile journalism, using smartphones for reporting and storytelling, should have ideally taken that mission to new heights. In too many corners of ...

BEREA, Ohio (WJW) – Ohio Turnpike officials are looking to use public shaming as a tactic to get people to pay their unpaid tolls. According to turnpike officials, around $423 million in tolls was ...

This story is part of the Grist arts and culture series Moral Hazards, a weeklong exploration of the complex — sometimes contradictory — factors that drive our ethical decision-making in the age of ...

A retirees’ group is questioning the National Police Commission (Napolcom)’s role in administrative cases amid the “public ...

The new guidelines mandate that police officers must ensure the self-respect and dignity of an accused person remains intact ...