Conversations: Anita Hill, "Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence"

Friday, November 12th, 2021, by Dan Skinner

On this edition of Conversations, Anita Hill talks with host Dan Skinner about “Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence.” Hill is University Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women's and Gender Studies at Brandeis University. After the 1991 Senate confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, Hill became a leading figure in the fight for women's rights and against gender-based violence.

Conversations: Laurie Halse Anderson, "Shout: The True Story of a Survivor Who Refused to be Silenced"

Wednesday, June 5th, 2019, by Dan Skinner

On this edition of Conversations, Laurie Halse Anderson talks about her poetry memoir, Shout - The True Story of a Survivor Who Refused to be Silenced.

Headlines for Friday, January 15, 2016

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Security Problems Cited at Osawatomie State Hospital

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015, by Jim McLean

Federal officials have halted Medicare payments to Osawatomie State Hospital, citing security concerns in the wake of a reported rape of a hospital employee in October. This aerial photo shows the hospital campus. (Photo by KHI News)

The state mental hospital in Osawatomie has been plagued with problems. So many that federal officials are now withholding Medicare payments. One of the problems cited by inspectors involves a sexual attack on one of the staffers by a hospital patient.

Headlines for Tuesday, October 20, 2015

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News headlines from around the region, focusing on what's happening in and around Kansas.

A summary of Associated Press news headlines from around the region, compiled by the KPR News staff.

Headlines for Tuesday, September 15, 2015

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Headlines for Tuesday, June 16, 2015

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Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press.

KU Committee Proposes Alert Regarding Students Expelled for Sexual Assault

Thursday, February 19th, 2015, by Associated Press

A committee at the University of Kansas wants the Kansas Board of Regents to adopt a policy that ensures students expelled for sexual misconduct at one state school cannot enroll at another school without the new school being notified of their past.

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