They didn't choose to be violated, but they now choose to speak about what happened.

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Unheard

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Alaska has the highest rate of sexual assault in the nation. Yet it is a secret so steeped into everyday life that discussing it disrupts the norm. These women and men did not choose to be violated, but they now choose to speak about what happened.

by Adriana Gallardo , Nadia Sussman and Agnes Chang, ProPublica , and Kyle Hopkins and Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News

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