“You know you are not on trial,” said Senator Kamala Harris (D–Calif.). “You are not on trial.” It was September, and Sen. Harris was addressing Christine Blasey Ford, who’d come before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify against then nominee (now Supreme Court Justice) Brett Kavanaugh. It had already been a heartbreaking few hours—few weeks,…
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New policies that activists against sexual misconduct say will make it easier for colleges and universities to protect themselves in cases of campus sexual assault are set to be proposed by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, according to a New York Times report. Most alarming, critics point out, the changes to federal policy on campus…
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Six women filed lawsuits against the University of Southern California on Monday, alleging that Dr. George Tyndall—who worked as the campus health clinic’s full-time gynecologist for almost 30 years—”sexually victimized them under the pretext of medical care” with USC’s knowledge, the LA Times reports. The Times first broke the story last week after a lengthy…
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PHOTO: Win McNamee/Getty Images Education Secretary Betsy DeVos incited an uproar early in September when she announced plans to do away with Obama-era guidelines on how campuses should investigate allegations of rape and sexual assault. Now, she’s officially followed through on her promise. The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced Friday that it’s…
Read moreRemember the Obama administration’s efforts to curb rape and sexual assault on college campuses? Thanks to the Trump administration, that progress is now in jeopardy. Speaking at George Mason University on Thursday about enforcement of the Title IX law, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced her plans to do away with Obama-era guidelines on how schools…
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