The U.S. is one of 13 countries in the world where maternal mortality rates are worse than they were two decades ago. And that alarming statistic hits one group of women the hardest. For women of color, pregnancy and childbirth are often a matter of life and death. The risk of death from pregnancy-related causes…
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Former President Bill Clinton is raising eyebrows after a Monday appearance on the Today show in which, during a segment to promote his new book, The President Is Missing (cowritten with James Patterson), he maintained that his decision to fight impeachment after the Monica Lewinsky scandal was the right thing to do. But there was…
Read moreThe organization behind the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has voted to strip actor Bill Cosby and director Roman Polanski of their membership, following an examination of the sexual assault convictions that surround both men. A statement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ board of governors said the…
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Nearly 60 women, over six decades. That’s the massive legacy of alleged abuse that was trailing Bill Cosby when the verdict came down on Thursday in a trial accusing him of sexual assault: guilty. After dozens of accusations, spanning decades, in the end, it was six brave women inside a Pennsylvania courtroom, speaking their truth…
Read moreIn a Pennsylvania courtroom this afternoon, Bill Cosby was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault. The verdict comes after an initial trial in 2017 ended in a mistrial, and after dozens of women had come forward with their own accusations against the comedian. While today was undoubtedly a victory for the central plaintiff…
Read moreAfter a grueling few weeks of testimony from six different women, Bill Cosby was found guilty of sexual assault on Thursday (April 26). This verdict is specifically in regard to Andrea Constand, whom Cosby assaulted in 2004. The court charged him with three counts of aggravated indecent assault against Constand—but this is a symbolic win…
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