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Shaunna Thomas on Dean Obeidallah’s Show
Women’s Rights Group Demands Investigation Into Rape Allegations At Detention Center
A women’s rights group is demanding that the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Civil Rights investigate allegations of sexual abuse at a Texas immigrant detention center that houses families.
Is Hulu playing politics with this pro-choice ad?
Online video streaming service Hulu is wading into Colorado politics by banning an online advertisement relating to abortion this week that the company deemed “too controversial.”
Activists Promoting Consent At Colleges Try A ‘Classic Porn’ Look
Women’s advocacy group UltraViolet launched a new campaign Thursday to promote consent before sex among college students and to keep pressure on college rankings publisher Princeton Review to survey students about sexual assault.
The Women’s Advocacy Group That Won’t Give Up Until Roger Goodell Resigns
“Roger Goodell may have taken a crisis communications 101 class over the weekend, but his actions are simply too little too late,” said Nita Chaudhary, co-founder of UltraViolet. “Goodell must resign, and the NFL needs to seriously step up its commitment to ending violence against women within the league.”
TBS Cancels Cee Lo Greeen’s Show
TBS’ decision comes after women’s rights group UltraViolet petitioned the network to cancel The Good Life.
Activists Target The Princeton Review In Campus Rape Ad Campaign
Activist group UltraViolet is ramping up pressure on The Princeton Review, a company that publishes an influential ranking of colleges, to survey students about how schools handle sexual violence on campus.
Puppets Weigh In on Supreme Court Contraception Case
[UltraViolet] is pulling the strings in a new ad campaign aimed at raising awareness and support for a provision in the Affordable Care Act that requires employers to provide insurance coverage for contraception.
The Hobby Lobby’s Supreme Court Case, Explained by Puppets!
I’m obsessed with this video from the equality website UltraViolet. They teamed up with The Daily Show co-creator and activist Lizz Winstead to illustrate the absurdity of this case, break down the issue, and remind us why we don’t want our bosses in our bedrooms.
National group collects 60,000 signatures to urge Ohio lawmakers to pass bill restricting parental rights for rapists
Students from the Ohio State University chapter of abortion rights group Choice USA delivered signatures collected on the Ultraviolet website to Sen. John Eklund… Wednesday morning. Eklund chairs the Senate Criminal Justice Committee where three bills to restrict rapists’ parental rights are pending.
Dartmouth under fire for response to incidents of rape on campus
A national women’s group has started an online petition calling out Dartmouth College as a “chronic offender” of failing to protect female students from sexual assault. The petition, by the group UltraViolet, has nearly 50,000 signatures so far and demands Dartmouth take action.