The Steubenville, Ohio volunteer football coach whose house was used for a party where a 16-year-old girl was raped by two football players may go to jail for six months for his connection with Ferguson, Mo. protesters. It’s a curious connection, but Matt Belardine, who pled guilty to violating his probation after traveling out of […]

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A horrific photo featuring a 7-year-old Australian boy posing with a severed head and the caption “That’s my boy” has been making its rounds on the internet. The photo was reportedly posted by Khaled Sharrouf, a convicted terrorist who fled Australia to join the Islamic State militants waging war in Syria and Iraq. Australian officials say the […]

In a horrifying turn of events, a photograph of a Texas teenager passed out after being drugged and sexually assaulted has become a meme called the #jadapose. Jada, who withheld her last name, told KHOU that she was drugged with a spiked drink while hanging out at a friend of a friend’s house on June […]

Two University of Miami linebackers were arrested Tuesday and dismissed from the football team after admitting to sexually assaulting a teenage girl in a dorm room on July 5. Alex Figueroa and Jawand Blue have been charged with sexual battery on a physically helpless victim. Figueroa was also charged with possessing a stolen or forged driver’s license. […]

Disclaimer: We all make mistakes. Not quite like Fox News’ deliberate digs, but all publications drop the ball every now and then. And everyone’s beloved CNN isn’t any different. Now don’t get us wrong, we’re usually rocking with their alleged liberal bias, but recently, the news network has found themselves in hot water over coverage […]

Following the announcement that Brad Pitt and his production company, Plan B Entertainment, acquired rights to produce a movie based on the infamous Steubenville, Ohio rape case, MailOnline is reporting that the teenage victim wants input. The victim, who hasn’t been identified to protect her identity, has never spoken publicly about her ordeal with Steubenville […]

This week, it was revealed that Brad Pitt would continue his successful streak of telling the stories of marginalized communities by focusing on one of America’s most infamous rape incidents — the Steubenville, Ohio rape case. The 12 Years a Slave producer and his production company, Plan B Entertainment, have purchased the rights to the […]

While we’re all worried about Drake dropping a new song, the Mississippi legislature has passed a bill that would allow people to use religion as justification to discriminate against gay people. And to think, we thought we won when the Arizona “right-to-discriminate” bill was vetoed. We have work to do. Read about the ridiculousness here…[ThinkProgress] […]

The Maryville, Mo. teenager accused of raping Daisy Coleman and a friend in 2012 entered a guilty plea to a lesser charge and has been sentenced to probation. Matthew Barnett’s sentence comes just days after Daisy attempted to commit suicide due to cyber bullying over the rape allegations. According to KCTV: Matthew Barnett, who was […]

He’s sorry, guys. Dennis Rodman apologized for the CNN interview where he implied that an American man detained in North Korea deserves to be imprisoned. He also admitted he was just a tad bit inebriated. Rodman was visiting the country to celebrate dictator Kim Jong Un’s birthday. “I want to apologize,” Rodman said. “I take full […]

Despite new arrests and indictments regarding the Steubenville, Ohio rape case that gripped the nation last year, one of the teens convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl is being released from a juvenile detention center early. Ma’lik Richmond, a former high school football player, was found “delinquent” of raping the teen girl last year and […]

Following additional investigation into the Steubenville, Ohio rape case that gripped the nation last year, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has made a major announcement. A grand jury has indicted four more people in connection with the assault of a 16-year-old girl. Two teenage football players were found guilty of raping the girl in March. […]