Ghislaine Maxwell arrested and her deathwatch begins
Ghislaine Maxwell and the late Jeffery Epstein are inconvenient to a lot of powerful folks. Oddsmakers are now calculating Maxwell’s chances for remaining alive.
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Not Forsaken: a woman’s journey
FORT WORTH, Texas, August 24, 2019: Until the Mc Martin Preschool case hit the media in 1983, childhood sexual abuse really wasn’t part of mainstream thought. These crimes were often swept under the rug, the victims not believed, or incidents were played down. Many of them never told. Of course, this was not always so, ...
Three awful things that successful people share
It isn't your characteristics that best show your likelihood of success, but your experiences. And unsettling or bad experiences are better than good ones.
The American epidemic of emotional abuse
Nearly half of all women and men in the United States have experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner in their lifetime (48.4% and 48.8%), according to The National Domestic Violence Hotline.
Bill Cosby: Why would ‘America’s Father’ rape?
If true, Cosby is a common rapist
The story of one. Trafficked Boys: Vandalized innocence hidden in plain sight
WASHINGTON, September 20, 2014 — It was August of 1970 and the heat of a summer’s day in the Deep South refused to relinquish its grip as night descended like a dark curtain. The sweat had pooled in the middle of my back and my hair lay tangled and matted across my damp forehead as ...
Mental health workers must collaborate with trauma survivors
BOSTON, February 22, 2014 – My name is Zoe Kessler, and I am both a clinical social worker and a survivor of commercial sex exploitation as a minor. As a clinician and an advocate against all forms of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC), I have witnessed a gross misunderstanding for CSEC on the side ...
Survivors offer insight to federal anti-trafficking efforts
A response from survivors to the government's five year plan on human trafficking.
Tearing down the wall of silence: Victims of child sex abuse speak out
WASHINGTON, November 27, 2011—The world of college sports had been thrown off balance by recent allegations of sexual abuse against Jerry Sandusky, a former assistant football coach at Penn State University. Sandusky is accused of having inappropriate sexual contact with young boys he met through the “Second Mile” charity he founded in 1977, and using ...