Tag: Sexual Harassment

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore debates with Sen. Luther Strange on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala.

Roy Moore is now suing one of his accusers for defamation

Anna Giaritelli · April 10, 2018 4:14 pm

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., was forced to resign over charges of repeated sexual harassment and assault that occurred over many years.

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In Democratic circles, early efforts at rehabilitating Al Franken

Becket Adams · April 10, 2018 1:39 am

Missouri Republican Gov. Eric Greitens admitted earlier this year to being involved in an extramarital affair in 2015 just before he was elected governor. (AP Photo/Jeff Curry)

Sheena Greitens claims ex-husband of governor’s mistress stalked her

David M. Drucker · April 7, 2018 8:30 pm

In this 2017 photo, former Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, arrives for a meeting of House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Even the guy who took that ducky pajama picture is happy Rep. Blake Farenthold is gone

Philip Wegmann · April 7, 2018 7:56 pm

U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., left, and former President Bill Clinton laugh together as Kennedy introduces Clinton at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, Wednesday, May 28, 2003. Clinton addressed a crowd of several hundred during a forum called "A Conversation with President Clinton," moderated by historian Michael R. Beschloss.

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NBC op-ed finds the real takeaway from Chappaquiddick: The GOP is worse

Becket Adams · April 6, 2018 9:47 pm

In observing that #MeToo women are unduly intimidated and harassed, even assaulted and raped, sympathetic women jumped on the bandwagon of distress and added a range of stupid, uncomfortable, and absurd but often consensual interactions they've had with men.

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Poll: 51 percent of adults say #MeToo has made workplace interactions harder for men, won’t make much difference in long run

Emily Jashinsky · April 5, 2018 12:39 am

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016.

Juanita Broaddrick dishes on what she would tell Hillary Clinton if left in a room together

Naomi Lim · April 4, 2018 11:10 pm

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a fundraising event for Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Boston. Clinton was presented with the organization's Believe in Girls award during the event.

Hillary Clinton: My loss to Trump accelerated the #MeToo movement

Caitlin Yilek · April 4, 2018 12:11 pm

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive for Easter services at Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, in Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday, April 1, 2018.

The NOW problem that plagues the Trump-era Right

Noemie Emery · April 3, 2018 4:00 am

Summer Zervos leaves Manhattan Supreme Court after a hearing in New York. Zervos, a former contestant on "The Apprentice," isn't asking for much in her defamation lawsuit against President Trump. She wants less than $3,000 and an apology for unwanted sexual advances.

Trump’s lawyers ask appeals court to dismiss ‘Apprentice’ contestant’s defamation lawsuit

Melissa Quinn · April 2, 2018 5:30 pm

Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-Conn., left, speaks with Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, about steps his administration is taking to reduce gun violence. Also on stage are stakeholders, and individuals whose lives have been impacted by the gun violence.

#MeToo Democrat declines to resign after it was revealed she waited 3 months to dismiss staffer accused of abuse

Mandy Mayfield · March 31, 2018 1:32 am

Trump proclaims April sexual assault awareness month

Daniel Chaitin · March 31, 2018 12:58 am