Dear Sen. Cruz: No, we don’t support Stand Your Ground
They assume that women’s groups won’t care if Stand Your Ground endangers African-Americans, as long as women are thrown a bone.
issue: Stopping Violence Against Women
Where Is the Million Hoodie March for Renisha McBride?
Zerlina Maxwell writes for RH Reality Check: “While there are certainly activists organizing vigils across the country for McBride, they are noticeably smaller at this early stage in the case than the ones organized for Martin. Like Martin, McBride was g…
National report: Sexual assaults grossly underreported, police ill equipped to support victims
Katie Mcdonough writes for Salon: “An extensive national survey confirms, as other reports already have, that rape and sexual assault are grossly underreported in the United States. Additionally, the report also found that law enforcement agencies are of…
Thousands Protest Rape Culture In New Zealand, Saying It’s Become ‘A National Health Crisis’
Tara Culp-Ressler writes for Think Progress (trigger warning): “Over this past weekend, thousands of people in New Zealand took to the streets to protest a culture that doesn’t take rape seriously. The public backlash has intensified over the past severa…
Again, We Wait for Answers: Justice for Renisha McBride
Mychal Denzel Smith writes for The Nation: “So much of writing/thinking/working around issues of race, racism and blackness in America is to say ‘again.’ Again, the right to vote is under attack. Again, the unemployment rate creeps near depression levels…
