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The article reports, “Women are working hard to reshape attitudes toward women’s rights and domestic violence in Saudi Arabia. Downtown Riyadh is routinely choked with traffic and that is not a surprise in a city with no public transport system. Still, a close look at who is behind the wheel reveals one thing that sets Saudi Arabia apart: All the drivers are men.”

The article reports, “Dov Charney built a fashion empire around hipster chic and a louche lifestyle that embraced pornography and lascivious advertising. Now the founder and chief executive of American Apparel sees both his life and his work crumbling around him in the form of a devastating sexual harassment suit by a former employee.”