Jul 29 WATCH: House Armed Services committee holds hearing on sexual harassment and retaliation By Justin Stabley The hearing was held several weeks after the remains of Spc. Vanessa Guillen were found after her disappearance from Fort Hood in Texas. Continue reading
Jul 13 Accusations of serial assault spark new #MeToo wave in Egypt By Associated Press Women's rights champions hope the authorities' swift response signals change in how Egyptian society handles accusations of sexual assault. Continue reading
Apr 13 Workers sue McDonald’s over harassment at Florida stores By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press Two McDonald's workers in Florida are filing a $500 million class action lawsuit against the company, claiming a "systemic sexual harassment problem" at company-owned stores. Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch 3:26 News Wrap: U.S. believes China vastly understated its COVID-19 death toll In our news wrap Wednesday, U.S. intelligence believes that China vastly understated its own death toll in the COVID-19 pandemic. Two senior U.S. officials say the true number of dead in Wuhan, where the outbreak began, could be 10 times… Continue watching
Mar 02 Chris Matthews retires from MSNBC, cites comments to women By Associated Press The host opened his show Monday evening by saying he was retiring from the network and apologizing for comments he made to women. Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch 8:25 Uber whistleblower Susan Fowler details harassment, retaliation in new book In 2015, Susan Fowler was excited about joining high-flying startup Uber -- but was propositioned by her manager on her first day. Just over a year later, Fowler detailed a corporate culture of harassment and retaliation in a blog post… Continue watching
Feb 21 Bloomberg says 3 women can be released from NDAs over alleged ‘comments’ By Associated Press Dozens of lawsuits have been filed against his company over the last three decades. Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch 5:49 In Harvey Weinstein’s trial, the defense questions the behavior of women accusing him The trial of Harvey Weinstein, the former movie mogul accused of rape and sexual assault, has been emotionally charged and tense. So far, five women have testified that Weinstein abused them. The fifth, Jessica Mann, has been at the center… Continue watching
Jan 22 Grammys CEO says she was ousted after reporting sexual harassment By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press The ousted Grammys CEO is firing back at the Recording Academy, alleging she was removed after complaining about sexual harassment and pay disparities. Deborah Dugan also says she called out conflicts of interest in the nominations for music's biggest awards. Continue reading
Jan 07 Court freezes woman’s defamation suit against Trump By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press The decision, by a midlevel state appeals court, holds off further proceedings and evidence-gathering — including sworn pretrial questioning of Trump — in Summer Zervos' defamation case. Continue reading