By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist While we rarely hear good news these days about Congress, I have some to share. Continuing a long tradition of...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist During the most critical period of Jessica’s childhood, adults who could have intervened to protect her from abuse let her...
(Telegraph) – More than 1,400 children were sexually abused over a 16 year period by gangs of paedophiles after police and council bosses turned a blind...
MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Hearing the first victim to take the witness stand against Jerry Sandusky helped push the former Penn State...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An adopted son of convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky is providing details of the alleged sexual abuse he suffered at the...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black children are twice as likely as Whites to be victims of child abuse, with 1 in 5...
(CNN) — Actress Pamela Anderson revealed Friday that she suffered sexual abuse throughout her childhood, starting at age 6 when she was molested by a babysitter....
[USA Today] Nearly one in 10 young people report being a perpetrator of sexual violence — either coercing or forcing some type of sexual contact upon...
by Maya Rhodan Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When Rep. Gwen Moore [D-Wisc.] stood near President Obama last Thursday as he signed the Violence Against Women...
Domestic Violence: What’s Love Got to Do with It? By Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When Brittny Henderson was 16, she thought she...
