Riverside Third-Grader Accused of Sexual Assault
In different circumstances, it would have been a school principal's moment to shine -- addressing an important concern during a school-wide parent meeting, and receiving a standing ovation afterward. Only this was one honor that Principal Paul DeFoe would probably have preferred to go without. Because the concern in question wasn't a curriculum issue or a funding problem. It was the case of two third-grade boys at John Adams Elementary School in Riverside, Calif. One of them had reported the other for a series of sexual assaults that allegedly occurred throughout the past year. Unraveling a Year of Secrets Not [...]
New White House Task Force on Campus Sexual Assault
Calling sexual assault an affront to society, President Barack Obama signed a memo last month to create a task force to address the staggering number of rapes that occur on college campuses across America. 'An Affront to Our Basic Decency and Humanity' During his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama delivered a wide range of resounding indictments against the perpetrators of college sexual assaults. He deemed any sexual assault "an affront to our basic decency and humanity." "I want every young man in America to know that real men do not hurt women," Obama said. He cited the 1-in-5 odds [...]
