sexual harrassment

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 […]

A former student filed a lawsuit on Monday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tarana Burke and her MeToo movement are getting a financial boost for their work fighting sexual violence. The New York Women’s Foundation said it has raised an initial $1 million for a fund to support Burke and the movement she founded 12 years ago, with a goal of raising at least […]

New Year’s Eve will be especially woke this year. Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement, will push the Waterford Crystal button–beginning the 60-second countdown to release the glittery ball in Times Square on December 31. “I am delighted to be participating in this momentous occasion,” Burke, 44, said in a press release. “I think […]

"I am not an angry Black man," the talk show host said during a Monday morning taping.

The besieged congressman is under an ethics probe.

NEW YORK (AP) — The fallout facing Kevin Spacey widened Monday following an accusation that he allegedly made sexual advances on a teen boy, with Netflix pulling the plug on his hit show “House of Cards” and “deeply troubled” producers of the political thriller arriving on set to comfort cast mates. Executives from Netflix and […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A Fox News contributor came forward to level more sexual-harassment allegations against deposed chief executive Roger Ailes on Monday, two days after it was revealed the network’s most popular on-air personality, Bill O’Reilly, has settled multiple complaints about his own behavior with women. O’Reilly returned to the air on Monday following […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Fox News Channel anchor Gretchen Carlson sued network chief executive Roger Ailes on Wednesday, claiming she was fired after she refused his sexual advances and complained about harassment in the workplace. Ailes, in a statement, denied the allegations and accused Carlson of filing the lawsuit in retaliation for her contract […]

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 […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The founder of a popular hot yoga method on Monday was ordered to pay more than $900,000 to a lawyer who said she was fired for investigating allegations of sexual harassment against the guru. A Los Angeles jury ordered Bikram Choudhury to pay the attorney $924,500 in compensatory damages after finding […]

The woman decided to follow the culprit and let him know how uncomfortable and degrading it is to be harassed in such a way.