The Anita Hill Hearings: When ‘Just Life’ Became Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Harassment Became Wrong The Anita Hill Hearings: When ‘Just Life’ Became Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Harassment Became Wrong
Twenty years after Anita Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the sexual harassment she’d experienced working for Clarence Thomas, the facts of the hear...
Oct 16, 2011 / Blog / Emily Douglas
The High Cost of Anti-Immigrant Laws The High Cost of Anti-Immigrant Laws
In Georgia, HB 87 is a “giant scarecrow” for immigrant labor, and the result has been hundreds of millions in lost crops.
Oct 12, 2011 / Feature / Greg Asbed and Sean Sellers
Questions for San Francisco DA Candidate David Onek Questions for San Francisco DA Candidate David Onek
The longtime criminal justice reformer believes the city can improve public safety through smarter spending on social services.
Oct 11, 2011 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Free Speech, the Pro-Israel Lobby, and the Case of the ‘Irvine 11’ Free Speech, the Pro-Israel Lobby, and the Case of the ‘Irvine 11’
The “Irvine 11” are fast becoming First Amendment poster children. A closer look at the long history of several external organizations’ interest in their case, ho...
Oct 6, 2011 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy
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
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
How Would the Supreme Court Ruling on Health Care Reform Affect the Election? How Would the Supreme Court Ruling on Health Care Reform Affect the Election?
The Republican base is just as likely to be outraged by a decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.