Tag: sexual assault

D.C. Democrats vote to overturn tipped wage increase approved by voters, Bernie Sanders issues a statement on Amazon's minimum wage increase, Trump makes fun of Kavanaugh accuser and more.

“As a nonpartisan organization, the ACLU does not oppose Judge Kavanaugh based on predictions about how he would vote as a Justice. We oppose him in light of the credible allegations of sexual assault against him.”

The women held open the elevator door, telling Flake, through their tears, that he was dismissing their pain.

The question is whether this sham investigation will satisfy at least two of these Senators, and give them political cover they will need to vote to confirm, or whether they will demand a full and thorough FBI investigation instead of a cover-up.

Kavanaugh exposes the true partisan nature of the highest court, which is not a neutral arbiter but another battleground for partisan politics.

Survivors of sexual assault like Christine Blasey Ford deserve our support, not our opposition.

Morality ought to be equally distributed across parties, like immorality.

The colonial legacy of patriarchy undergirds a long, entrenched history of abuse of Native women.

Yale students will “continue speaking out, speaking to the press, until we feel there is a full and fair investigation.”

I hope today’s performance convinces a critical mass of American women to do what must be done November 6 to give themselves a firm and clear voice in the Senate and in the rest of American government.