Month: October 2018

For People Behind Bars, Reporting Sexual Assault Leads to More Punishment

  • Victoria Law
  • September 30, 2018
  • Truthout

When Dr. Christine Blasey Ford broke a decades-long silence about nearly being violently raped by Brett Kavanaugh, now a Supreme Court nominee, her allegations were met with death threats. Her address was published, forcing her family to relocate; people followed her on freeways and attempted to enter her place of work. At the same time,

We Don’t Know How Many LGBTQ Youth Are in N.C.’s Juvenile Justice System. That’s a Problem.

  • Jordan Wilkie
  • September 26, 2018
  • Indy Week

North Carolina is one of just three states, along with Alaska and Oklahoma, that don’t explicitly protect LGBTQ youth in their juvenile justice systems from discrimination, according to the advocacy organization Lambda Legal. Now, a year after a reporter first began inquiring about the state’s policy, that’s about to change—somewhat. The N.C. Department of Public Safety, which

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