Russell Simmons, R. Kelly, and Why Black Women Can’t Say #MeToo

There’s an intersection in almost every hood that teaches young girls lessons about power, racism and sexism. In the projects, where I grew up, I had to pass it almost every day to get home from school. This intersection is where some of the guys from the neighborhood...

Terry Crews Addresses Lawsuit Against Adam Venit Over Sexual Assault

Actor and former NFL player Terry Crews filed a lawsuit last week stemming from an encounter at a party in 2016 when he says a high-powered Hollywood agent groped him. Crews tweeted about the assault in October, prompted by the women who came forward accusing Harvey...

Taylor Swift Opens Up About Her Sexual Assault Case For The First Time

Taylor Swift was named as one of the Time’s Silence Breakers, the magazine’s Person of the Year, for her public sexual assault case this summer. Colorado radio DJ David Mueller sued Swift for $3 million in damages because he was fired from his radio cohost job in...

Angelina Jolie Says 3 Myths Fuel Sexual Violence

Angelina Jolie believes there are three myths as to why sexual violence — which the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network defines as a “non-legal term that refers to crimes like sexual assault, rape, and sexual abuse” — still occurs in conflict zones...