Time With: Madison Caesar and Peter Janci
Grant’s School Resource Officer and a lawyer explain how the criminal justice system handles sexual assault allegations.
Sexual Assault Issue 2018
Looking Back
Sexual assault has been an issue in the United States for centuries, used as a systematic form of racial and sexual oppression.
Questioning the Confirmation
The recent controversy over Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation has begun a stream of conversations among Grant students.
A Letter from the Editors-in-Chief
With the recent indictment of several high profile celebrities, the rise of the #MeToo movement and the controversial appointment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, sexual assault is currently one of the most widely discussed topics in the United States. The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, defines sexual assault as “sexual contact or behavior that occurs without explicit consent of the victim.” According…
The Wrong Objective
Betsy DeVos’s newly proposed policies focus on protecting the small percentage of people falsely accused of sexual assault rather than the victims. Grant students need to keep these changes in mind as they search for colleges.
994 Too Many
The United States criminal justice system consistently fails to hold sexual assailants accountable for their crimes. We must vote with that in mind.