In an Unusual Development, a Campus Rapist Is Set to Go to Prison
Ed Treleven/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Wednesday, the day before he turned 22, former University of Wisconsin-Madison student Alec Cook went before a judge in Dane County criminal court and put an end to a major case of campus serial rape, pleading guilty to sexually assaulting three female classmates, and suffocating or…
It’s Awful How Many American Women Die Giving Birth—and Inexcusable That Most Deaths Are Preventable
ljubaphoto/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world and is the only country where the rate of deaths from childbirth is increasing. And the majority of pregnancy-related deaths in the United States are preventable, according to a report released this month by Review to Action,…
Women in Arizona State Prison Would Have to Work 27 Hours Just to Get a Box of Tampons
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. An Arizona bill that would provide basic dignity for female prisoners moved forward in the state legislature this week. The issue at hand is that incarcerated women are currently only provided 12 free pads per month and are only allowed to possess 24 pads at a time.…
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…
Larry Nassar Is Locked Up for Life, But Michigan State’s Trouble Is Just Starting
Dale G.Young/Detroit News/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over the past two weeks, as more than 150 women came forward to tell their stories of abuse at the hands of sports physician Larry Nassar, one of the biggest questions has been how his behavior was able to continue for decades. “There…
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,…