Just because you don’t see it does...

How do you like “post-racial America” so far? I, for one, can’t tell the difference. Last week, Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested outside his own home in Cambridge, MA, after returning to the States after a trip abroad. He had locked himself out of the house, so...

Rape is Cruel and Unusual Punishment...

Via gloomy50 @ Flickr.Rape is no less violent, destructive or criminal when the victim is incarcerated. Despite that fact that sexual assault constitutes a crime in all 50 States and under Federal law, sexual abuse is expected, and usually overlooked, in correctional settings. Even child molesters...

Is Rape a Crime?...

As most readers probably know, the town of Wasilla, Alaska charged rape victims for their own rape kits on then-mayor Sarah Palin’s watch. But the situation in Wasilla is not unique. Local 2 news in Houston reports that sexual assault victims in Texas are “getting bills, rejection letters...

Fuck the Pohleece...

(Trigger Warning) Do you trust that the police serve to protect you? It seems each new day brings a new story of police brutality and abuse of power. A video of a Seattle sheriff’s deputy kicking a 15 year old girl in police custody was recently released to the public. The same deputy shot and...