Reporting campus sexual harassment, assault, or stalking is a brave and deeply personal decision. For many students, coming forward is the first step toward reclaiming safety, dignity, and control. But what happens after a report is filed? How do schools respond—and what rights do students have during that process? Title IX is a federal law
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The rise of AI-generated abuse and digital harassment has rapidly outpaced the laws designed to protect victims. Survivors are increasingly targeted through the nonconsensual creation and distribution of deepfake pornography—highly realistic digital depictions that make it appear as if a person is engaging in sexual activity when they are not. Until now, many states, including
Colorado’s New Intimate Digital Depictions Law (SB25-288) Read More »
The internet can be a powerful tool—but in the wrong hands, it becomes a weapon. For too many people, particularly women and girls, intimate images are shared online without consent in an attempt to shame, control, or humiliate. This kind of abuse is known as image-based sexual abuse, or IBSA. It includes revenge porn, sextortion,
The Take It Down Act: A Powerful New Law to Help Survivors of Cyber Sexual Abuse Read More »
Let’s be honest—college isn’t just about classes and campus life. It’s also a place where lines can get crossed. Sometimes badly. Whether it’s unwanted comments from a professor, pressure from someone you’re dating, or outright sexual assault, navigating these experiences while trying to stay on top of your education is a lot. Add in confusing
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College is supposed to be one of the most exciting times of your life—a fresh start, new friendships, maybe your first real relationship. But what happens when the person you’re dating—the one who’s supposed to care about you—starts to control you, isolate you, or hurt you? It happens more often than most people think. And
Dating Violence in College: When Love Turns Dangerous—What to Do Read More »
The Hidden Crisis No One Talks About There’s a crisis happening in the foster care system that few people acknowledge, and even fewer take action to fix. Foster care is supposed to be a place of protection, a second chance for children who have already endured unimaginable hardships. But for too many, it becomes another
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Illinois’s Foster Care System Has Been Failing for Decades—And Children Are Paying the Price Illinois’s child welfare system has been in crisis for years. In the 1980s, the ACLU sued the state for having a constitutionally defective foster care system—decades later, Illinois remains under a court-monitored consent decree intended to rectify these failures. Despite ongoing
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The Call That Changed Everything The call came from inside the foster home. A 14-year-old girl, barely whispering, told the caseworker exactly what had been happening. The nights her foster father came into her room. The threats to keep her quiet. The fear that no one would believe her. The response? “We’ll look into it.”
Why Reporting Foster Care Abuse Is So Hard – And How to Fight Back the Right Way Read More »
The Truth About Group Home Abuse: You’re Not Alone Each year, thousands of children in foster care, including many in Colorado, are placed in group homes. The expectation is that they are safe. But this is not always true. Too often, these vulnerable children are hurt in the very places meant to protect them. Unfortunately,
How a Lawyer Can Help You Hold Group Homes Accountable for Abuse in Colorado Read More »
Aunt Martha’s Scandal: A Wake-Up Call for Illinois’ Foster Care System The Illinois foster care system was supposed to protect its most vulnerable children. Instead, at Aunt Martha’s Integrated Care Center in Chicago, children were met with horrific abuse. Staff members who were supposed to be caregivers were arrested for sexually assaulting minors. Despite reports
The Dark Side of Foster Care in Illinois: How the System is Failing Kids Read More »
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