About This Site

This site follows sexual violence, police brutality, immigration enforcement and the genocide in Palestine, with attention to the people affected and what happened to them.

Read case histories, follow developments and find original reporting, court documents and other sources. The college cases sit alongside historical records and coverage of broader abuses.

Entries are updated as new information becomes available. Reporting, allegations, official findings and opinion are identified so you can see what supports each account.

Selected college cases

Ithaca, New York

Cornell University

Sexual misconduct and hazing accounts across Cornell, the Cornell Seven case and fraternity membership research.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Justice for Kendall

Kendall Francis’s account of sexual assault, LSU’s finding against Damien Shanklin, the sanction appeal and the Baton Rouge investigation.

Madison, Wisconsin

UW–Madison

The September 23, 2026 AEPi hazing investigation, reported injuries and arrests, and UW–Madison’s response.

From the issue archives

Police Brutality

People killed or injured by police, the encounters that harmed them and the investigations that followed.

Free Palestine

The genocide in Palestine: individual lives, historical context and evidence of civilian harm.

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