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Harassment is about power

Trump accusers share stories: “The environment’s different, let’s try again”. Women who accused Trump of sexual misconduct want Congress to open an investigation. The White House’s audacious new lie about the women accusing the president of sexual abuse. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand calls on Trump to resign. Why Democrats shouldn’t abandon the moral high ground. This moment isn’t (just) about sex — it’s really about work. The problem isn’t sex, it’s work: Workplace harassment is about power, not desire — and it’s a symptom of deep economic and professional inequality. Is the judiciary ready to handle harassment charges? How the legal system fails victims of sexual harassment: Federal judges have developed a narrow view of what behavior is bad enough to be illegal. Sally Kohn on why sexual harassment should be treated as a hate crime.