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How to End a Campus Injustice With the Stroke of a Pen
By The Wall Street Journal on 04/10/2017 “…Under threat of losing federal funds, almost all schools have willingly complied with a procedural regime that effectively presumes the guilt of every accused student, 99% of whom are male. These procedures include a virtual ban on cross-examination of accusers, a rushed process making it hard for an…
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‘Unwanted Advances’ Tackles Sexual Politics in Academia
By New York Times on 04/05/2017 “…Read enough stories about the madness whipping through college campuses right now, and you can’t help but wonder if our institutions of higher learning have put the “loco” in in loco parentis. …” Read the entire article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/books/review-laura-kipnis-unwanted-advances.html?emc=edit_th_20170406&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=58186502&_r=1
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Protect Your Elderly Loved Ones From Financial Abuse
By The Motley Fool 02/15/2017 “…This is perhaps the most important step you can take to prevent elder abuse. At the very least, they should have a will, as well as medical and durable powers of attorney so that someone will have the legal authority to manage their affairs if they become mentally incapable of…
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Our helpline is often the only place older people suffering abuse can turn
By The Guardian on 03/29/2107 “…Unfortunately, cases like this are not unusual. More than 500,000 older people are routinely physically abused, stolen from, defrauded, neglected and sexually assaulted in the UK every year by people they ought to be able to trust the most. …” Read the entire article: https://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2017/mar/29/helpline-older-people-suffering-abuse-mental-health-services
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Two Books Explore the Furor Over Rape on Campus
By The New York Times on 04/07/2017 “…Statistics promulgated by the Obama White House declare that an estimated one in five college women will be sexually assaulted. …” Read the entire article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/books/review/two-books-explore-the-furor-over-rape-on-campus.html?_r=1
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Breaking the ‘cycle’
By La Grange News on 04/04/2017 “…The exhibit is geared towards children between the ages of 12 to 18. The Teen Dating and Violence Awareness program is presented in some of the Boys & Girls Clubs of West Georgia units, Teen Fusion and a few high schools within the Troup County School System, Ford said.…
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Sexual assault lawsuit centers on drunkenness
By ABC10 ON 04/03/2017 “…The incident — which has resulted in dual lawsuits and banishment of the accused man from campus — points out how murky sexual assault allegations can become when young people and alcohol are involved, and there are no other witnesses. …” Read the entire article: http://www.abc10.com/news/local/sexual-assault-lawsuit-centers-on-drunkenness/428018077
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Good Sex, Bad Sex, Drunk Sex, Rape
By Red Nation Rising on 03/15/2017 “… At CPAC 2017, I had the opportunity to sit down with E. Everett Bartlett, Ph. D., President of Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE), an organization dedicated to “working for policy reform to protect all victims and stop false allegations.” We spoke about campus sexual assault. The FIRST thing he…
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Helping the victims of domestic violence
By Ocala on 03/27/2017 “…“When people speak up about dating violence (it shows) they’ll stop it from the beginning and they are going to speak out,” Kingsley said. …” Read the entire article: http://www.ocala.com/news/20170327/helping-victims-of-domestic-violence
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Advisors Empowered to Fight Elder Abuse
By Barrons on 03/31/2017 “…The new rule has been approved by the SEC and will go into effect in February 2018. It requires securities firms to make “reasonable efforts” to obtain contact information for a person trusted by the account holder. The information will allow the companies to notify a family member or someone close…
