by Lee Rossi | Sep 23, 2018 | Sexual Harassment / Assault
Article by Ryan Grenoble President Donald Trump tried to bolster Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by challenging sexual assault survivors who didn’t immediately call the police. President Donald Trump wonders why survivors of sexual assault don’t immediately...
by Lee Rossi | Sep 21, 2018 | Sexual Harassment / Assault
Article by Jia Tolentino The sexual-assault allegations against the movie producer Harvey Weinstein were first reported in October, 2017, which means that we have now spent eleven months listening to the victims of such violence, most of them women. This is a deeply...
by Lee Rossi | Sep 19, 2018 | Legislative News of Relevance, Sexual Harassment / Assault
A sexual-assault allegation against President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee brings the fight over gender and power to the fore. Article by Garrett Epps, Professor of constitutional law at the University of Baltimore The last scene of the horror story that is President...
by Lee Rossi | Sep 16, 2018 | Legislative News of Relevance, Sexual Harassment / Assault
Article by Wagatwe Wanjuki There’s a new report out by The New York Times about the Education Department’s own analysis about the impact of the new guidelines the agency will likely implement around sexual violence in education under Title IX. They found that rolling...
by Lee Rossi | Sep 16, 2018 | International News of Relevance, Sexual Harassment / Assault
Article by Emma Brown BREAKING: Senate Republicans signaled they plan to move ahead on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination despite a decades-old sexual misconduct allegation. The statement from Judiciary Committee Republicans came shortly after The Washington Post published...
by Lee Rossi | Sep 16, 2018 | International News of Relevance, Sexual Harassment / Assault
Article by Victoria López, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU National Prison Project UPDATE (05/29/2018): The ACLU and partners submitted public comments opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s request to the National Archives and Records Administration last...
by Lee Rossi | Sep 14, 2018 | Sexual Harassment / Assault
Article by Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer On Thursday, Senate Democrats disclosed that they had referred a complaint regarding President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, to the F.B.I. for investigation. The complaint came from a woman who accused...
by Lee Rossi | Sep 13, 2018 | Gender Inequality
Article by Marie Solis Women and people of color make up the majority of politicians running for House seats on the Democratic ticket, according to a new analysis. White men form the minority of House Democratic nominees this cycle, giving way to a wave of women and...
by Lee Rossi | Sep 13, 2018 | Sexual Harassment / Assault
Article by DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer McDonald’s workers vote to stage one-day strike next week at some of the company’s restaurants in 10 cities in hopes of pressuring management to take stronger steps against sexual harassment. NEW YORK (AP) —...
by Lee Rossi | Sep 11, 2018 | Gender Inequality, Sexual Harassment / Assault
Article by David Roberts Sexual discrimination and abuse constitute a crisis; Louis C.K. will be fine. Recently, #MeToo has been back in the news, as comedian Louis C.K. — along with other recently disgraced celebrities like Matt Lauer and Charlie Rose — make their...
