“You are a warrior — with a solid steel spine.” Vice President Joe Biden penned a moving open letter to the woman who was sexually assaulted by Stanford University student, Brock Allen Turner. In it, he addressed the powerful message she read to the rapist in court – a message that has since gone viral. […]
By John Yannone In the long legal battle between victims’ families and Bushmaster, the manufacturer of the A-15 gun used by Adam Lanza to kill 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012, a judge has ruled that the families can now access Bushmaster’s marketing records. The aim of […]
By Peter Billings Major headline news over the past several months has put a spotlight on the almost nonexistent protections for the approximately 700,000 transgender people currently living in the United States. Recent milestone developments in the federal government’s policy on gender issues, however, has given hope to the transgender community and their advocates that […]
By Matthew Crowley Despite the fact that capital punishment is still used in 31 states, there is increasing consciousness in the country and among lawmakers that the practice appears to be on its last breath. In May 2015 Nebraska became the first Republican controlled state in over four decades to abolish the practice when […]
Protesters throw rocks at police officers at a Trump rally in Albuquerque. Protesters lit fires, broke through barriers, smashed a door and threw rocks at Albuquerque police officers at a Tuesday night campaign rally for Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. NBC News reports that “at around 8 p.m., protesters opposed to the presumptive […]