News Article

Scholar's past adds intrigue to student loan fraud trial

Anchorage Daily News, April 14, 2009

According to the indictment Yould used a second identity to apply for subsidized student loans, even though she had reached her lifetime limit. She then used some of that money to start a business and boost her investment portfolio, it says. But Yould's friends and family say she created the second identity with government approval to hide from a stalker.  More

Press Release

Vice President Biden Announces Appointment of White House Advisor on Violence Against Women

June 26, 2009

Vice President Biden announced the appointment of Lynn Rosenthal as the new White House Advisor on Violence Against Women. This is a newly created position, dedicated specifically to advising the President and Vice President on domestic violence and sexual assault issues. Ms. Rosenthal is one of the nation’s foremost experts in domestic violence policy.   More

Opinion

Women at Risk

The New York Times, August 7, 2009

We’ve seen this tragic ritual so often that it has the feel of a formula. A guy is filled with a seething rage toward women and has easy access to guns. The result: mass slaughter.
We have become so accustomed to living in a society saturated with misogyny that the barbaric treatment of women and girls has come to be more or less expected.  More

Confidential Address Programs

http://alexisamoore.blogspot.com/, December 2, 2008

It is important that all victims of stalking and domestic abuse become informed of the pitfalls surrounding state offered privacy protection programs before making a decision that may jeopardize their safety and the safety of those that they love. There are many victims of crime relying upon these programs living with a false sense of security.  More

News Article

High-Tech Stalking

Officer.com newsletter, May 20, 2009

Technology, including Internet-based services like e-mail and instant messaging along with other technology such as GPS and computer spyware, have been used to harass one in four stalking victims. That translates into about 1.2 million victims whose stalkers used some form of technology to find them. Yet, when officers do encounter stalking, they are often uncertain about how to respond because they haven't been trained for it.  More

Opinion

Why Are We Surprised When White Preppy Guys Turn Out to Be Murderers?

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez Official Blog, May 5, 2009

Over and over again, coast to coast, American media outlets told us how good-looking, smart and "normal" Markoff was. The hidden code in the news coverage of Markoff was clear: tall, young white guys, especially middle-class or wealthy ones in college, just don't do stuff like this. Except that they do. The United States has produced more serial killers than any other nation on earth, and 85 percent of them have been white men.  More