crime Woman claims Matt Lauer 'anally raped' her, Ronan Farrow reports Rob Beschizza

picks How to take care of yourself when exposed to sexual violence in media and online Xeni Jardin

racism Former Oklahoma City police officer found guilty of serial rape of Black women Xeni Jardin

rape Nicki Minaj's brother has been charged with raping a 12 year old girl in Long Island Xeni Jardin

racism Lawyer for gun-toting St. Louis couple describes his clients as "melanin-deficient human beings" Thom Dunn

Chaos in America, O.J. Simpson framed by cops, and Brad Pitt’s saggy butt, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

law No jail time for cop convicted of rape Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Coming soon to a city near you: HUMP, Dan Savage's amateur smut fest, banned from Facebook! Cory Doctorow

crime Harvey Weinstein hit by Los Angeles prosecutors with 2 new sex crime charges, hours after his rape trial began in New York Xeni Jardin

religion Congregants allegedly pressured to to sell their own blood and donate the funds to their church Seamus Bellamy

charity Charitable Giving Guide 2019 Boing Boing

News UPDATED: Tony Robbins accused of sexually assaulting high schooler at summer camp Xeni Jardin

genocide 57 countries are suing Myanmar for genocide against Rohingya minority Mark Frauenfelder

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Business Gaming's #MeToo moment: male fragility versus women's fundamental rights Cory Doctorow

law California Supreme Court backs expanding access to police misconduct cases Xeni Jardin

Copyfight Make the internet better by empowering users, not by demanding that platforms implement automated filters Cory Doctorow

crime Lessons from testing decades of forgotten rape kits: serial rapists are common, they don't follow a pattern, they're not very bright, and they're often the same men who commit acquaintance rape Cory Doctorow

inequality Rebecca Solnit on Jeffrey Epstein: "In patriarchy, no one can hear you scream" Cory Doctorow

Business Patronscan wants cities to require bars to scan your ID with its service so it can maintain a secret, unaccountable blacklist Cory Doctorow