Legal/Courtroom

“He had a hard childhood.” “She says she’ll always love him.” “You’re excusing this person, but not that person.” “You just have to let that hurt go.” “We can’t all …

Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission, FY 2024 Datafile, USSCFY24Get the dataDownload PDF Quick Facts at a Glance Almost all offenders are men 93.8% of those sentenced were men  Insight: This finding confirms …

When we treat symptoms as causes, harm finds new ways to grow. When we face the root, we begin to change what is possible.   When We Make Porn the …

There is a quiet cruelty that rarely gets named plainly. It lives in the space where Blackness and disability intersect. It shows up not only in dramatic moments of harm, …

  Title: At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance–A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power …

You are seen. You are heard. Survivors are speaking in this moment.And when they speak, something important shifts. Not toward labels. Not toward debates.Not toward protecting identities that were never …

updated from December 4, 2024 “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”  -James Baldwin Sincere conversations around ending violence against …

“For example, it is estimated that one out of every three women in the world has suffered sexual assault or violence from an intimate partner …….one out of every five …

updated from January 6, 2025 with new links and information Let’s be honest, the word “gaslighting” gets thrown around a lot these days. But for those of us who’ve lived …