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Sexual Harassment

Q. & A.

How Soccer Players Re-Started Spain’s #MeToo Movement

A journalist describes the history of feminist activism in Spain and why the World Cup controversy marks a new phase.
Our Local Correspondents

The Spectre of Andrew Cuomo Continues to Haunt New York

The former governor is out of office, fixated on getting even, and looming over state politics.
Dispatch

Pakistani Women Are Not All Right

The country’s annual march for women’s rights was a defiant act of self-assertion that once again sparked panic and condemnation from conservatives.
Letter from Los Angeles

The Harvey Weinstein Trial and the Myth of the Perfect Perpetrator

If Weinstein is acquitted in L.A., it will be tempting to conclude that #MeToo is over. But, even if he is convicted, some may reach the same conclusion.
Letter from the Southwest

The Disturbing Rise of Amateur Predator-Hunting Stings

How the search for men who prey on underage victims became a YouTube craze.
News Desk

The Censorship Machine Erasing China’s Feminist Movement

This summer, a viral video of a group of women being viciously attacked in a restaurant sparked national outrage. The response has been quashed.
Q. & A.

The N.F.L.’s Missed #MeToo Moment

Deshaun Watson was accused of harassing or assaulting more than two dozen women. The Cleveland Browns signed him to a contract worth two hundred and thirty million dollars.
Letter from Los Angeles

The L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy-Gang Crisis

Whistle-blowers say that a group called the Banditos functions as a shadow government within local law enforcement. The sheriff says there is no such gang in his department.
Annals of Justice

Harvey Weinstein’s Last Campaign

How the Hollywood producer lost control of the story during his criminal trial in New York.
Our Local Correspondents

The Code of Chris and Andrew Cuomo

Newly released documents show that the CNN anchor, who was suspended by the cable news network on Tuesday, was closely involved in efforts to defend his brother.
Our Local Correspondents

Andrew Cuomo’s Downfall Began with a Book Deal

A new report details how the former New York governor forced aides to work on his lucrative pandemic memoir, and how that scandal connects to the others that brought him down.
Annals of Activism

Meeting “the Other Side”: Conversations with Men Accused of Sexual Assault

In 2011, I helped launch a movement to aid survivors on college campuses. That meant I also had to think hard about the rights of those under scrutiny.
Our Local Correspondents

The Vindication of Andrew Cuomo’s Accusers

Charlotte Bennett, Lindsey Boylan, and Ron Kim discuss their roles in bringing about the New York Governor’s reckoning.
Daily Comment

Andrew Cuomo’s Resignation and the Real Meaning of “New York Tough”

The Governor’s address didn’t really dispel doubts about his judgment or his character.
Annals of Inquiry

Diving Into the Subconscious of the “Cuomosexual”

How could we have witnessed the Governor’s narcissism, bullying, and hackneyed paternalism, and found these qualities attractive? A psychoanalyst gives her take.
Downfall Dept.

Cuomo on the Brink of Impeachment

In the new report on sexual-harassment allegations against him, the Governor comes off as a combination of Howard Stern, Colonel Kurtz, and Macaulay Culkin in “Home Alone.”
Satire from The Borowitz Report

New York State Weighs Ban on Male Governors

“It’s time to stop the madness,” one state senator said.
Q. & A.

How Andrew Cuomo Holds On to Power

The editor of the Albany Times Union discusses the sexual-harassment allegations against the governor of New York.
Our Local Correspondents

Is This Finally It for Andrew Cuomo?

A damning new report packed with alarming and previously unreported details corroborates allegations of sexual harassment and other abuses by New York’s governor. Will it be enough for Democrats to impeach him?
Shouts & Murmurs

A Letter of Appreciation for All the Men Who Haven’t Sexually Harassed Me

In Jordan’s eyes, every little girl should dream of being a doctor, a police chief, a C.E.O., or even Vice-President.