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Kavanaugh confirmation could spark a reckoning with system that often fails survivors of sexual abuse and assault

  • Written by Alesha Durfee, Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies, Arizona State University
Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in by Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh. AP/Tom Williams/Pool Photo

After voting to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Sen. Joe Manchin said that he made his choice even though he supported survivors of sexual abuse and...

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