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I would vote for Joe Biden even if I believed Reade's account. Fortunately, I don't have to sacrifice morality to political necessity. Four more years of Trump will replace what remains of our democracy with unchecked rule by fascists and fanatics..

I started reporting on Tara Reade’s story a year ago. Here’s what I found, and where I’m stuck.

Reader Comments: Germany Rallies Against Racism; Voting as a Very Political Act; Women and Kavanaugh; Arming Saudi Arabia; Brazil; Korea; Cuba; Automation; Housing; McCarthy Blacklist; Charles White Exhibit; Resources; Announcements; and more....

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....

By the end of 2015, jails and prisons nationwide reported 24,661 allegations of sexual abuse, nearly triple the number in 2011. More than half (or 58 percent) of these allegations were against prison staff.

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...

I will use my voice to share all of the stories that have been silence because they are inconvenient or might spoil someone’s ambitions. We are all at risk, but once again, women, particularly women of color, are on the front line.

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.