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The Stories Only Women Are Told

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands November 8, 2021October 19, 2022

“Women need to keep talking. To one another, sure. But also, to the boys and men we hold dear—and not just in times like these, in times of crisis when it feels like we are simply shouting our despair into the void.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Reckoning: Rape Culture and the Crisis in British Schools

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 19, 2021October 19, 2022

“After Scarlett Mansfield collated 200 accounts of sexual harassment, inspectors put her former school on notice. Could it be the first of many?”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Qualified Immunity: How ‘Ordinary Police Work’ Tramples Civil Rights

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands June 23, 2021October 19, 2022

“There is little to no accountability behind the closed doors of police work.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

‘This Is How You Get Your Power Back’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 27, 2021October 19, 2022

“Brady’s team, though, had been haunted by a serial rapist they could not identify, much less arrest. His DNA had been found in a half-dozen old cases in which evidence remained at the hospital.” The final installment in a three-part “Cold Justice” series.

Posted inBooks, Crime, Current Events, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Writing

‘Can You Imagine How That Felt?’: Blake Bailey’s Predations, As Told By His Students

by Seyward Darby April 30, 2021October 19, 2022

The inside story of author Blake Bailey’s grooming of middle-school girls.

Posted inCurrent Events, Featured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘I Mostly Feel Like My Voice Matters’: A Portland Journalist on Protests, Police Violence, and Enduring Trauma

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 23, 2020October 19, 2022

A reporter covering the protests in Portland reflects on fear and trauma, police violence, and her voice as a journalist.

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I Know How to Cover a Portland Protest. So Why Am I Shaking?

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands July 22, 2020October 19, 2022

Journalist Karina Brown, who’s covering the protests in Portland, writes a personal essay on trauma, sexual assault, and police violence.

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Between Russell Simmons and The World and Oprah

by Sari Botton February 20, 2020October 19, 2022

Russell Simmons moved to Bali to avoid the legal fallout from a litany of #metoo accusations, but that didn’t stop him from spending time, recently, in New York City. Veteran journalist Kevin Powell conducted many interviews with him there, attempting to understand his one-time idol’s perspective. In the wake of Oprah Winfrey’s withdrawal from producing […]

Posted inNonfiction

Self Portrait as a Human Interest Story

by Emi Nietfeld December 11, 2019December 30, 2022

Reflecting on the adversities and victories of her youth, Emi Nietfeld interrogates how narratives of resilience minimize suffering.

Posted inBooks, Crime, Culture, Fiction, Story

Memories Dressed Up With Wishes

by Grace Linden July 31, 2019October 19, 2022

Siri Hustvedt’s “Memories of the Future” is a fitting book for the #MeToo moment, which is as much about justice and reparations as it is about understanding the logic of memory.

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