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Sexual Assault
NBC Reportedly Axed the Harvey Weinstein Story as Hollywood Made Rape Survivors the Butt of Jokes
A roundtable discussion on the rape and sexual assault allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein.
Centering Women of Color Is Key to Understanding and Resisting Police Violence
An interview with author Andrea Ritchie.
DC Police Accused of Using “Rape as Punishment” Targeting Some Arrested During Trump Inauguration
Scott Michelman, a senior attorney at the ACLU of the District of Columbia and lecturer at Harvard Law School, discusses the lawsuit.
Aid Workers Face an Underreported Sexual Violence Crisis
Sexual violence against aid workers has not been well-documented, until now.
Homeland Insecurity: Jews and Muslims United Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
WOM's journey will be launched in June 2017 in New York City.
Two Years After the Uprising, Black Women’s Experiences of Policing in Baltimore Still Under the Radar
Police violence and sexual assaults against Black women are too often ignored in discussions of DOJ oversight.
Louisiana Rape Survivors Could Face Jail if They Don’t Testify
Today in rape culture: a Louisiana district attorney who thinks that traumatized rape victims should be punished for refusing to testify.
There Are No “Throwaway Women”: Black and Indigenous Women Disrupt Violence
How one community is undoing the silence around the violence women of color face.
IBM Can’t Erase Its History of Nazi Complicity, but It Can Draw the Line Against Trump, Workers Say
IBM workers are organizing together in refusal to participate in any Trump project that violates the civil liberties of immigrants or Muslims.
16-Year-Old’s Death After Coerced Meth Ingestion Underscores Violence of Immigration System
The two ICE officers who coerced Cruz Marcelino Velazquez Acevedo into killing himself remain on the force today.