For his entry in Time‘s 100 Most Influential People list, former President Barack Obama chose five student survivors of the Parkland, Florida, shooting on February 14 that left 17 people dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Singling out Cameron Kasky, Jaclyn Corin, David Hogg, Emma González, and Alex Wind, Obama wrote a powerful essay…
Read more“Leave your pain here and go out and do your magnificent things.” If you had asked me—a psychiatrist—who was most likely to say this to a survivor of sexual abuse, I would have said one of my mental health colleagues. But these were the words of a judge. Specifically, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, who used her…
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On Wednesday, one chapter closed in what many are calling the largest sexual abuse scandal in the history of American sports. Larry Nassar—the former team doctor for USA Gymnastics, as well as a practitioner at the Michigan State University sports medicine clinic—was sentenced to 40 to 175 years behind bars in an Ingham County, Michigan…
Read more“Silence Breakers” are celebrated as Time magazine’s 2017 Person of the Year, #MeToo has gone viral, and countless women are courageously sharing their stories. Sexual harassment has come out of the shadows, and Americans have opened a larger conversation about sexual assault. But survivors who seek justice continue to encounter an often hostile legal system…
Read moreIn the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Beyoncé, a born-and-bred Houstonian, has made a commitment to support charities that support recovery efforts in Texas through her foundation, BeyGOOD. Bread of Life, Greater Houston Community Foundation, and Texas Southern University have all been on her organization’s list for giving, but residents of Houston got another form…
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