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October 13, 2025
Marianne Dhenin
Trump’s DOJ Cuts Are a Disaster for Sexual Violence Survivors
The administration has slashed funding and wants to implement ideological conditions on grants for programs that both support survivors and prevent these crimes in the first place.
February 21, 2022
Grace Segers
Congress Could Finally Bring Some Justice for Native Women
The proposed reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act would allow tribal authorities to prosecute non-Native offenders for crimes against women and children.
November 22, 2019
Nick Martin
Republican Time-Wasting Is Killing Native Women
Dragging their feet on VAWA, the GOP proved again that protecting women and honoring tribal sovereignty aren't priorities in modern conservative politics.
July 23, 2019
Danielle Tcholakian
The Obscene Difficulty of Depriving a Troubled White Man of a Gun
Five years before Darryl Varnum threatened to kill Representative Frederica Wilson, police were called to his Maryland home.
August 4, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Roger Goodell Just Blew It
The NFL sends a shamefully weak message on domestic violence
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