"Social media is not just a place we 'go' anymore. It's a place we live, work, and play. That's why it's more crucial than ever to ensure that all people can safely access these spaces and freely express themselves without fear of retribution," Jenna Sherman, campaign director at UltraViolet
"Adriana Smith's family should have had a choice. Her mother was clear that she wanted to make the decision about whether her daughter's body should be kept on life support. But Georgia doctors and legislators failed Adriana and her family." said Arisha Hatch, interim executive director of UltraViolet
U.S. District Court Judge Mark Fuller is waiting to hear whether a special judicial committee will recommend he keep or lose his job after a recent three-day hearing in which witnesses testified about allegations Fuller beat his wife last August, his attorney said Thursday.
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UH has updated its sexual assault policy to include a zero-tolerance stance after an ad campaign sieged the campus on Facebook, claiming the school has a rape problem.
Mic’s Elizabeth Plank joins José Díaz-Balart to talk about the domestic violence PSA that will air during Sunday’s Super Bowl, and what message the NFL is hoping to send by airing the 30-second ad.
Marissa Alexander, a domestic violence survivor and mother of three, was allowed to return home to her children Tuesday after nearly three years in jail for firing a warning shot to fend off an attack from her abusive estranged husband. She faced upwards of 60 years in prison, despite the fact that the shot harmed no one and was issued in defense of her life.
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The ad, created by the progressive advocacy group Ultraviolet, includes a dramatic video of a uniformed football player tackling a woman without a helmet. The video notes that 55 domestic abuse cases in the NFL have gone unanswered under the leadership of league commissioner Roger Goodell, and it ends with the hashtag “#GOODELLMUSTGO.”
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell may have thought he put the league’s mishandling of the Ray Rice domestic assault case behind him when Robert Mueller released his independent report earlier this month, but some aren’t so ready to forgive and definitely not to forget. The national women’s advocacy organization UltraViolet has plans to resurrect its “#GoodellMustGo” banners, which flew over certain regular-season games last year, for the NFC and AFC championship games on Sunday.