May 3, 2022 – With news of a leaked US Supreme Court opinion – the outrage at the leak seems to be garnering more attention than the actual opinion – that is if it is the real opinion. Here are the facts: If Roe v Wade is overturned, this could…
What Stand Your Ground Laws mean in America – How Race & Gender Affect Who Can Stand Their Ground – including women and people of color. An in depth look at armed citizenship from our nation’s founding until today.
Discussion on the history of armed citizenship – from the days of the founding of the US to present day. How stand your ground laws were supposed to protect women, but how the reason for these laws have failed women and people of color when defending themselves as armed citizens.
Dr. Jennifer J. Freyd, author of Blind to Betrayal and researcher of psychological techniques used by abusers to subjugate their victims. From the abuses of the Catholic Church clergy on young children to the family and the workplace – doctor Freyd exposes the horrors of abuse, the coping mechanisms of those abused, and the methodologies that can be employed by society, by families and litigators to help bring these predators to justice and make them accountable. A riveting discussion on the ‘art of betrayal’ and the way that society, businesses and even the nation – can help heal the oppressed through employing ‘Institutional Courage.’
August 28, 2021 – For those who have known betrayal and abuse, it is often a hard-fought battle within one’s own psyche – not to mention the court of public opinion. As standard practice in American culture, assault victims – predominantly women and children, are routinely disbelieved, ostracized, or both…
August 6, 2021 – The former Archbishop of Washington and cardinal – expelled from the church and laicized in 2019 – was “criminally” charged last week with three counts of indecent assault and battery on a teenage boy in Massachusetts decades ago, all according to a court filing by the…
July 2, 2021 – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court made a mockery out of a case that had given sexual assault victims across the country new hope that courts would take them seriously – that is, finally dispensing justice to those who had experienced sexual violence, and marking the beginning of…
April 24, 2021 – It took 106 years, but President Joseph R. Biden is the very first US president to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide – a genocide committed by Ottoman Turks in 1915. For those who are unaware of the religious affiliation of the Armenian people – Armenia was the…
April 21, 2021 – It is now clear, the jury found Derek Chauvin Guilty on All Counts: convicted of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The jurors deliberated a little more than 10 hours over two days before coming to their decision. The Charges The second-degree murder charge…
Guest is Denice Labertew. She is a women’s rights advocate, professor, and former US envoy to foreign states – providing policy guidance to protect the rights of women and girls. Her work includes negotiating regulations in the Violence Against Women Act, and advocating for human rights at the recent UN Universal Periodic Review – on the US Treatment of migrant women and girls detained at the US/Mexican border.
