Anita Hill

Mind Games

D. R. Tucker | Posted 05.27.2012

D. R. Tucker

Facts destroyed 'motivated reasoning' in my case. Could this happen to other conservatives? That depends on conservatives being willing to subject the views they hear and read to strict scrutiny, to ask themselves if they're really hearing the truth from the talkers.

Anita Hill Keynotes Illinois' 5th Annual Jane Addams Day Tribute

Posted 12.11.2011

Story by Carrie Maxwell, courtesy of the Windy City Times Anita Hill, senior advisor to the provost and professor of social policy, law and women's...

Would Herman Cain Still Be a Contender If His Accusers Were Black?

Keli Goff | Posted 01.21.2012

Keli Goff

Herman Cain spent a lifetime defying racial stereotypes. Now he has cartoonishly morphed into the embodiment of one of America's most unflattering, yet enduring, racial stereotypes of all.

Comparing Sexual Harassment Then And Now

Posted 11.16.2011

This fall marks the 20th anniversary of Anita Hill's testimony against Justice Clarence Thomas, which brought the issue of sexual harassment in the wo...

Cain's Problems With Women Threaten To Torpedo Campaign

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 01.15.2012

WASHINGTON — In a matter of a week, Herman Cain referred to the House Democratic leader as "Princess Nancy" Pelosi, said presidential rival Mich...

Anita Hill Talks Herman Cain Allegations

Posted 01.11.2012

Anita Hill, the former U.S. Department of Education employee who was launched into the spotlight in 1991 when she brought forth sexual harassment alle...

Herman Cain Cracks Joke About Anita Hill

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.11.2012

Despite several allegations of sexual harassment, Herman Cain continues to treat the issue like it's a big joke. According to The Caucus blog, the ...

No Pain, No Cain

Leslie Hendry | Posted 01.08.2012

Leslie Hendry

Herman Cain is a United States presidential candidate. He is a businessman. He is 65 years old. He has been accused of sexual harassment, not once, no...

Raising Cain On Sexual Harassment

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 01.02.2012

Rev. Debra Haffner

Both as a business leader and as a religious leader, Herman Cain should know well the facts about sexual harassment law and prevention. He surely should know how serious it is.

How Anita Hill Taught us to Stand Up

Rebecca Walker | Posted 12.27.2011

Rebecca Walker

She made sure her story was on the record, and that encouraged so many of us to do the same.

6 Expert Career Tips

Posted 12.13.2011

Building a successful career has never been easy, but it's especially tough nowadays. So today, I'm sharing six tips from career experts who have bea...

Rebuilding Your Life, From Anita Hill

Posted 11.21.2011

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Restarting Your Career, From Anita Hill

Posted 11.21.2011

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Twenty Years Later: Covering The Anita Hill Story

Cinny Kennard | Posted 12.13.2011

Cinny Kennard

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Women, Sex, and Clarence Thomas: What Has Changed (And What Hasn't)

Barbara Lee | Posted 12.11.2011

Barbara Lee

Hill's testimony during Thomas's U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings energized and empowered American women to forge a national dialogue about the ways in which men use sex to maintain power in the workplace.

Twenty Years Later: Anita Hill's Fight Is Still Ours

Stephanie Schriock | Posted 12.11.2011

Stephanie Schriock

20 years ago today, Anita Hill's testimony in front of an all-male Judiciary Committee riveted women across the nation -- and galvanized them to action.

A Tribute To Anita Hill After 20 Years

Lisa Anderson | Posted 12.10.2011

Lisa Anderson

We are not your heroes, your martyrs or your saints. We are not your saviors, your truth-tellers or your wisdom-bearers. We are just 'we.' I am just me.

For Anita Hill, The Clarence Thomas Hearings Haven't Really Ended

The Washington Post | Krissah Thompson | Posted 12.07.2011

Twenty years ago, when Anita Hill returned home from the contentious Senate hearings during which she accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment, pe...

Mondays With Marlo: Anita Hill

Posted 10.13.2011

Anita Hill's testimony in the Clarence Thomas hearings is credited with launching the awareness of sexual harassment in the workplace. Today she joins...

Ladies, We Have a Problem

New York Times Magazine | Posted 09.20.2011

I wanted to love SlutWalks, the viral protest movement that began this spring after a Toronto police officer told a group of college women that if the...

Sex, Justice, and the -Isms

Erica Payne | Posted 05.25.2011

Erica Payne

What would you do if you learned that two weeks from now a man repeatedly accused of aggressive sexual misconduct may decide whether women have the power to confront people who discriminate against them?

Bizarre Call From Clarence Thomas' Wife Reportedly 'Spooks' Conservative Donor

Posted 05.25.2011

Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, reportedly felt some blowback from her conservative backers following a late-night voi...

Top 10 PR Blunders of 2010

Rich Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Rich Robinson

This year proved to be a golden one for public relations meltdowns. Compiling this list was easy - trimming it down to the 10 biggest wasn't. As far as PR blunders go, 2010 was a target-rich environment.

Virginia Thomas: Anita Hill Phone Call Was 'Probably A Mistake'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, admitted recently that her decision to call Anita Hill, the woman who had brought fort...

Play Nice!! A Primer for Ginny Thomas and Mean Girls Everywhere

Jodi Lampert | Posted 05.25.2011

Jodi Lampert

I find it hard to bear when women are mean to each other. I mean, seriously. Did Ginny Thomas really call Anita Hill, stirring up a hornet's-nest, after a 10-year respite of peace?