The Trump Administration Just Overhauled the Rules for Campus Sexual Assault Hearings
Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Wednesday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued long-anticipated new rules for how schools must must address sexual assault and harassment under Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education. The regulation, which will affect all public…
Biden Denied Tara Reade’s Sexual Assault Allegation. Now What?
Drew Angerer/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For weeks, pressure has been building on former Vice President Joe Biden to personally address the allegation leveled against him by Tara Reade, the former Senate staff assistant who says Biden sexually assaulted her when she was working for…
A New Account Bolsters Tara Reade’s Allegation Against Joe Biden
Then-Sen. Joe Biden with Sens. Carol Moseley Braun and Dianne Feinstein in November 1993.Maureen Keating/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.New evidence has emerged to support the sexual assault allegation against former Vice President Joe Biden, who was accused last month by a former staff assistant, Tara…
“It’s Like the Sky is Blue Again”: Weinstein’s Accusers React to His Rape Conviction
Rosanna Arquette and Rose McGowan speak on the first day of Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial.MediaPunch/AP Mira Sorvino: I don’t think you can understand if you haven’t been through this, and haven’t gone public, how immensely difficult and life-changing it is to bring out some of the worst memories in your life into the public eye…
Kobe Bryant’s Obits Treated His Rape Allegation as a Matter of Image Not Substance
Fans gather at a memorial for Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles.Apu Gomes/Getty A horrifying helicopter crash that killed retired NBA star Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven other people on Sunday generated a global outpouring of grief, tributes, and memorials. But for many observers and fans, Bryant’s death has raised conflicting feelings about…
Why Picking 12 Jurors to Hear the Weinstein Trial is So Damn Hard
Harvey Weinstein, left, arrives at court with his lead attorney Donna Rotunno.Mary Altaffer/AP On Tuesday, the first day of jury selection in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial in a lower Manhattan courtroom, Judge James Burke asked a group of 120 potential jurors if they felt that they could not remain impartial. A third raised their hands.…