Sexual Harassment

Three Ways State & Local Governments Can Protect Workers Right Now

By Tanuja Jain Gupta The first time you share your experience of mistreatment in the workplace with us, we quickly ask “where” and “when.” The location and timing of your mistreatment affect our ability to help you. The location tells us the jurisdiction—which state and city laws bind your employer, and which courts have the […]

Renege, Conceal, Evade: Takeaways from Report on USCGA Cover-up of Operation Fouled Anchor

By Christine Dunn and Amira Dehmani Last month, the Congressional Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released an Interim Report titled “Coast Guard’s Efforts to Conceal the Operation Fouled Anchor Investigation from Congress and the Public.” Operation Fouled Anchor (“OFA”) was an investigation launched in 2014 examining the prevalence of sexual assault and harassment at the Coast […]

“Keep This Between Us” Spotlights “Grooming Epidemic”

“Keep This Between Us” is a four-part Freeform docuseries that dives into the lived experiences of two adult women named Cheryl Nichols and Heaven Rubin. Nichols and Rubin were groomed by trusted teachers when they were teenagers. Their stories shine a much-needed light on how abusers in schools may exploit student trust and institutional inaction […]

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