Feb 05 Watch 8:41 The festival where being a female playwright isn't a rarity By PBS News Hour The Women’s Voices Theater Festival, which produces works written entirely by women, opened in Washington last month. Jeffrey Brown sits down with three of the featured playwrights to discuss why they believe festivals like this are meaningful, the #MeToo movement,… Continue watching
Feb 04 Harassment claims target 4 Missouri lawmakers By David A. Lieb, Associated Press The Missouri House has dealt with six formal sexual harassment complaints over the past two years, including four that involved lawmakers and that cost more than $22,000 in external legal fees to investigate. Continue reading
Feb 03 Calls for change grow amid capitol sexual misconduct claims By Christina A. Cassidy and David A. Lieb The heightened focus on harassment has led to growing calls for change in a year that already has seen an unusually large number of women expressing interest in running for office. Continue reading
Feb 02 Arizona lawmaker expelled after sexual harassment allegations By Bob Christie, Associated Press Rep. Don Shooter was kicked out of the Arizona Legislature for a lengthy pattern of sexual misconduct. Continue reading
Feb 01 Watch 10:41 In an age of #MeToo, artists accused of misconduct are seen in a different light By PBS News Hour Chuck Close is famous for his large-scale portraits in contemporary art museums across the world. But recent allegations of sexual harassment have prompted museums to postpone an exhibition and remove his work. It's yet another flashpoint in a national reckoning… Continue watching
Jan 26 'Grease' is 40 this year. Here are 6 more pop musicals to watch By Alison Thoet It’s been 40 years since Sandy told Danny that he “better shape up” in the 1978 movie “Grease,” based on the Tony award-winning Broadway show. Theater critic Ben Brantley recommends six musicals that followed in its wake. Continue reading
Jan 22 Ruth Bader Ginsburg's #MeToo moment By Molly Finnegan "Every woman of my vintage knows what sexual harassment is, though we didn't have a name for it," Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told an audience at the Sundance Film Festival. Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch 9:02 Sex abuse against people with disabilities is widespread -- and hard to uncover By PBS News Hour People with developmental disabilities become victims of sexual assault at a rate seven times higher than those without disabilities, according to a Justice Department figured uncovered by a year-long NPR investigation. Judy Woodruff sits down with NPR’s Joseph Shapiro and… Continue watching
Jan 12 $300k in taxpayer funds has been spent settling sexual harassment claims against Congress, report says By Juliet Linderman, Associated Press Nearly $300,000 in taxpayer funds has been spent to settle 13 claims against members of Congress or their offices since 2003. Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 8:05 How #MeToo power dynamics affect economists By Paul Solman What kind of hostilities do female economists face, and why? A recent paper highlights the sexualization of women in the field: In a list of the top words that correlated most frequently with women interviewing for jobs, none had anything… Continue watching