Rae Paoletta

Donald Trump's disturbing past in a cult-like church may explain his current delusional nature. According to Steven Hassan, a former member of a cult known as "the Moonies," Trump's childhood pastor in New York City could have influenced the candidate's infamous ego.

After serving just three months, convicted sex offender Brock Turner was released this morning (Friday, September 2) from the Santa Clara jail, to the dismay of virtually everyone. Turner's untimely release is salt in the very fresh wounds of this devastating case. It's been less than two years since he sexually assaulted an unconscious woman outside a frat party — and a matter of months since we heard her powerful voice for the first time.

If you're one of the thousands of women who use a period-tracking app for family planning purposes — or just to track when Aunt Flo's coming to town — you might want to read your app's privacy policy.

Debt is rarely considered a feminist issue, but women in China are revealing why it should be. Here's a horrifying reality: Women in China who fail to pay off their loans are being blackmailed. If they don't pay up, a loan shark will release nude photos of them.

A recently introduced bill from Indiana lawmakers could drastically impact the everyday lives of trans and gender non-binary people in the state by making it a criminal act to use a public restroom that doesn't match a person's "biological gender." Anyone over the age of eight could face punitive measures by the state if they fail to comply.

On Thursday (Dec. 10), people from all over NYC gathered outside Trump Tower on the Upper West Side to stand in solidarity with Muslims and Syrian and Iraqi refugees. MTV News spoke to several protestors about the goals of the demonstration -- called "Human Rights Trump Oppression" -- and what it meant to stand united in the face of hate.

Why are men overwhelmingly the perpetrators of mass murder?

Destiny Mabry is using her pain to heal others'.

One writer reflects on her experiences as a 9-year-old on 9/11, and how the deadly terror attacks reshaped her world.

September 2, 2015, was supposed to be 12-year-old Aiden Killoran's first day at Westhampton Beach Middle School. But Aiden and his family were informed recently that he wouldn't be able to attend, because the school claims it doesn't have the resources to assist the middle-schooler, who has Down Syndrome.

You say you want a revolution? Well, one teen is proving that with peace, love and the Internet, you can have one.