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Psaki not sure if Biden consulting Anita Hill on Supreme Court pick

White House press secretary Jen Psaki wasn't sure if President Biden is consulting with Anita Hill as he reviews candidates for his first own nomination.

Hollywood Commission finds women twice as likely to report workplace bullying as men

A new report released by the Anita Hill-led Hollywood Commission revealed that bullying in showbiz runs rampant across the board and women are reporting abusive conduct at a higher rate...

Anita Hill says she'll vote for Joe Biden in 2020 election

Hill squared off with Biden nearly 30 years ago as she testified on Capitol Hill to being sexually harassed by Clarence Thomas.

Tara Reade's lawyers demand Joe Biden turn over docs

Lawyers for Joe Biden sex accuser Tara Reade on Monday demanded that the former veep open up his archives at the University of Delaware and pushed a Senate official to...

Joe Biden owes Clarence Thomas an apology — and so does the entire left

On the day Chuck Schumer was threatening Supreme Court justices in front of a pack of cheering partisans, Rep. Ayanna Pressley told the same crowd: “We have two alleged sexual...

Clarence Thomas compares 'modern-day liberal' to a Klansman in new film

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has blasted Democrats, including former Senate Judiciary Committee and now-presidential candidate Joe Biden, over the sexual-misconduct allegations against the jurist during his 1991 confirmation hearings....

Biden's apology to Anita Hill is all about forgetting history

Presidential contender Joe Biden is under attack from fellow Democrats for how he treated Anita Hill in 1991, after she accused future Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of harassment. #MeToo...

Joe Biden takes 'responsibility' for Anita Hill's treatment at hearing

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he takes "responsibility" that Anita Hill was treated unfairly when she appeared before his Senate panel's confirmation hearing for then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas....

Biden stumbles over apologies in first interview as 2020 candidate

Joe Biden on Friday stumbled through his first in-depth interview since declaring his presidential candidacy — refusing to apologize for his creepy interactions with women and to Anita Hill for...

Joe Biden struggles to defend treatment of Anita Hill during Clarence Thomas hearing

Former veep Joe Biden on Friday struggled to defend his treatment of Anita Hill during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas — but also...

Anita Hill wants more than an apology from Joe Biden

Anita Hill said she wasn't satisfied with an apology she received from Joe Biden for his handling of Justice Clarence Thomas' confirmation hearings — and wants to see "real change"...

Joe Biden blames sexual assaults on 'white man's culture'

Women have been suffering in "a white man's culture" -- which has continually turned a blind eye to sexual assault and misconduct, according to former Vice President Joe Biden, who...

Anita Hill says US evades 'hard questions' about sex misconduct

Anita Hill, who accused then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment in 1991, said her Senate testimony long ago failed to produce lasting change because “we don’t want to...

Biden again apologizes to Anita Hill for not stopping attacks against her

Former Vice President Joe Biden once again apologized to Anita Hill on Friday, saying he regrets that he couldn’t stop members of the Senate Judiciary Committee from vilifying her when...

If Kavanaugh's accuser won't testify Monday, just vote

It turns out that Christine Blasey Ford actually isn’t “willing to do whatever it takes to get her story forth,” after all. Her preconditions for testifying before the Senate Judiciary...

Scrapping Kavanaugh's appointment means 'the end of civilization'

Judge Robert Bork used to tell a prescient and darkly humorous story about watching Clarence Thomas’ Senate confirmation hearings — etched in pre-hashtag history as the “Thomas–Hill hearings,” in homage...

Anita Hill blasts Senate panel amid Kavanaugh allegations

Anita Hill — whose sex-harassment allegations against Clarence Thomas nearly derailed his appointment to the US Supreme Court in 1991 — took a swipe at the Senate Judiciary Committee on...

Anita Hill set to give two commencement speeches

Anita Hill, the law professor who sounded the alarm about sexual harassment a generation ago while testifying against Clarence Thomas, is giving the commencement speeches at two local colleges. Hill,...

Hollywood execs establish sexual misconduct commission

LOS ANGELES — The biggest figures and institutions in entertainment have established a commission to be chaired by Anita Hill that intends to combat sexual misconduct and inequality in the...

Joe Biden: I owe Anita Hill an apology

Former Vice President Joe Biden said he owes Anita Hill an apology for not doing more to shield her from Republican attacks during the contentious Clarence Thomas hearings back in...