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Content Note: This essay contains details about childhood sexual assault My parents didn’t hit me growing up. I know they hit my older siblings, but something had changed over the years before I got here. Maybe they saw it didn’t help. Maybe they even knew hitting children causes significant harm. But I like to think […]

International soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is the latest celebrity to be hit with sexual assault allegations in the #MeToo movement as two women came forward with their stories last week.

With the November elections right around the corner, the State of Texas has thrown up a roadblock for voters by invalidating around 2,400 online voter registration forms. According to the Houston Chronicle, Unless the voters re-submit updated applications, including new signatures, they will be barred from voting on November 6th. Vote.org, a nonpartisan group which […]

This essay contains discussions of death in childbirth and reproductive violences “Who she pregnant for?” This is how I remember my aunts inquiring about the potential father of any given person’s unborn child while I was growing up. Not “Who are they pregnant by?” or “Who are they pregnant with?” The question was always, Who […]

On November 1st, Amazon will begin paying a $15 minimum wage to all part-time and full-time US employees. This change will apply to all Amazon subsidiaries, such as Whole Foods.

by Raphael Tsavkko Garcia Rafael Braga Vieira was sentenced to five years in prison after police arrested him at a large demonstration in Rio de Janeiro on June 20, 2013. 25 years old at the time, Braga was homeless and collecting recyclables to survive. He was completely unaware that a mass protest was even taking place. Raphael was charged […]

After many survivors shared heartfelt testimonies, over 50 accusations, and sharp arguments from lawyers, the judge in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case indicated that the aging actor is most likely to see less than 3 years in jail for the rape of Andrea Constand.

Six years ago, Florida’s Biscayne Police Department had become so adept at solving burglaries that the local word was all it took for them to solve cases was the stroke of a pen. Claiming a 100% clearance on all burglary cases, the Police Chief at the time, Raimundo Atesaino, even went on record saying at […]

This week, the Carolinas were hit by a category 4 storm, Hurricane Florence. As rivers continue to rise, the total death toll is officially at 32. Among those who died, two women who were mental health patients and detainees, and were shackled inside a Sheriff’s van, drowned as law deputies were rescued.

A group of activists who stopped traffic ahead of the Dallas Cowboys game to protest police violence on Sunday night were arrested and hit with a misdemeanor obstructing traffic charge. The group, dubbed the Dallas 9, was originally part of a larger demonstration against recent episodes of police brutality in the Dallas area.

In an interview with the Charlotte Observer, NBA legend and Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan discussed what he saw in his hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina that led him to donate $2 million to Hurricane Florence relief efforts. “Wilmington truly is my home. Kept thinking about all those places I grew up going to,” Jordan […]

After much deliberation and at least one alleged occasion of her privacy being invaded by a reporter for BuzzFeed, Christine Blasey Ford has come forward as the woman who is accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. Ford alleges in the letter, which was sent to her congressperson earlier this summer but was revealed […]