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NEW YORK (AP) — The featured speakers at the annual benefit gala for PEN America shared stories about truth and the determination to learn it. Hundreds gathered Tuesday night at the American Museum of Natural History as the literary and human rights organization presented awards to Anita Hill and Bob Woodward among others. With John […]

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As you most likely know by now, former Vice President Joe Biden declared his candidacy for president earlier today. However, one of his stumbling blocks is former law professor Anita Hill. He was widely criticized for mishandling Hill’s testimony to senators when she appeared in front of them during the Clarence Thomas hearings. Essentially, she says his apology […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden condemned “a white man’s culture” Tuesday night as he lashed out at violence against women and, more specifically, lamented his role in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings that undermined Anita Hill’s credibility nearly three decades ago. Biden, a Democratic presidential prospect who often highlights his white […]

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The U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings that played out in the U.S. Senate while generating a number of contentious debates reflected another hearing from years past. Like Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas contended with accusations of sexual harassment and misconduct, although he too was sworn in narrowly. In October 1991, an FBI […]

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Anita Hill said Wednesday her pivotal 1991 Senate testimony about sexual harassment by a Supreme Court nominee sparked a wave of awareness, but lasting change failed because of a lack of clear leadership and a reluctance to confront harsh realities. On the eve of another hearing where a U.S. Supreme […]

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  There shouldn’t even be a little doubt,” Donald Trump declared Tuesday, referencing the sexual assault allegation that has shrouded his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Meanwhile, Anita Hill, who accused then-SCOTUS nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment in 1991, tells Good Morning America’s George Stephanopoulos that Kavanaugh has the ‘burden of persuasion’ when it comes to these claims. She wants the Senate to […]

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Anita Hill told a room full of entertainment industry professionals that her 1991 testimony about Clarence Thomas and the flood of sexual harassment allegations surfacing now are part of “an arc that had been bending toward justice.” Hill and National Women’s Law Center President Fatima Goss Graves spoke to Hollywood […]

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As the Harvey Weinstein scandal continues to build, Anita Hill is here to remind everyone that sexual harassment is not just a Republican thing. In 1991, Hill became a household name when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her when she worked for him at the United States Dept. of […]

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It’s a slice of American history that put a lot of people on blast. These were people we’d never heard of and they held a nation captive for nearly a year. The true story of what went down between attorneys Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas may never be told—not even in HBO’s Confirmation, an entertaining […]

  New Orleans native and actor best known for his roles in Waiting To Exhale, Suits and Wendell Pierce plays Clarence Thomas in the HBO film Confirmation. Kerry Washington stars as Anita Hill, the infamous young woman who accused the lawyer of sexual harassment. He talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the similarities […]

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HBO has announced a premiere date for its film, Confirmation starring Kerry Washington as Anita Hill, who famously alleged sexual harassment from her then-boss Clarence Thomas who was being confirmed for his current job on the Supreme Court. The original movie, co-starring Wendell Pierce as Thomas will debut at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 16, […]

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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Kerry Washington says she was acutely aware of the challenge of playing Anita Hill in a miniseries dramatizing Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court confirmation hearings. “I was terrified. Portraying somebody who’s real is a different kind of responsibility, especially when they’re alive. That significance was not lost on me,” Washington told a […]