Anita Hill

Emma Stone and Christopher Nolan were among the winners celebrating at the official after-party of the Academy Awards.

The slap and the slip were the same kind of gaffe.

From Anita Hill to Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Senate keeps embarrassing itself.

She nearly unseated Senator Arlen Specter after his aggressive grilling of Ms. Hill during Clarence Thomas’s 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

The Supreme Court justice and his wife battled for years for a more conservative America. New reporting shows how far she was willing to go after Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.

Readers hope for a smooth confirmation process, object to “identity politics” and suggest Anita Hill as a nominee. Also: Voting rights; Covid ethics.

Thirty years after she testified before the Senate, the law professor talks about the experience, sexual harassment and her growing impatience with the slow pace of change.

The lawyer, activist and minister made prescient arguments on gender, race and equality that influenced Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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The importance of owning an ugly moral choice.

Clarence Thomas is usually silent on the Supreme Court, but he had plenty to say to some friendly filmmakers.

One year ago, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford shared her story. We look at how her testimony came to embody a culture at a crossroads — and at what’s changed since then.

Nearly 30 years after the Clarence Thomas hearings, she talks about the progress that’s been made and the issues that remain.

Dozens of leaders gathered at the New Rules Summit, an annual New York Times conference, to explore the challenges women face in the workplace.

In an interview with The Times, Ms. Hill said she was bothered by what she saw as the presumption that a woman would become vice president.

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He is hardly blameless for the failures of the Clarence Thomas hearings. But he does not deserve all the criticism he is getting.

Mr. Biden said this week that he takes “responsibility” for the way Ms. Hill was treated when she testified in the 1991 hearings for Justice Clarence Thomas.

Politicians can make mistakes. People should be allowed to evolve. But first, they have to say they’re sorry.

Anita Hill reflected on the 1991 Clarence Thomas hearings and the role former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. played in them.

Readers discuss his role during the confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas. One says he “still hasn’t taken full responsibility for his shameful behavior.”

Mr. Biden responded to criticism over his handling of Anita Hill’s 1991 testimony. Here are our observations from the show.

Mr. Biden, appearing on “The View,” offered remorse but not a straightforward apology about a controversy that has shadowed the start of his campaign.

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. called Anita Hill this month to express his regret over “what she endured” testifying against Justice Clarence Thomas in 1991.

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He’s not a sexual predator, but he is out of touch.

Mr. Biden acknowledged the part he played in the 1991 Supreme Court hearings, reckoning with a part of his past that could be a vulnerability for his 2020 candidacy.

He’s the most popular Democrat, but right now he has almost no chance to win the nomination.

Anita Hill reflects on testimonies 27 years apart before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and what it would really take to remedy sexual harassment.

A reader says she can’t forget his treatment of Anita Hill in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings in 1991.

Nine reflections on #MeToo, one year on.

As he explores a possible 2020 presidential run, the former vice president finds that his role in Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearings 27 years ago is complicating his plans.

A conversation between women journalists of two different generations shows how women workers have, and haven’t, progressed.

Brett Kavanaugh faces his moment of truth in a town that doesn’t care about truth.

A discussion of male privilege in response to “The Patriarchy Will Always Have Its Revenge.”

In this week’s Race/Related newsletter, a conversation with the award-winning novelist Tayari Jones about Anita Hill and Christine Blasey Ford.

Professor Hill talked about the #MeToo movement in Houston, a day after Dr. Blasey’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

If a third of the men on the Supreme Court had faced allegations of sexual misconduct, what would that do to the court’s legitimacy?

Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony was a stark reminder of the gender dynamics, and mental gymnastics, required of women who speak up.

A recent print ad in support of Christine Blasey Ford is part of a long history of advertisements in the paper whose main purpose is to forward a cause.

From Anita Hill to Christine Blasey Ford, this video spotlights the Senate’s strides in gender sensitivity and female representation.

From Anita Hill to Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, this video spotlights the Senate’s strides in gender sensitivity and female representation.

As nominees to the Supreme Court, Judges Clarence Thomas and Brett M. Kavanaugh were accused of sexual misconduct. Justice Thomas now sits on the bench while Judge Kavanaugh’s future has not been decided.

In the great awakening around sexual harassment, race was politely ushered offstage. That problem persists.

It is almost unthinkable that there will be a second Supreme Court justice taking his seat under suspicions of perjury and sexual misconduct.

They took turns before the Senate Judiciary Committee, moving from sad certitude to angry umbrage.

Ms. Wright, who was prepared to accuse Judge Thomas of sexual misconduct, was not called to testify publicly by the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991.

Republicans and Democrats are setting different standards by which to judge Thursday’s hearing, with the former framing it as a legal proceeding and the latter as a job interview.

The integrity of the Supreme Court is at stake.

We shouldn’t allow the questions raised about the nominee in his first hearing to be submerged by the onrushing tide of scandal.

Democratic and Republican women are treading carefully on the allegations against the Supreme Court nominee, well aware that they cannot alienate suburban women.

The law professor testified against Judge Clarence Thomas during his confirmation hearings in 1991. What has changed since?

Why revisiting the political scandals of the 1990s should temper partisanship today.

There’s one distinct difference between the Clarence Thomas hearings and the Brett Kavanaugh hearings.

Two university professors, 27 years apart, face the gauntlet to tell their searing stories about conservatives headed to the high court.

As of Friday, Dr. Blasey had ruled out the possibility of testifying at a Monday hearing, but seemed open to doing so later in the week.

In 1991, senators questioned Anita Hill about her accusation that Clarence Thomas, a nominee to the Supreme Court, had sexually harassed her. The questions and remarks that lawmakers made during the hearings are now viewed as a low point for the Senate.

A hearing without evidence would be little more than theater.

In three days of televised hearings that riveted the nation, Anita F. Hill detailed allegations of workplace sexual harassment by Judge Clarence Thomas.

The “Full Frontal” host asks: “How is it never the right time to bring up assault allegations against a rich white dude?”

What are Republicans hiding about him? What don’t they want you to know?

Readers are reminded of experiences in the lives of many women and girls.

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Now it is Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh who faces a hearing to address explosive accusations by Christine Blasey Ford that he sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers.

We speak to Senator Dianne Feinstein about why 2018 has been called the Year of the Woman, a moniker that comes from the historic elections of 1992.

For the first time in at least 20 years, the majority of the nation’s top colleges are featuring women as commencement speakers this year. Hear advice from Abby Wambach and more.

“In today’s climate Justice Thomas would have never been confirmed for the Supreme Court,” a reader writes.

The Brandeis professor is in charge of a commission backed by the most powerful players in the industry. The hard part is figuring out what comes next.

Kathleen Kennedy, Nina Shaw and other female powerbrokers spearheaded the idea, and top agents, studio chief executives union leaders have signed on.

Emily Bazelon moderates a round table with Anita Hill, Laura Kipnis, Lynn Povich, Soledad O’Brien, Amanda Hess and Danyel Smith to talk about how — or if — real change is possible.

It has taken decades and many sexual harassment scandals, but this time it may be a real change.

Until now, our sexual predation seminars have been hijacked by politics. But this time may be different.

In 1991, women wore “I Believe Anita” buttons. Now they post #metoo. Social media, famous accusers and generational change add up to a profound shift.

The evolution of battling sexual harassment in the workplace has developed from naming the problem in the 1970s, to bringing it out of the shadows in the 1990s, to a growing sense of accountability today.

Lin Farley, a sociologist, coined the phrase “sexual harassment” in the 1970s. Anita Hill spoke out against it in 1991. Today, public figures are once again facing scrutiny.

A trial about an assault allegation is also about how society grapples with questions of power, predation and due process in such cases.

Liberal groups are promising a furious fight against Judge Neil M. Gorsuch that they say will rival the most memorable clashes over candidates to the highest court.

A quarter century after Anita Hill lost to Clarence Thomas, Michelle Obama takes Trump to task.

This week’s wave of claims against the Republican nominee suggest the possibility of a shift in how women think about sexual assault.