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Pope Francis Abolishes Secrecy Rule When It Comes To Reporting Sexual Abuse
Elly Belle
Dec 17, 2019
College
Lori Loughlin’s New Defense: I Thought It Was All For Charity
Brianna Provenzano
Dec 16, 2019
News
Meghan McCain Gets Schooled On Impeachment, Whoopi-Style
Asia Ewart
Dec 16, 2019
News
Tessa Majors’ Family Asks The NYPD To Stop Blaming Her Deat...
The family of a Barnard College freshman who was found stabbed to death outside of Morningside Park on December 11 is calling on top police union brass to
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Brianna Provenzano
US News
Runner Who Hit Reporter’s Behind On Air Arrested On Sexual Batter...
The man who slapped a TV news reporter’s backside as she covered a local community race in Georgia was arrested on Friday on a misdemeanor sexual battery
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Sarah Midkiff
2020 Election
7 Democratic Candidates Threaten To Skip Debate Over Labor Dispute
All seven Democratic candidates who qualified for the PBS NewsHour/Politico Debate at Loyola Marymount University next week have threatened to skip it in s
by
Sarah Midkiff
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Abortion
Mississippi’s 15-Week Abortion Ban Blocked By Appeals Court
Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban was blocked on Friday by a federal appeals court — and in doing so, the judge may have affected the outcome of a sim
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Sarah Midkiff
News
Hillary Clinton & Taylor Swift: The Collaboration Of The Year
Taylor Swift turns 30 today, and she’s received well wishes from fans everywhere, some more well-known than others. On Friday, Hillary Clinton herself jo
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Mekita Rivas
News
Democrats Could Flip The Senate In 2020. Kirsten Gillibrand Wants...
On a recent December afternoon in a high-ceilinged loft in downtown Manhattan, dozens of dressed-to-the-nines people young and old milled around drinking C
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Natalie Gontcharova
News
Barnard Freshman Tessa Majors Was Fatally Stabbed To Death In New...
Update: In a statement sent to Refinery29, Tessa Majors’ family expressed their heartbreak over this tragedy. “We lost a very special, very tal
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Layla Mashkoor
News
Why On Earth Nikki Haley Thinks We Should Keep The Confederate Flag
When compared to the rest of President Donald Trump’s straw men administration, Nikki Haley might seem like a standard run-of-the-mill diplomat — she w
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Layla Mashkoor
News
Donald Trump & Nancy Pelosi Were Both Contenders For
TIME
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On Wednesday, Greta Thunberg became TIME’s youngest person of the year ever. But among the many possible contenders for this annual recognition were two
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Sarah Midkiff
News
Planned Parenthood Is Opening 50 Sexual Health Centers In Los Ang...
Los Angeles is initiating the conversation about reproductive rights and sexual health — starting in high school. Thanks to a new partnership between the
by
Mekita Rivas
US News
If Harvey Weinstein’s Walker Is A Bid For Sympathy, It̵...
When accused rapist Harvey Weinstein surrendered at a New York City police station on May 25, 2018, he wore a blue sweater and a smirk, and had two books t
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Leah Carroll
News
Harvey Weinstein Would Rather Settle With Accusers Than Admit Wro...
Harvey Weinstein, who faces a slew of sexual misconduct accusations, has reached a tentative $25 million dollar settlement with dozens of alleged accusers.
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Layla Mashkoor
News
At 16, Greta Thunberg Is The Youngest
TIME
Person Of The Y...
Greta Thunberg ignited a global movement when she decided to go on a climate strike in Sweden in August 2018. It’s been a little over a year since th
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Layla Mashkoor
News
Bill Cosby Tried To Get Out Of His Jail Sentence, But The Court S...
Bill Cosby remains in prison after an appeals court in Pennsylvania rejected Cosby’s bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction. Cosby’s legal team
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Layla Mashkoor
News
Britt McHenry Is The Latest Woman To Sue Fox News For Sexual Hara...
Fox’s list of sexual harassment and misconduct claims continues to grow, despite the network’s assertions that it has turned over a new leaf. In a new
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Sarah Midkiff
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US News
Alex Bozarjian Was Groped On Live TV & Now She Has Something To Say
A Georgia reporter was forced to react to an apparent assault in real time over the weekend after a creepy jogger appeared to grope her on live television.
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Brianna Provenzano
News
These Were The Biggest News Stories In 2019, According To Google
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Elly Belle
LGBTQ+
Elizabeth Smart’s Father Compares Coming Out To His Daughte...
Nearly two decades after his daughter, Elizabeth Smart, escaped the kidnappers who held her for nine months, Ed Smart is having another emotional and very
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Elly Belle
News
Kellyanne Conway Made A Holiday Impeachment Joke But No One Is La...
‘Tis the season for menorahs, Christmas trees (decorated by Melania Trump), and things like impeachment ho-ho-hearings dominating our feeds. Although
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Elly Belle
News
The Supreme Court Ruled In Favor Of Kentucky’s Insane Abort...
On Monday, the Supreme Court announced that it will not review a case brought against the state of Kentucky by its last remaining abortion clinic. The case
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Sarah Midkiff
News
Here’s Exactly How Ivanka Trump Was Involved In The Russia ...
After years of remaining largely untangled from the vast web of Russia conspiracy that has engulfed her father’s presidency, First Daughter Ivanka Trump
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Brianna Provenzano
US News
Michelle Obama Thinks We Can Come Back From A Trump Impeachment
Former First Lady Michelle Obama — forever First Lady in our hearts — has an optimistic outlook for the United States. And with everything going on, we
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Sarah Midkiff
US News
Finland Is Now Completely Run By Women, With Sanna Marin At The Helm
By almost any metric, Finland, as a country, is thriving. Environmental health? Ranked first in the world, according to the most recent study by Yale’s C
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Brianna Provenzano
US News
Katie Hill Speaks Out About Her Mental Health Struggle In The Aft...
Former Rep. Katie Hill revealed her struggle with thoughts self-harm, depression, and her healing process in the aftermath of resigning from Congress after
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Tara Edwards
News
Her Father Murdered My Mother. Then, We Became Friends.
Thirty years after my mom's murder, a Facebook message from a stranger would change my life in unexpected ways.
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Leah Carroll
News
Women Are The Stars Of The Impeachment Hearings
As the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump escalates, four women — Marie Yovanovitch, Fiona Hill, Laura Cooper, and Pamela Karlan — have em
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Natalie Gontcharova
News
Uber Reveals 3,045 Sexual Assaults Last Year & A Problem With Abuse
Uber has a history of abuse — and it’s one that affects both drivers and passengers. After years of sexual assault cases, lawsuits, and one-off war
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Leora Yashari
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