Alyesha Wise uses her piercing poetry to explore the ways Black women and girls are often silenced about their experiences with rape and sexual assault. In "The Interview," the Camden, NJ native asks a series of questions about that express the feelings of alienation she and so many other survivors have felt.
A toddler in Oklahoma City was raped while her mother attended class. She later died of internal injuries and other injuries that indicated sexual assault.
After defending Bill Cosby in the face of repeated allegations of sexual assault, and even in the wake of the 2005 deposition testimony in which Cosby admitted to drugging women, Whoopi Goldberg has apparently backtracked.
Police have tracked down two men who attacked 16-year-old Arnesha Bowers and then lit her home on fire in Baltimore. Investigators used Bowers' cell phone records to track the men down.
Police are searching for a man wanted for attempting to rape a woman early Saturday morning in the New York City Lower East Side neighborhood of Alphabet City. The suspect followed the 25-year-old woman into her apartment at approximately 3:30am where she was able to fight off the attack.
Yesterday, Marilyn Mosby announced the launch of a new program, Aim to B'More, intended to reduce Baltimore's recidivism and unemployment rates among young criminal offenders. Mosby said during a press conference that the program was part of her campaign promise to "holistically reform the criminal justice system."
