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A group of Pace University students hold a rally against sexual violence after walking out of their classes on April 19, 2018, in New York City. The action was organized by the student group ‘PaceUEndRape,’ which aims to promote a safe campus environment for all students. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)

BY MICHELLE ONELLO | The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has allowed Saifullah Kahn, a student accused of sexual assault, to sue his accuser for defamation, relying on a Connecticut Supreme Court opinion finding that the accuser was not entitled to absolute immunity for statements she made during a Title IX proceeding.

This decision will have a chilling effect on sexual assault survivors’ willingness to come forward, as they are now vulnerable to defamation and other civil suits, which are increasingly used to silence and intimidate victims. But the ruling also could impact how schools conduct future Title IX proceedings, and influence proposed new Title IX regulations, which the Biden administration has been working on since 2020.

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American Indian Movement Minnesota director Lisa Bellanger becomes emotional as she talks to people visiting the exhibit honoring the Women of Wounded Knee, including her mother Pat Bellanger, (in photo behind her) in Porcupine, S.D., on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. It is the 50th anniversary of the Wounded Knee occupation. (Elizabeth Flores / Star Tribune via Getty Images)

BY CHABELI CARRAZANA | November 30 marks Native American Women’s Equal Pay Day, spotlighting that those working full- or part-time are still earning only 55 cents for every $1 paid to non-Latino white men. Only Latinas have a wider gap. But 55 cents is, in many ways, an incomplete figure. 

There is much that is unknown about the nuances of the pay gap for Native American women. For years, the United States has failed to invest in data collection on Indigenous communities, making it difficult to reliably track wage gaps among the 574 federally recognized tribes.

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BY KATIE FLEISCHER | In every issue of Ms., we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in this biweekly roundup.

This week: Federal judge weakens the Voting Rights Act; Congress fails to fully fund WIC; Attorney General Merrick Garland defends women traveling to receive abortion care; Jill Biden launches an Initiative of Women’s Health Research; American women are living six years longer than men.

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In conversation with experts, Prof. Dorothy Roberts uncovers how over time, the child welfare system went from neglecting Black children to over policing and separating Black families. She also investigates how family policing and taking children has been a tool to suppress Black resistance against racial oppression and continues to surveil, regulate, and punish Black families today.

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