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A Step to End Impunity:  The Verdict for E. Jean Carroll

A Step to End Impunity: The Verdict for E. Jean Carroll

By Cheryl Thomas In that infamous 2016 video, when Donald Trump said he might start kissing a woman that he and television host Billy Bush were about to meet, he added, “I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do...
Let’s call it what it is. Femicide.

Let’s call it what it is. Femicide.

By: Lynnette McIntireDecember 5, 2022 Femicide. A word that conjures fragmented images of girl baby drownings, honorkillings, stoned women labeled as adulterers or infidels. Why do we steer away from the term “femicide”? Is it because it seems like the word is removed...
Abortion Rights and Survivor Justice

Abortion Rights and Survivor Justice

By: Madison Plemens-Schunk June 24, 2022   Roe v. Wade was a landmark case for abortion rights. Because of this case, legalized abortion became far more common, and safe abortions were performed nationwide. In 1970, Jane Roe (an alias to protect the plaintiff’s...