Gabrielle Union isn’t just your average Hollywood actress – there are levels to her shit. In a recent sit-down with The View, the brown-skinned beauty opened up about surviving rape at just 19-years-old, more specifically what helped her deal with such a tragic time in her life. While working at a shoe store, Gabby and […]
Rapes are up in cities across the U.S. following a 2-year-old historic change to its definition — an inclusive and overarching description that umbrellas a wide range of assault. The fairly new definition, amended by the FBI, is void of the nearly 90-year-old term “forcible rape.” Instead, the agency simply refers to the crime as […]
Darren Sharper is in hot water and by the looks of it, his life won’t be getting any easier any time soon. The former Super Bowl champion was recently accused of raping two women back in January, after two women said he drugged and sexually assaulted them. Sharper is suspected of 7 rapes in four cities (including […]
The national debt ceiling will be raised once again to avoid the U.S from falling into another recession. In the 221 to 201 vote, the limit will be raised to help the country pay the $17.2 trillion balance on time. Some House Republicans unwillingly approved of the bill that will keep the U.S on track […]
A Florida man was sentenced to 14 years in prison after tricking his girlfriend into taking an abortion pill in May. Last year, John Andrew Welden and Remee Jo Lee were expecting their first child. After Welden demanded Lee terminate her pregnancy, she refused. The medical student then tricked her by giving her a Cytotec while she […]
Queen Elizabeth is on the brink of being broke. Well, not exactly, but it is being reported that the Queen’s household finances are at a historic low, with just £1 million left in reserve. In fact, her stash has dropped from £35 million in 2001 to the £1 million she has in 2014. And on top of […]
A 20-year-old woman in India is recovering in the hospital after being raped by at least 10 members of a kangaroo court in a Birbhum village as punishment for having an affair with a young man from another community. The assault, which occurred Monday and carried over into Tuesday morning, left the woman in critical […]
Be jealous, be very jealous. There are an astonishing 85 people who are just as rich as half of the world. The very rich may enjoy the statistic, but it brings up serious issues of global economic inequality. In an effort to target a more equal economic ground, Oxfam is encouraging leaders to take a […]
Things aren’t starting out too well for Darren Sharper in 2014. The ex-NFL player was just arrested on Friday after being linked to two cases of sexual assault, both happening within just months of each other. According to TMZ, Sharper allegedly committed the first assault in October of 2013 and the second in January of 2014. […]
We bet popular social media star Curtis Lepore isn’t “doing it for the Vine” for his day in court. The Vine sensation faced a judge this week after allegations emerged that he allegedly raped his sleeping girlfriend, Jessi Smiles. Lepore was arrested in October and released on a $100,000 bail, but the incident flew under […]
HAVE A SEAT! GOP Congressional Candidate Richard Black Doesn’t Think Spousal Rape Is A Crime (VIDEO)
Do we still not know the definition of rape? Virginia State Sen. Richard H. “Dick” Black doesn’t. The politician is running for Congress, but comments he made in 2005 about rape may come back to haunt him. In a speech he made while serving in the Virginia House of Delegates, Black suggested that spousal rape […]
It’s a step in the right direction. The Justice Department is set to expand its definition of racial profiling to include religion, national origin, gender and sexual orientation — prohibiting federal agents from considering those identifiers in investigations. Read about it here…[NYT] Former judge, asshole and current Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas hurled an […]
