click for more info Here is an editorial from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania about making college campuses safer. You can read the whole story HERE. "Sexual assault and harassment on college campuses have finally gotten the attention of federal authorities charged with monitoring compliance with Title IX's sex-discrimination prohibition. The U.S. Department of Education has issued guidelines for how schools must respond to sexual...

click for more info Here is a story about how domestic violence shelters pretty much all over the country are at capacity during the recent heat wave. At first that doesn't seem like it should be a contributing factor. But when people get stressed out with high humidity and high temperatures, tempers flare and violence escalates. You can read the whole story...

click for more info The former head of the U.S. Air Force’s office of sexual-assault prevention is headed to court after being accused of groping a woman in a parking lot near the Pentagon, as lawmakers review how the military addresses allegations of sexual violence in its ranks. You can read the whole story HERE. Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Krusinski, 41, is scheduled...

click for more info As the military tries again to deal with an epidemic of sexual assaults, these three service members have witnessed the problem firsthand. They know what happens when those who are victimized try to report assaults. They have seen commanders look away or worse. You can read the whole story HERE. "The Senate is drafting its annual defense bill...

Statistics show that an inordinate number of assaults and robberies occur in parking lots-specifically mall parking lots and grocery store parking lots. The reason for this may not seem obvious but there is a good reason. Sexual perverts and robbers who do these kinds of assaults prey on women who are distracted coming out of a grocery store or out of a...

This is a story about how the College of Charleston is treating sexual assault allegations. You can read the whole story HERE. "The appearance that a college is tolerating sexual misconduct isn't confined to CofC or the Citadel, which has experienced its own troubles. College campuses nationwide have apparently accepted sexual assault, looked away in spite of horrific evidence, and blamed victims....