“Independent” Investigations Into Sexual Abuse Are Big Business. Can Survivors Really Trust Them?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Tania Culver Humphrey has spent most of her life grappling with her father’s secrets. In public, her father, Ellsworth Culver, cultivated a reputation as a globetrotting Christian do-gooder. He taught schoolchildren in Cuba, ran missionary programs in the Philippines,…
New York State Passes Law That Could Have Counted Trump’s Actions as Rape
Hans Pennink/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation broadening the state’s definition of rape, eliminating the penile penetration requirement. The bill, “Rape Is Rape,” expands the law to include nonconsensual anal, oral, and vaginal sexual contact. Starting in September,…
New York’s Adult Survivors Act Has Expired
Edna Leshowitz/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After one year, with more than 2,500 lawsuits filed, New York’s Adult Survivors Act expired Friday. The act lifted the statute of limitations for civil claims by adult sexual assault survivors, providing New Yorkers a one-year “lookback window”…
The Policy Strategist Whose Personal Life Got Political
More than five years ago, the MeToo movement exploded and our culture shifted. But what actually changed? This project seeks to reexamine the era by asking how it will alter the lives of the next generation. Nikita Mitchell is the chief strategy officer of Me Too International, an organization founded by activist and advocate Tarana Burke in 2006 to…
The Young Survivor Who Rocked a Wealthy Bay Area Suburb
More than five years ago, the MeToo movement exploded and our culture shifted. But what actually changed? This project seeks to reexamine the era by asking how it will alter the lives of the next generation. “During my four years at Los Gatos High School, I could name five well-known students who had raped young women at…
Will MeToo Be Enough for the Next Generation?
More than five years ago, the MeToo movement exploded and our culture shifted. But what actually changed? This project seeks to reexamine the era by asking how it will alter the lives of the next generation. In the fall of 2017, it felt for a moment that all of our lives would change for the better. It’s strange…