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Anna North

Anna North

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Anna North

    Culture
    Men like Bill O’Reilly get to make a comeback. Women who speak up about harassment lose their jobs.Men like Bill O’Reilly get to make a comeback. Women who speak up about harassment lose their jobs.
    Culture

    News of O’Reilly’s potential new job with Newsmax lays bare a core inequality around sexual harassment allegations.

    By Anna North
    Culture
    Bill O’Reilly, Matt Lauer, and Mario Batali are all eyeing a return. #MeToo is at risk.Bill O’Reilly, Matt Lauer, and Mario Batali are all eyeing a return. #MeToo is at risk.
    Culture

    Employers need to be held accountable, not just a few bad actors.

    By Anna North
    Explainers
    The domestic gag rule on abortion, explainedThe domestic gag rule on abortion, explained
    Explainers

    Trump is reportedly weighing a rule that would ban some doctors from even talking about abortion.

    By Anna North
    Education
    This student’s stripping protest went viral. It’s part of a bigger debate.This student’s stripping protest went viral. It’s part of a bigger debate.
    Education

    She says her professor told her that her shorts were a distraction. So she took them off.

    By Anna North
    Explainers
    The fraught gender and racial politics of the royal wedding, explainedThe fraught gender and racial politics of the royal wedding, explained
    Explainers

    For many feminists, Meghan Markle’s wedding to Prince Harry is — like so many weddings — a mixed bag.

    By Anna North
    Politics
    Hiring Corey Lewandowski shows Pence is as bad as Trump on women’s rightsHiring Corey Lewandowski shows Pence is as bad as Trump on women’s rights
    Politics

    Pence doesn’t talk about grabbing women but that doesn’t mean he cares about their autonomy.

    By Anna North
    Politics
    This mom just won the right to use campaign funds to pay for child careThis mom just won the right to use campaign funds to pay for child care
    Politics

    Liuba Grechen Shirley is the first female candidate to get federal permission to use the funds for babysitting.

    By Anna North
    Explainers
    The Weinstein Company’s future, explainedThe Weinstein Company’s future, explained
    Explainers

    The company has filed for bankruptcy and a lawsuit against it, filed by former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, is ongoing.

    By Anna North
    Politics
    The biggest #MeToo betrayal yet: why the Eric Schneiderman allegations are so chillingThe biggest #MeToo betrayal yet: why the Eric Schneiderman allegations are so chilling
    Politics

    Schneiderman went after men who abuse their power. Now he’s accused of the same thing.

    By Anna North
    Politics
    Donald Trump wants feminist cred for putting a veteran torturer in charge of the CIADonald Trump wants feminist cred for putting a veteran torturer in charge of the CIA
    Politics

    But Gina Haspel is no change agent.

    By Anna North