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The Lookout: What You Need to Know About California’s New Sexual Assault Laws

October 28, 2021

Watching your tax dollars, elected officials and legislation that affects you. ... read more »

Henrietta Lacks Estate Sues Company Using her ‘Stolen’ Cells

October 5, 2021

The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a biotechnology company on Monday, accusing it of selling cells that doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took from the Black woman in 1951 without her knowledge or consent as part of ``a racially unjust medical system.`` ... read more »

First, she was a survivor: #MeToo’s Burke tells her story

September 16, 2021

That's what Tarana Burke was thinking _ indeed, hoping _ when she first found out the phrase ``MeToo'' was suddenly circulating online in October 2017, in the wake of shocking revelations about Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. ... read more »

Rehab Center Owner Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Female Patients

February 26, 2018

A jury deliberated for about a day before finding 56-year-old Christopher Bathum guilty of 31 counts, including forcible rape, sexual penetration by foreign object, forcible oral copulation and sexual exploitation. ... read more »

#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke Leads Survivors’ March and Rally in Hollywood