Sheriff: At Least 17 Are Dead After Florida School Shooting
A law enforcement officer talks with students, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, in Parkland, Fla. A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School sent students rushing into the streets as SWAT team members swarmed in and locked down the building. Wilfredo Lee/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Update, 6:35 pm ET:…
A Federal Appeals Court Just Dealt a Blow to School Segregation
Beautiful African American elementary schoolgirl rides to school on a school bus. She is smiling at the camera.asiseeit/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A federal appeals court panel blocked an attempt by officials in Gardendale, Alabama, to form its own school district, reaffirming Tuesday a previous ruling that the city’s…
Kiss Your Government Grant Goodbye, Sexual Harassers
SrdicPhoto/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For years, government-funded scientists have risked losing millions in federal research money if they’re accused of plagiarism or fabricating data. But those found responsible for sexual misconduct have not faced the same consequences—yet. On Thursday, National Science Foundation Director France Córdova announced a new policy to finally hold sexual harassers…
Betsy DeVos Is Being Sued for Rolling Back Campus Protections for Sexual Assault Victims
Ted S. Warren/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Three civil rights organizations that represent survivors of sexual violence are suing the Education Department, saying that a Title IX guidelines announced by Secretary Betsy DeVos last fall are having a “chilling effect” on sexual assault reporting. According to the federal lawsuit,…
This Serial Campus Rape Case Is a Textbook Example of the Struggle Accusers Face in Court
John Hart/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A few weeks into the fall 2016 semester at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a student was pedaling down a road near campus when she nearly hit Alec Cook with her bike. Cook was 20 years old and a real estate major, and he…
Proposed Kentucky Law: Abstinence Is the “Expected Standard” in Sex Ed
Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As they resume their legislative sessions at the start of the new year, politicians in two Southern states are caught up in debates about how to best teach kids about sex. Kentucky Senator Stephen Meredith wants schools to teach that “abstinence from sexual activity…