Missoula Isn’t the Only Site of Rape Culture
May 18, 2012 by Kate Whittle · Leave a Comment
[TRIGGER WARNING: This story discusses sexual assault and rape culture.] The police department, county prosecutor’s office and university in my hometown of Missoula, Montana, are under investigation ...Read More
The Bogus Arguments Against VAWA
May 9, 2012 by Holly L. Derr · 2 Comments
The Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA, initially passed in 1994 and reauthorized in 2000 and 2005, is up for reauthorization again. To many, reauthorizing VAWA seems like a no-brainer. The federal ...Read More
Who’s Watching the Detectives?
May 7, 2012 by Deborah Jacobs · 1 Comment
Since President Obama took office, the Department of Justice has emerged as a formidable force in holding police accountable. The Department of Justice has initiated 18 investigations into police ...Read More
Remembering the L.A. Riots, Remembering Latasha Harlins
May 7, 2012 by Jennifer Williams · 5 Comments
It’s been 20 years since the L.A. Riots and I can’t put the grainy footage from that video out of my head. A young black girl approaches a checkout counter. An older Asian American woman reaches ...Read More
Judge Gives $600,000 in Traffickers’ Assets to Victims
April 23, 2012 by Caroline Heldman · 1 Comment
Last week, U.S. district judge Lynn Hughes set an important legal precedent in the fight against human trafficking in the U.S. He ruled that five teenaged survivors of sex slavery in Houston will ...Read More
Condoms As Evidence … of Police Endangering Public Health
April 17, 2012 by Audacia Ray · 2 Comments
Currently in the state of New York, police and prosecutors use condoms as evidence of prostitution-related offenses, including the murky crime of “loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution ...Read More
17-Year-Old Imprisoned for Failing To Testify Against Her Alleged Rapist
April 16, 2012 by Angi Becker Stevens · 37 Comments
Update 4/17/12: After more than three weeks in juvenile detention, the victim has been released with a GPS ankle bracelet. She is scheduled to appear in court on April 23. In Sacramento, a county ...Read More
Looking (Anxiously) Ahead as Supreme Court Hears Health-Care Challenge
March 27, 2012 by Katrina Anderson · 1 Comment
Two years ago this month, Congress finally responded to the American public’s demand for better health care and passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA). I would prefer to celebrate the birthday of ...Read More
Is There No Common Ground About Violence Against Women?
March 19, 2012 by Carole Joffe · 3 Comments
“Its billion-dollar-a-year price tag spent by the radical feminists to pursue their ideology and goals (known as feminist pork) make it an embarrassment to members of Congress who voted for it.” ...Read More
The War on Women in the Courts
March 7, 2012 by Marge Baker · 3 Comments
In 2007, five men on the Supreme Court told Lilly Ledbetter that she was out of luck. Ledbetter, after two decades working as the only female supervisor at a Goodyear tire plant in Alabama, had sued ...Read More
