#MeToo
Founded by Tarana Burke more than a decade ago, #MeToo came to new prominence in October 2017, after dozens of women came forward with allegations of sexual harassment and assault by Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. The movement has continued to evolve ever since; here’s where it stands today.
Science needs to have its #MeToo moment.
After the Paige Patterson scandal, American evangelicalism’s largest denomination is asking, “What next?”
They’re calling on the Government Accountability Office to look into the matter.
Aaron Persky stands by the sentence he gave Brock Turner. It has cost him the bench.
Paige Patterson was fired from his post at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary president after sexism controversy
The disgraced Hollywood mogul was indicted by a New York grand jury on rape and criminal sex act charges.
It’s a question a Massachusetts NARAL PAC is posing before offering its endorsement.
The zany Netflix comedy centers on an abuse survivor, making it well-positioned for this cultural moment.
A report from CNN details allegations that form a pattern of behavior from the Oscar-winning actor.
Hollywood has a lot of work ahead to ensure Weinstein’s arrest isn’t just symbolic.
Harvey Weinstein turns himself in to New York police; law enforcement in Ontario is searching for two suspects in a restaurant bombing.
Jennifer Fox’s “pure memoir” didn’t set out to dovetail with #MeToo, but it couldn’t have come at a better time.
After three months of wrangling, a bipartisan agreement has finally been reached.
Employers need to be held accountable, not just a few bad actors.
The ride-hailing companies won’t force sexual harassment and assault victims into arbitration or keep them from speaking out about their experiences.
The allegations against Junot Díaz are just the tip of the iceberg.
In the #MeToo era, some conservative women find themselves isolated.
Calling sexual misconduct allegations “lynching” is not only inaccurate, it dishonors a very real history.
They join Harvey Weinstein, expelled in October.
Former NBC correspondent Linda Vester and another woman say Brokaw sexually harassed them in the 1990s. He vehemently denies the claims.
One Cabinet vacancy filled, another more open than ever.
Long before the Cosby trial, black women paved the way for our current robust national conversation about sexual violence.
The jury convicted Cosby of drugging and molesting Andrea Constand in 2004.
The Cosby retrial was the first big test for the moment of reckoning.
“Famous names came forward, and then that’s when everybody got on the bandwagon.”
They need it the most.
The fallout from Roiphe’s essay on sexual harassment and “Twitter feminists” continued long after publication.
During hours of cross-examination, Constand denied that she fabricated the sexual assault claim against Bill Cosby to make money.
Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, and Ronan Farrow’s New York Times and New Yorker pieces were honored for public service.
Five women who testified that Cosby drugged and molested them were defiant in the face of sometimes brutal cross-examination this week.
Three of Bill Cosby’s accusers took the stand on Wednesday.
In the #MeToo era, Cosby’s lawyers are returning to an old playbook to discredit the accuser.
Prosecutors revealed the sum during opening arguments on the first day of Cosby’s sexual assault retrial.
The Texas Republican was the only sitting member of Congress to use taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit.
Read the letter here.
The clock is still ticking.
She says he used a job prospect to keep her interested, and threats and intimidation to keep her quiet.
Dowd should have forfeited her right to talk about sexual harassment years ago.
Andy Savage’s resignation is a sign the evangelical church may be changing in the wake of #Metoo.