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Reader Comments: Debbie Ramirez Statement; Four Million Raised for Collins Opponent; High School Slang According to Kavanaugh; Van Dyke Verdict and CPAC; Housing; Trump Latest - Pay to Protest; Military-Industrial Complex; Announcements; and more....

It's not just the sexual assault allegations. Brett Kavanaugh's contempt for women is a defining characteristic of his ideology — and the political movement that groomed him. Once malice is embraced as a virtue, it is impossible to contain.

Reader Comments: Rage and Resistance to Kavanaugh, Rape, War on Women; Immigrant Children Still Kept, Moved in Dark; Reconstruction; Workers Struggles in Iran; Announcements: Laundry Workers; Broadway Stands Up; Socialism vs. Capitalism; and more...

Last year, student protests at some HCBUs aimed to highlight inadequacies in the way sexual assault and rape cases are handled. Students at HCBUs tend to under report sexual violence and they’re often not included in national conversations about it.

I’m a doctor for teenagers. Attempted rape Is not a normal part of teen behavior. Christine Blasey Ford’s story is one of sexual assault and attempted rape, not “boys being boys.” What life was like as a girl in Montgomery County in the early 1980s.

Reader Comments: Rape, Sexual Assault, Power and Kavanaugh; 2018 elections;Jess King, Julia Salazar, Socialism; Climate Change; Healthcare; police crimes; housing; Hiroshima; energy; folk music; Announcements; and more.....

House Democrats should pledge now that if they win a majority, they will conduct an impeachment investigation, to get to the truth. He should be removed from the Federal Appeals Court. Holton-Arms Alumnae statements supporting Christine Blasey.

Reader Comments: Extreme Poverty Returns; GOP Tax Robbery; Bitcoin; Iran; U.S. Nuclear Tests; Rape of Recy Taylor; Puerto Rico; High School Protests; Yemen; Global Refugees; Cold War history of immigrant rights; Story of Ferdinand; Correction: Subversive Involvement: Chicago and HUAC - Tribute to Dr. Quentin Young; Climate Change and the Left; and more....

Last week, hours after the disclosure of #TrumpTapes, and the gloating predatory and misogynist language Donald Trump used, New York Times best-selling author, survivor, and Twitter legend Kelly Oxford asked sexual assault survivors to share their stories. The result is nothing short of harrowing. Teen Vogue magazine shared some of the most immediate responses the next day. Today, there are even more allegations of Trump's sexual assualts and the defense by GOP leaders.