Mar 10 Michigan seeks changes to abuse reporting law after Nassar By David Eggert, Associated Press The women who exposed sports doctor Larry Nassar as a serial sexual assaulter are proposing that college employees and youth sports coaches, trainers and volunteers in Michigan be required to report suspected child sexual abuse. Continue reading
Jan 25 Civil rights groups sue DeVos over policy on campus sexual assault By Maria Danilova, Associated Press Last year, DeVos said Obama-era directives had "weaponized" the Education Department and were unfairly skewed against those accused of assault. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 4:09 How I help sexual assault survivors feel like they're not on trial By PBS News Hour As a survivor of sexual assault, Jessica Ladd found the process of reporting the incident “more traumatic than the assault itself.” By creating an online reporting system, she is now helping survivors document their experiences, even if they’re not ready… Continue watching
Sep 22 DeVos scraps Obama-era guidance on campus sexual assault By Maria Danilova, Associated Press Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has said the Obama rules were unfairly skewed against the students accused of assault. Continue reading
Jul 13 Education Secretary DeVos says rules on campus sexual assault aren't working By Associated Press "This is an issue we're not getting right," DeVos said after a daylong series of meetings with victims of sexual assault, those who say they were falsely accused and representatives of colleges and universities. Continue reading
Jun 27 Watch 7:00 Why the NCAA is investigating Baylor's sexual assault scandal By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch 4:48 News Wrap: Lower August job creation keeps unemployment flat By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, August job growth was lower than expected, with 151,000 new positions created. As a result, the nation's unemployment rate remained at 4.9 percent for the third consecutive month. Also, the government of Uzbekistan confirmed that… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 3:33 Why we should be thinking of sexual intimacy in terms of pizza By PBS News Hour In her new book “Girls & Sex,” Peggy Orenstein suggests that we re-think sexual intimacy, in both education and our everyday lives. While she acknowledges the importance of the national debate on campus sexual assault, Orenstein also urges us to… Continue watching
Feb 11 Fewer reported sex assaults at military academies By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Students at the three military service academies reported fewer sexual assaults in the most recent school year, and a Pentagon anonymous survey shows that the number of students saying they experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact also declined. Continue reading
Jan 12 UVA reinstates frat after police find no proof of rape described in Rolling Stone article By Corinne Segal The University of Virginia has reinstated Phi Kappa Psi, the fraternity at the heart of a Rolling Stone story involving an alleged gang rape, after Charlottesville police said they did not find “any substantive basis” for the allegations. Continue reading