Jamie Leigh Jones

The Real Reason Obama Isn't Making Much Progress

Johann Hari | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics


Johann Hari

The institutions that are blocking progress have rallied over the past few months to defend two causes with very little popular support in the United States: rape and slavery. No, really.

Jon Stewart Takes On 30 Republicans Who Voted Against Franken Rape Amendment (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 10.15.2009 | Comedy


In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her Halliburton/KBR co-workers while working in Iraq and locked in a shipping container for over a day to...

Senate Passes Amendment To Prevent KBR and Halliburton From Getting Away With Raping Employees (Literally)

Howie Klein | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics


Howie Klein

Al Franken offered the amendment because of a KBR employee, age 19, who was raped by a bunch of KBR workers in Iraq. After she was rescued, she was informed that she couldn't take KBR to court.

Jamie Leigh Jones: Halliburton Employee's Gang Rape Not Workplace Injury, Court Rules

Mother Jones | � by Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business


Remember Jamie Leigh Jones, the Halliburton/KBR contractor who alleged she was gang raped by her co-workers in Iraq and then imprisoned in a shipping ...

Lady Gaga and The Glamorous Rape

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living


Charlotte Hilton Andersen

the media is selling us an image of rape and domestic violence as being artistic, dramatic, the result of misguided love and -- most terrifying -- wanted.

Pentagon Won't Probe KBR Rape Charges

ABC's The Blotter | Justin Rood | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The Defense Department's top watchdog has declined to investigate allegations that an American woman working under an Army contract in Iraq was raped ...

Bush Administration Silent On Halliburton Rape Accusations

ABC News | Justin Rood | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A powerful senator says he is still waiting for the Bush administration to respond to inquiries he made last month following reports that American wom...

Woman Can't Sue Halliburton Over Rape Because Of Cheney Policy

Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


On Wednesday, Jamie Leigh Jones told a House Judiciary Committee her now-famous story about having been allegedly drugged and gang-raped two years ago...

Justice Dept Refuses To Attend Congressional Hearing On Halliburton Rape Cases

ABC News | MADDY SAUER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The Department of Justice refused to send a representative to answer questions from Congress today on the investigations into allegations of rape and ...

Congress To Investigate Halliburton Rape Allegation In Iraq

ABC News | JUSTIN ROOD | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A House panel is looking into charges of sexual assault made by a former KBR employee in Iraq. At a hearing next Wednesday, the House Judiciary Commi...