Friday, December 9, 2022
Three-time NFL Pro Bowl quarterback Deshaun Watson took the field for the first time in exactly 700 days on Sunday for the Cleveland Browns after serving an 11-game suspension. The suspension — which came with a $5 million fine — was due to “violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy” and […]
Take Back the Night is an event held at Ramapo and other colleges every October to empower survivors and victims of sexual and domestic violence. The international movement and non-profit organization was formed in March of 1976 to take a stand against all forms of sexual, relationship, gender and domestic […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr American presidential elections seem to consistently ask voters to choose “the lesser of two evils.” Now, as Joe Biden faces becoming the Democratic nominee, the ballot is asking Americans to vote between two alleged sexual assaulters. Last month, Tara Reade came forward on a […]
Photo courtesy of PhilMurphy, Flickr In the age of #MeToo, after hearing the stories of the many courageous women who have shared their experiences of sexual harassment and abuse, we would hope that lawmakers and people in power would address these issues differently. Yet it still seems as though more […]
Photo courtesy of UMassAnc516, Wikipedia The Ohio Bobcats scored on nine straight possessions, set a single-game record with 664 yards of total offense and scored 58 points en route to a huge 58-42 win over the UMass Minutemen in Week 6 of the college football season. Instead of blaming the […]
Photo courtesy of J.K. Stein Consent is something people like to think of as black and white. In the era of #MeToo and #TimesUp, where sexual assault and harassment in the workplace have been brought to the forefront of people’s attention for people to seek and receive justice, there are […]
Photo by Erica Meline In 2014, the White House Task Force to Prevent Sexual Assault launched the "It’s On Us" campaign to invite everyone to join in the conversation of sexual assault and make efforts to eliminate it completely. Since the campaign’s implementation, the conversation surrounding sexual assault has expanded, but […]
Photo courtesy of Fortune Live Media, Flickr For the past few weeks, dozens of men and women have been coming forward and accusing many powerful male celebrities, politicians and business professionals of sexual assault. In this whirlwind of a news story, there is an unexpected aspect of social media that […]
Photo courtesy of Roy Moore, Twitter More and more eyes are trained on Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Alabama who is now facing several allegations that he sexually assaulted minors decades ago. The allegations caught the public eye after the Washington Post published the story of […]
Photo courtesy of Paul Hudson, Flickr “Star Trek: Discovery” actor Anthony Rapp came forward last week to accuse the star of Netflix’s “House of Cards,” Kevin Spacey, of sexual assault. On Oct. 29, Buzzfeed News released an article in which Rapp stated that Spacey “invited Rapp over to his apartment […]