Revisiting Anita Hill's Testimony
Politics Brief
English - September 18, 2018 19:00 - 7 minutes - 7.23 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsDaily News News News Commentary wnyc midterm midterms election news new york nyc jersey politics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Allegations that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a high school classmate decades ago have thrown the judge's Supreme Court confirmation into disarray. The Senate has been here before, in 1991, when Anita Hill testified that she was sexually harassed by Clarence Thomas. In the 27 years since then, lots of things have changed, including the number of women in the Senate who will decide whether or not Kavanaugh will be confirmed. This season the WNYC podcast The United States of Anxiety looks at the role of gender in today's political landscape.