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Category: Legal issues/Law

Rape culture: Defining it, acknowledging it, working to end it

April 23, 2014 Hafsa Crime/Violence, Legal issues/Law, Violence, Women Leave a comment

“Rape is a horrific crime, and rapists are despised”…. supposedly. Hopefully, that line causes you some outrage—a little indignation. If it didn’t, well, then,

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Florida stands its ground against media access to Stand Your Ground cases

April 8, 2014 Renee Shur Crime/Violence, Legal issues/Law, Public safety, States Leave a comment

Ah, Florida. You’ve got to love the originality of the place. First it comes up with the Stand Your Ground law. Now the state

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Phyllis Schlafly doesn’t want her name associated with beer

March 12, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Legal issues/Law, Missouri region, States Leave a comment

Phyllis Schlafly made a name for herself in the 1970s as founder and leader of the Eagle Forum, which vehemently opposed the Equal Rights

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