Franken’s Anti-Rape Amendment Franken’s Anti-Rape Amendment
In April of 2008, KBR employee Dawn Leamon went public. A few months earlier, she had been raped and sexually assaulted by co-workers while deployed at Camp Harper, in Ira...
Oct 16, 2009 / The Notion / Emily Douglas
Stop Bullying the Anti-Bullying Czar Stop Bullying the Anti-Bullying Czar
In the mid-nineties, when Kevin Jennings was the executive director of a fledging non-profit supporting LGBT youth and teachers called GLSEN (for the Gay, Lesbian, and Stra...
Oct 1, 2009 / The Notion / Emily Douglas
Voices in Conflict Voices in Conflict
When Wilton High School censored a student play about the Iraq war, the cast went to the Public.
Jun 21, 2007 / Feature / Emily Douglas
ACT UP’s New Urgency ACT UP’s New Urgency
Twenty years after its founding, the AIDS activist group is expanding its mission to universal healthcare.
Apr 3, 2007 / Feature / Emily Douglas