What’s Current: Oxford professor gets security guards for lectures after threats from trans activists

  • Oxford University Professor Selina Todd will have security guards accompany her to lectures after receiving threats from transgender activists.
  • Muslim women are staging around-the-clock sit-ins across India to protest the country’s new citizenship laws.
  • The US Navy is investigating a series of secretly recorded videos uploaded to Pornhub, which depict dozens of service members and civilians changing in bathrooms.
  • A woman who says she was forced into prostitution in Portland, Maine is suing two hotel chains for allegedly ignoring human trafficking in their motels.
  • Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announces intentions to enact some of the strictest abortion laws in the US. The proposed legislation includes banning women from receiving an abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected. 
Meghan McCarty

Meghan McCarty is an undergraduate student and aspiring journalist living in the United States.