Tag: sexual assault
Will the FBI’s Kavanaugh probe be a White House coverup?
The question is whether this sham investigation will satisfy at least two of these Senators, and give them political cover they will need to vote to confirm, or whether they will demand a full and thorough FBI investigation instead of a cover-up.
Kavanaugh is the wrong nominee for our times
Kavanaugh exposes the true partisan nature of the highest court, which is not a neutral arbiter but another battleground for partisan politics.
Men, we can do better
Survivors of sexual assault like Christine Blasey Ford deserve our support, not our opposition.
55% of GOP say sexual assault not disqualifying for SCOTUS; What...
Morality ought to be equally distributed across parties, like immorality.
Indigenous culture reasserts women’s power through dance
The colonial legacy of patriarchy undergirds a long, entrenched history of abuse of Native women.
Yale law students protest alum Brett Kavanaugh, demand investigation of sexual...
Yale students will “continue speaking out, speaking to the press, until we feel there is a full and fair investigation.”
Kavanaugh, Ford, and power
I hope today’s performance convinces a critical mass of American women to do what must be done November 6 to give themselves a firm and clear voice in the Senate and in the rest of American government.
Dr. Barbara Ransby: What the defamation of Anita Hill can teach...
Many warn senators not to repeat the mistakes of the Anita Hill hearings of 1991 by an all-male, all-white Senate Judiciary Committee.
Report: Senate aides knew of second Kavanaugh sexual assault claim &...
The New Yorker revealed Republican Senate aides learned of Deborah Ramirez’s allegations last week and responded by trying to quickly move Kavanaugh’s nomination ahead before the allegations became public.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, September 24
Nationwide walkout for sexual assault survivors, Kavanaugh struggles with more questions, undocumented immigrants refuse to testify on domestic abuse, and more.
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Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A unifying Peoples Project
Ethiopians are faced with a choice: unite and prosper or withdraw into ethnic rivalries and fall into further conflict and discord.
Federal judges blocks Arkansas abortion ban
This law “is categorically unconstitutional, and plaintiffs have demonstrated that they are likely to succeed on the merits.”
Undercover investigations expose brutal wildlife killing contests
Welcome to the cruel world of wildlife killing contests, family events where children play amidst piles of slaughtered animals—and legal in 42 states.
Player or pawn? Luke Harding’s Russiagate ‘scoop’
The reporter’s involvement in the persecution of Assange alone would be enough to make people question his honesty.
How a powerful US lobby group helps big oil to block climate action
“I think it’s fair to say that API and its prominent member companies have a broadly shared goal, which is to keep the social license of the oil and gas industry operating, and therefore enabling them to continue to extract oil and gas for as long as possible, as profitably as possible.”