On Monday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) took to Instagram Live, as she frequently does to address her followers directly, to speak publicly in detail for the first time about her experience being barricaded in her office during the January 6th Capitol insurrection. On her Live, she recounted in terrifying detail …
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The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is suing the estate of late financier Jeffrey Epstein, claiming that he was behind a criminal enterprise which facilitated the trafficking of young women and female children to his secluded private islands, where they were held captive, raped and sexually assaulted. Though there …
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When it comes to assessing the prevalence of sexual assault, there’s still a lot we don’t know. We do know, for instance, that sexual assault is underreported, but we don’t know by how much — and that’s particularly true for incidents that fall in the “grey area” of sexual assault, …
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan released a damning preliminary report Wednesday on her office’s findings that the Catholic dioceses in the state had withheld the names of over 500 priests accused of sexually abusing minors. The investigation is ongoing, though the report says “the Office has reviewed enough information to …
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Seven women are suing Dartmouth College for failing to protect them from three tenured professors they say sexually harassed and assaulted them, and perpetuated an “alcohol-saturated ‘party culture’” in their department. For over ten years, the plaintiffs say, professors Todd Heatherton, William Kelley and Paul Whalen of the psychology and …
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Update, 2:30 p.m.: Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) struck a deal with Democrats on the committee, declaring, as he voted Thursday afternoon to advance Brett Kavanaugh‘s nomination to the floor of the Senate that he would not support Kavanaugh in the floor vote unless there was an FBI investigation, lasting no …
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