The Legacy of Anita Hill, Then and Now The Legacy of Anita Hill, Then and Now
Her Senate testimony made her into a feminist icon, but her new book underscores her enduring career as a professor and writer.
Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams
A Thank-You Note to Anita Hill A Thank-You Note to Anita Hill
Because you spoke out twenty years ago, women no longer shrug off sexual harassment—we press charges.
Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Kai Wright: Is Occupy Wall Street A Viable Movement? Kai Wright: Is Occupy Wall Street A Viable Movement?
As Occupy Wall Street gains ground, Kai Wright joins Democracy Now! to discuss whether the protests could evolve into a viable, populist movement.
Oct 5, 2011 / Press Room
American Dream Movement Demands ‘Jobs Not Cuts’ on Capitol Hill American Dream Movement Demands ‘Jobs Not Cuts’ on Capitol Hill
The Congressional Progressive Caucus and the American Dream movement demanded more help for the unemployed at a raucous Washington rally.
Oct 5, 2011 / George Zornick
Jeremy Scahill: Al-Shabab’s Deadly Bomb Blast in Somalia Jeremy Scahill: Al-Shabab’s Deadly Bomb Blast in Somalia
Al-Shabab is the direct product of America's short-sighted and invasive foreign policy and American involvement in Somalia has benefitted the radical groups it has set out to defea...
Oct 5, 2011 / Press Room
Black Women Still in Defense of Ourselves Black Women Still in Defense of Ourselves
Sexual harassment had been a common experience of black women’s work life since they arrived in America, and it was black women plaintiffs who first comprehended that sexual ...
Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
How Anita Hill Changed the World How Anita Hill Changed the World
From SlutWalks to class action lawsuits to ordinary women feeling empowered to speak out against sexual harassment—that’s change we can believe in.
Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Katha Pollitt
Taking Up the Legacy of Anita Hill Taking Up the Legacy of Anita Hill
She put sexual harassment on the map, but twenty years later, more than half of all high school and college age women report being harassed.
Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Jessica Valenti
Awlaki Assassination Puts Obama Above the Law Awlaki Assassination Puts Obama Above the Law
Welcome to the Drone Empire, in which the president's executioners can kill without legal restraint.
Oct 5, 2011 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Ban Birth Control? They Wouldn’t Dare… Ban Birth Control? They Wouldn’t Dare…
Wake up, sleepyheads: the antichoicers are coming for contraception.
Oct 5, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt