Economy Jan 11 Feds charge eBay $3 million over employees who sent live spiders and cockroaches to couple By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press
Nation Nov 16 Watch 6:53 Election workers face violent threats and harassment amid dangerous political rhetoric Election officials across the country have been under attack since 2020, falsely accused of conspiring to steal or rig the last presidential election. These attacks stepped up to a dangerous degree recently, with officials in five states receiving letters containing… By William Brangham, Ian Couzens
Politics Aug 22 Election workers abruptly quit, upending rural Texas county The entire elections staff in a rural Texas county has quit less than three months before November's midterm elections. Two full-time elections workers in Gillespie County say threats and harassment drove them out of the job. By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press
Nation Dec 02 Survey finds harassment, discrimination ‘common’ at FEMA More than a quarter of employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency say they have been harassed or discriminated against based on their gender or race. By Ben Fox, Associated Press
Making Sen$e Nov 20 Why you shouldn’t say ‘OK boomer’ at work Under federal law, you can be fired for saying "ok boomer" but not for millennial put-downs. By Elizabeth C. Tippett, The Conversation
Jul 22 Watch 7:32 Why former Sen. Al Franken says he regrets his resignation In 2017, Leann Tweedon accused Minnesota Sen. Al Franken of forcing a kiss on her a decade before. Seven additional women soon came forward with allegations of unwanted contact. Many Democratic senators demanded his resignation, and he complied. Now, a… Continue watching
Nov 03 Watch 4:00 Half of female executives have faced workplace harassment By PBS News Hour An annual survey of more than 64,000 workers across nearly 300 companies on issues about gender gaps recently found that one third of women overall and more than half of women in senior roles have been harassed in their careers. Continue watching
Sep 05 It’s not fair that victims of abuse and harassment ‘have to do the work to report it,’ Twitter’s Dorsey says By Associated Press Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says Twitter "can't place the burden" on victims when it comes to reporting abuse on the service. Continue reading
Aug 27 Hundreds say #TimesUp for world’s largest scientific organization to address sexual harassment By Jamie Leventhal An open letter to the American Association for the Advancement of Science calls on the society to address harassment within its ranks and strip honors from those who are revealed to be harassers. Continue reading
Feb 14 What you need to know about Shaun White and sexual harassment By Jessica Yarvin U.S. Olympic snowboarder Shaun White notched his third gold medal in the 2018 Winter Olympics last night. But his celebrations were quickly clouded by allegations of sexual harassment and abuse by a former member of his rock band. Continue reading