Army investigation: No sexual assault cover-ups in Alaska National Guard
The Anchorage Daily News reports: A military investigation has cleared higher-ups within the Alaska National Guard of mishandling sexual assault...
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[VIDEO] VMI cadet describes missteps in sex assault investigation
The Washington Post reports: With a piercing gaze into the camera, the Virginia Military Institute graduate urges viewers to comb...
STATEMENT: House Armed Services Committee Adopts Sexual Assault Provisions Proposed by Protect Our Defenders
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 22, 2014 Contact: Brian Purchia, brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** HOUSE OF RESPRENTATIVES ADOPTS SEXUAL ASSAULT PROVISIONS...
Claiming “Mixed Signals” Is a Great Rape Defense, Says Military Times
Gawker reports: The United States armed forces have a sexual assault problem. As in: How does a service member avoid...
California Bill Could Change Military Sex Assault
US News and World Report writes: A new initiative in California may succeed where the federal government has so far...
[VIDEO] Combating the military sexual assault epidemic
WNYT reports: Kelly Busch likes being out in nature. At the Guardian House, she often can be found sprucing up...
Investigations underway on reports of mishandling of sexual assault complaints in Alaska Guard
The Anchorage Daily News reports: Two investigations are underway of the Alaska National Guard over reports that sexual assault complaints...
[AUDIO] Despite increased reporting of sexual assaults, DoD still struggles to tackle issue
Protect Our Defenders Board of Directors Member Paula Coughlin is interviewed by Federal News Radio: Twenty-three years ago, Paula Coughlin,...
Lawmaker Moves To Remove Military Sex Assault Claims From Chain Of Command
CBS Los Angeles reports: State lawmakers Monday voted to approve legislation aimed at curbing a sharp rise in the number...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Responds to Pentagon Report on Sexual Harassment in the Military
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2013
Contact: Brian Purchia, , brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT ***
PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS RESPONDS TO PENTAGON REPORT...
Pentagon punished nearly 500 for sexual harassment
The Associated Press reports: The U.S. military says it fired or disciplined nearly 500 workers for sexual harassment in a...
Pentagon’s pathetic victory lap: Why its supposed military rape “solution” is just spin
Salon reports: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel recently grabbed the kind of massive media attention normally reserved for celebrity scandals....
Gillibrand Calls on Obama to Back Military Sexual-Assault Bill
Bloomberg Businessweek reports: New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said she will keep pressuring President Barack Obama to support her proposal...
Kirsten Gillibrand Wants Meeting With Obama To Revive Military Sexual Assault Bill
The Huffington Post reports: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who spearheaded a ferocious, ultimately unsuccessful public fight to revamp how sexual...
San Antonio Express-News wins national reporting award for ‘Twice Betrayed’ series
A big congratulations to the San Antonio Express-News: The San Antonio Express-News won the American Bar Association’s 2014 Silver Gavel...
House of Cards Boss Beau Willimon Answers Vulture Readers’ Questions
Vulture interviews House of Cards creator Beau Willimon who discusses his inspiration behind the series’ military sexual assault storyline: We...
Female veterans, service members not seeking needed services
The Bangor Daily News reports: Maine — If you’ve served in the military, that makes you a veteran, right? Right,...
Stop tolerating rape
An op-ed from the Baltimore Sun: At every Washington Capitals home game, hockey fans at the Verizon Center — including...
Blog Post: Elected Leaders Stand With Victims, Progress Made Towards Fundamental Reform
Last week, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) voted to adopt three military sexual assault reform provisions proposed by Protect...
[VIDEO] Paula Coughlin on Al Jazeera America
Watch Paula Coughlin on Al Jazeera America here.