When Sexual Exploitation Is Fundamental to Police Corruption
None of this will be shocking to anyone who’s lived in an American city crippled by disinvestment and self-dealing—or even to anyone who’s watched a David Simon show on HBO. Even so,…
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Tyler Perry & Lionsgate Hit With $77M Christmas Day Sexual Assault Suit From ‘A Madea Halloween’ Actor; “Failed Money Grab,” Perry’s Lawyer Says
A vivid $77 million sexual assault and sexual battery lawsuit against Tyler Perry filed by the same lawyer behind a similar action earlier this year is just more of the same in search of a…
Pere Vilà Barceló Shows the Aftermath of Rape – and ‘Long, Complex’ Journey Toward Healing – in ‘When a River Becomes the Sea’
Catalan filmmaker Pere Vilà Barceló talks about rape in “When a River Becomes the Sea.” But he never, ever intended to show it. “We’re focusing on trauma and the process of healing. It’s a…
Opinion: The election shredded the rule of law
Being elected president truly is a get-out-of-jail-free card for Donald Trump, but the greater concern should be for what this means for the rule of law in this country. On Friday, New…
Opinion: Trump's predatory Cabinet choices are added proof that #MeToo is over
So this is what Donald Trump means by “Make America Great Again.” Bring back the “Mad Men” days. As I’ve been working to keep up with the unusual number of alleged sexual predators that…
Beloved priest Abbe Pierre was the conscience of France. Several women now accuse him of assault
PARIS (AP) — A legendary French priest and a life-long advocate of the homeless was accused of committing acts that would amount to “sexual assault or sexual harassment,” the international…