"Sexual predators ... it's abominable, and there's just no room for it as far as I'm concerned. Having said that, we must also recognize that there are two sides to every story,” said Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson during the Values Voter Summit.
After the morning's disruptions, protesters marched across the Hill to the steps of the Supreme Court for a rally.
“Abortion stigma is everywhere. In medical institutions ... even among people who have abortions, and the only way we can ever hope to overcome stigma is to talk about it."
Hospital and nursing home CEOs view health care "as a business," said Pat Lippold of 1199 SEIU United Health Care Workers. "Larry Hogan wants to protect big business."
Christine Blasey Ford's former classmates delivered copies of the letter to several members of the Senate.
Both assault and denial of control over pregnancy thrive on stigma, secrecy, and shame about human sexuality.
The normalization of sexual assault perpetuates rape culture, and there are dangerous health consequences for victims, perpetrators, and for the public at large.
Up to one in five U.S. voters may not know what the law really is.
Boom! Lawyered hosts Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo discuss the attempted rape allegations against Brett Kavanaugh and whether they will meaningfully impact his nomination to the Supreme Court.
Parents and students living in an Ohio school district say that the needs of children with legally recognized disabilities aren't being recognized.
For decades, East Chicago has been home to heavy industry that poisoned the city. But is also home to thousands of people, many of whom have illnesses likely caused by that pollution.
A growing number of patients have spoken out in recent years about how surgeries, performed when they were too young to understand—much less give consent—have deprived them of sexual pleasure, sterilized them, traumatized them, or altered their bodies to reinforce a gender assignment that is not theirs.
Oops, we just threw the Jewish tradition under the bus again. So sorry. We didn't mean it. Really.
Central to victim shaming is the narrative that there are fundamentally good men who never cross the line but for the slutty behavior of irresponsible women and girls.
I'm continually surprised that people who say they want less intrusive government are so eager to promote this intrusion into our personal lives.
A recent Alliance Defending Freedom lawsuit argues that a Christian homeless shelter can refuse to admit transgender women due to its beliefs.
Also: What do I do about my crush on my friend? And: How do I date?
Given how the franchise made a remixed mess of a 2013 Trayvon Martin-inspired episode, I'm not counting on its producers to get it right.
“There’s no magic bullet,” said Carruthers in an interview with Rewire.News. “At some point, people have to be driven and make an active choice to engage in some kind of way, no matter what that is. And oftentimes the single choice to do something leads to being able to deepen our work.”
Judge Brett Kavanaugh's phrasing immediately set off alarm bells among reproductive rights and justice supporters.
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Chuck Grassley and Orrin Hatch want Dr. Christine Blasey Ford to submit to "impartial" questioning by an attack-dog GOP staffer and an Aunt Lydia proxy.
A recent Alliance Defending Freedom lawsuit argues that a Christian homeless shelter can refuse to admit transgender women due to its beliefs.
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