Six women have filed a class-action lawsuit against disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and his former businesses, alleging that they used a pattern of racketeering to “perpetuate and conceal Weinstein’s widespread sexual harassment and assault.” The lawsuit claims that Weinstein and his companies’ staffs, boards of directors, investigators and friendly journalists formed what they called…
Two popular New York public radio hosts have been put on leave as their station investigates allegations of inappropriate conduct. Leonard Lopate and Jonathan Schwartz were being taken off WNYC airwaves immediately, the station announced Wednesday. “New York Public Radio takes these kinds of allegations very seriously and is reviewing these matters promptly,” WNYC CEO…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is “an important step towards peace.” Netanyahu in a statement issued Wednesday moments after President Donald Trump made the announcement from the White House called it a “historic day.” He said the Jewish people and the Jewish state…
At least ten Democratic senators have called on Sen. Al Franken to resign after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (New York), Patty Murray (Washington), Claire McCaskill (Missouri), Mazie Hirono (Hawaii), Kamala Harris (California), Maggie Hassan (New Hampshire) and Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin) all issued statements within minutes of each other on…
(JTA) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced a bill that will help Holocaust survivors and the families of victims obtain restitution or the return of Holocaust-era assets. On Tuesday, the committee unanimously passed the Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today, or JUST Act. The legislation requires the State Department to report on the progress of…
(JTA) — The Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington, D.C., canceled its Christmas reception due to President Trump’s expected announcement that he will be recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The reception, titled “A Bethlehem Christmas on the Hill,” had been scheduled for Wednesday, the same day that Trump is scheduled to speak about Jerusalem. The president…
Feminist allies of Hillary Clinton’s warned her before the 2016 election about movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s treatment of women, troubled by his high profile at her side during the campaign, according to the New York Times. Both Lena Dunham, creator of the HBO series Girls and a loud voice on a range of women’s issues…
An exhaustive new report in the New York Times details how Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood executive, used friends, business partners and members of the media as shields to keep his lifestyle of serial sexual assault and misconduct a secret. At his professional apex, Weinstein’s power over the Hollywood landscape was so vast that even…
Al Franken has been accused of sexual misconduct for a seventh time — this time in an incident that allegedly took place in 2006, Politico reported. An anonymous woman — a former Democratic congressional aide — accused Franken of trying to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show in 2006. The alleged…
Alan Dershowitz criticized the Mueller investigation and argued that there’s no way Donald Trump could have obstructed justice in a recent interview with Slate. Dershowitz, a former Harvard Law School professor and a prominent conservative sparring partner on cable news, argued that because Trump is the president, he can fire whoever he wants. Though Dershowitz…
The comedian and radio host Sam Seder was fired from MSNBC Tuesday evening after a prominent far right figure posted an old tweet from Seder containing a rape joke, the Wrap reported. Mike Cernovich, who has been called the “meme mastermind of the alt-right,” posted a tweet Seder published in 2009. The tweet was a…
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