ThinkProgress 1.16.17 | By Perpetual Baffour and Ulrich Boser Betsy DeVos’ family foundation has long donated to organizations that side with students accused of rape — not their victims. Donald Trump’s nominee for Education Secretary, Michigan billionaire and philanthropist Betsy DeVos, has kept fairly silent on
Washington Post 12.21.16 | Carolyn Hax Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: There’s been a lot of public discussion surrounding sexual assault lately, and one thing I keep reading/hearing is, “We need to teach our sons not to rape.” Do they mean
Slate.com 12.30.16 | Christina Cauterucci A Stanford University football player accused of sexual assault is set to play in Friday’s Sun Bowl, despite the fact that a majority of two different disciplinary panels at the school ruled that he committed the assault. The
Bethesda Magazine 12.14.16 | Bethany Rogers Kelly is offering legislation to expand curriculum for sex education classes A state delegate from Montgomery County wants to require local public schools to teach students about “affirmative consent” during seventh- and 10th-grade sex education classes. The
Vox.com 10.24.16 | Zachary Crockett Sexual assault is a major issue in the United States. Many private and government agencies — the FBI, the CDC, the US Department of Justice, and organizations like RAINN — round up statistics on rape and sexual assault,
Glamour Magazine 11.1.1 | Anonymous *It started with a simple sentence: “You don’t know me, but you’ve been inside me, and that’s why we’re here today.” Maybe you read the powerful words—part of a “victim’s impact statement” the young woman who’d been sexually
Elle.com 9.21.16 | Amy de Klerk She delivered a powerful speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. Emma Watson made a speech on Tuesday addressing sexual assault on college campuses as she presented HeForShe's report on gender equality within universities. The actress
GoodCall.com Terri Williams | 9.29.16 ... What else can students do to be safe on and off campus? There are other steps that students can take to improve campus safety. Alison Morano, a co-founder of The Affirmative Consent Project, tells GoodCall that parents
