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Tallahassee Democrat: Plane flies over federal courthouse with banner, ‘Trump and Bondi are protecting predators’
Protesters To Demand Release Of Battered Woman In Oklahoma
Demonstrators plan to gather outside the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Monday to demand the release of Tondalo Hall. Hall is serving a 30-year sentence for failing to protect her children from Robert Braxton, who received a two-year sentence for breaking the ribs and femur of their 3-month-old daughter.
Women’s group urges impeachment of Fuller
“Judge Mark Fuller was arrested and charged for beating his then-wife, yet despite widespread condemnation he remains on the bench with a taxpayer-funded paycheck,” said Shaunna Thomas, co-founder of UltraViolet. “We need all Republicans on the committee to demonstrate that there is no tolerance for domestic violence in the federal court system.”
Target to lift minimum wage to $9 an hour, matching rivals
But pressure rose on Target, which is competing for employees with Wal-Mart. Women’s advocacy group UltraViolet, for instance, recently ran a Web ad campaign that targeted devices located near three Target stores.
Federal Judge Mark Fuller awaiting recommendation on whether he should keep job
U.S. District Court Judge Mark Fuller is waiting to hear whether a special judicial committee will recommend he keep or lose his job after a recent three-day hearing in which witnesses testified about allegations Fuller beat his wife last August, his attorney said Thursday.
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UH announces zero tolerance policy for sexual violence
UH has updated its sexual assault policy to include a zero-tolerance stance after an ad campaign sieged the campus on Facebook, claiming the school has a rape problem.
NFL to air first domestic violence PSA
Mic’s Elizabeth Plank joins José Díaz-Balart to talk about the domestic violence PSA that will air during Sunday’s Super Bowl, and what message the NFL is hoping to send by airing the 30-second ad.
Marissa Alexander’s release isn’t enough
Marissa Alexander, a domestic violence survivor and mother of three, was allowed to return home to her children Tuesday after nearly three years in jail for firing a warning shot to fend off an attack from her abusive estranged husband. She faced upwards of 60 years in prison, despite the fact that the shot harmed no one and was issued in defense of her life.
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Sports Illustrated Will Run Edgy Domestic Violence Ad Ahead Of Super Bow
The ad, created by the progressive advocacy group Ultraviolet, includes a dramatic video of a uniformed football player tackling a woman without a helmet. The video notes that 55 domestic abuse cases in the NFL have gone unanswered under the leadership of league commissioner Roger Goodell, and it ends with the hashtag “#GOODELLMUSTGO.”
#GoodellMustGo banners will return for the NFC and AFC championship games
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell may have thought he put the league’s mishandling of the Ray Rice domestic assault case behind him when Robert Mueller released his independent report earlier this month, but some aren’t so ready to forgive and definitely not to forget. The national women’s advocacy organization UltraViolet has plans to resurrect its “#GoodellMustGo” banners, which flew over certain regular-season games last year, for the NFC and AFC championship games on Sunday.
Ultraviolet: No Justice This Week in Steubenville
The prosecution of a school administrator at the center of a notorious rape case settled out of court on Monday. An anti-rape-activist considers the deal excessively lenient and worries about what it means for a related prosecution of another school official.
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