Sexual Harassment

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October 2, 2020
The New Yorker reports Guilfoyle created a hostile work environment, which included toiling at her home, where she would sometimes…
June 28, 2020
Essence Magazine is facing internal backlash from its predominantly Black female staff, that claim pay inequity, sexual harassment, and corporate…
PNC Bank theGrio.com
February 13, 2020
PNC Bank in New Jersey was ordered to pay a former employee $2.4M for continuing to do business with a…
December 31, 2019
After her predecessor resigned amid a sexual harassment scandal, Danielle Outlaw will take over the Philadelphia police department in hopes…
September 26, 2019
A youth and college director for the North Carolina NAACP chapter says that her supervisor behaved in a sexually perverse…
September 18, 2019
Afton Williamson, who quit the series says its production company covered up a series of lies, but says her departure…
In this July 18, 2019 file photo Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia. The mayor of Philadelphia says on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, that Ross is resigning over new allegations of sexual harassment and racial and gender discrimination against others in the department. Mayor Jim Kenney says that Richard Ross has been a terrific asset to the police department and the city as a whole and that he's disappointed to lose him. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) thegrio.com
August 21, 2019
Philadelphia's police commissioner resigned Tuesday amid allegations that members of his department engaged in sexual harassment and racial and gender…
Sexual Harassment
July 1, 2019
Research shows that sexual harassment is not only about control, but power dynamics when it comes to nonwhite women in…
November 12, 2018
A Morehouse College student has brought a sexual harassment lawsuit against the college claiming that a faculty member groped him…
Lisa Gelobter theegrio.com
October 17, 2018
Lisa Gelobter's teQuitable uses technology to make companies more equitable addressing issues of bias, discrimination, and harassment.
James Barnwell thegrio.com
October 4, 2018
Former Savannah State University Police Chief James Barnwell and Sgt. Nathaniel Copeland violated the university’s sexual harassment policy.
Saturnina Plasencia thegrio.com AP
October 4, 2018
Thanks to a $22 million legal fund, these women have teamed up with top-notch lawyers to pursue #MeToo-style sex harassment…
Anita Hill AP thegrio.com
September 27, 2018
Anita Hill said Wednesday her pivotal 1991 Senate testimony about sexual harassment by a Supreme Court nominee sparked a wave…
McDonald's workers, thegrio.com
September 21, 2018
This has to change because, news flash, the disproportionate mistreatment and abuse of women in the workplace is not confined…
Clarence Thomas thegrio.com AP
September 21, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh, who like Clarence Thomas has denied the allegation against him, is scheduled to appear before lawmakers on Monday.
September 4, 2018
A wave of sexual harassment complaints that accompanied the #MeToo movement is straining many of the state and local offices…
June 12, 2018
Masaai Girls secondary school closed indefinitely after over 700 students walked out in protest over the alleged sexual harassment from a…
Morgan Freeman thegrio.com
May 29, 2018
Morgan Freeman's attorney says the veteran actor was unjustly attacked and misrepresented in the story on CNN which claims the…
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May 25, 2018
A Nigerian student exposed a university professor for sexual harassment who she said tried to coerce her into having sex…
Morgan Freeman thegrio.com
May 24, 2018
Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman allegedly was behind at least eight incidents of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior, CNN reported…