Ashley Portero

Human Rights Watch released a new report that documents an epidemic of sexual harassment and sexual violence against female immigrant farmworkers by employers, supervisors, and others in the workplace.

Lawmakers rejected the Smith-Amash amendment, which would have barred the indefinite military detention, without charge or trial, of terror suspects apprehended on U.S. soil.

The announcement came on the heels of a survey that found one in 10 inmates are sexually victimized by other prisoners or prison staff.

The chairman of the Family Research Institute, while arguing it is possible for individuals to choose their sexual preference, admitted he was attracted to men as a child.

The National Coalition For Men argues the true victims of domestic violence will be better served by the House Republican bill.

While the Obama administration rejected to several section's of the House's proposed NDAA bill, a controversial indefinite detention provision for terrorism suspects was not among them.

Noting that a majority of Facebook users are women, the group is calling on CEO Mark Zuckerberg to diversify its board of directors as the company prepares to go public.

Texas, already facing flack for putting an innocent man to death in 2004, likely executed another innocent man in 1989, according to the university's Human Rights Law Review.

To contrast President Obama's commencement speech at Barnard College, Fox & Friends offered its own speaker on Tuesday morning.

An ad touting the benefits of its multiple herbicide-resistant Enlist corn tells viewers it won't exacerbate the growing epidemic of superweeds.

In a bipartisan surge of opposition to the National Defense Authorization Act, an amendment aims to ensure that suspected terrorists captured on U.S. soil can not be detained indefinitely without trial.

While young adults say they are committed to avoiding pregnancy, 40 percent of respondents in a new study said birth control was not important because when it is your time to get pregnant, it will happen.

The Big Agriculture groups coming to Dow's defense have everything to gain from Enlist's regulatory approval.

Vice President Joe Biden reportedly apologized to President Barack Obama on Wednesday for appearing to pressure him to accelerate his endorsement of same-sex marriage after speaking out on NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday.

Bachmann took pains to emphasize her patriotism in a statement released Thursday.

A Swiss television reporter informed Bachmann she is eligible to run for public office in the European nation, which boasts a strong social democratic party.

As states propose new laws intended to sway women from getting an abortion, a new study concludes the strategy is ineffective.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and House Republicans are at loggerheads over the severe cuts to social safety net programs in a proposed budget reconciliation package.

In the survey, Obama's job approval rating among Independents surged 11 points.

In contrast to President Obama, the chairman of the Democratic Caucus said House Democrats overwhelming support same-sex marriage.

The corporate members of ALEC task forces was revealed by the watchdog group Common Cause.

High-level detainees have been released to insurgent groups as part of a negotiation to quell violence in regions of Afghanistan, the Washington Post reports.

The conservative think tank's billboard campaign features the Unabomber, Charles Manson and Fidel Castro.

CEOs of major U.S. corporations have seen their pay increase by 725 percent between 1978 and 2011. In the same time, worker compensation grew by a painfully slow 5.7 percent.

The governor, rejecting the idea that carrying firearms in that environment poses any real danger, insisted that guns are most precious in instances of civil unrest or protests.

A recent investigation concluded more than 1,500 boxes of top secret or confidential-level documents have been misplaced as of March 2011.

A 2005 MySpace page shows Zimmerman made disparaging remarks about Mexicans and boasted of escaping assault charges from an ex-girlfriend.

Two members of the Florida Legislature argue the self-defense law empowers women against potential attackers, despite its questionable application in domestic violence cases.

The two industries spent a combined $112.9 million on lobbying fees during the first three months of 2012.