Media

Harvey Weinstein poses on the red carpet of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Weinstein is the subject of numerous allegations of sexual harassment spanning decades.

Arts

'Times' Reporters Describe How A Paper Trail Helped Break The Weinstein Story

6:22pm November 15, 2017

by Terry Gross

Investigative reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey say they used legal and financial records to build a timeline of settlements with Harvey Weinstein's accusers.

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Recent news stories suggest some human resource departments failed to adequately respond to sexual harassment issues.

National

When It Comes To Sexual Harassment Claims, Whose Side Is HR Really On?

2:37pm November 15, 2017

by Tovia Smith

Many employees feel that when it comes to sexual harassment claims, human resources departments work "for the company, rather than for the employees."

Russian lawmakers in the State Duma applaud after voting Wednesday to allow the government to register international media outlets as foreign agents.

Russian Lawmakers Approve New Restrictions On Foreign Media

10:28am November 15, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, approved the bill after the company behind TV channel RT America filed paperwork under the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act.

World News

Russia To Require Foreign Media To Register As Foreign Agents

5:11am November 15, 2017

by Lucian Kim

The Russian parliament is expected to amend the country's media law on Wednesday to allow the Kremlin to register international media outlets as "foreign agents."

RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan is seen with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kremlin's first deputy chief of staff, Alexei Gromov, as they marked RT's 10th anniversary in Moscow in 2015.

TV Company Linked To Russia's RT America Registers As Foreign Agent In U.S.

12:29pm November 14, 2017

by Bill Chappell

In the filing, RT America's production company said it wasn't sure how much of its funding comes from Russia.

'The Atlantic': The Making Of An American Nazi

6:13am November 14, 2017

As the founder of the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, Andrew Anglin has been described as the alt-right's most effective propagandist. Steve Inskeep talks to Luke O'Brien who wrote about Anglin.

Sean Hannity's Losing Advertisers After Showing Support For Roy Moore

4:58pm November 13, 2017

by David Folkenflik

Sean Hannity is getting increasingly lonely in his defense of Roy Moore after accusations that the Senate candidate initiated sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl in 1979. Critics are calling for a boycott of Hannity — with some success.

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Radhika Jones, then deputy managing editor of Time, seen at a 2014 gala thrown by the magazine in New York City.

Radhika Jones Tapped To Be New Editor-In-Chief Of 'Vanity Fair'

4:23pm November 13, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Jones, editorial director of books at The New York Times, will become the magazine's fifth editor-in-chief since its modern revival — and just its second in the past quarter-century.

Politics & Government

Politics In The News

8:17am November 13, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks to Jonah Goldberg, senior editor at National Review, about Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, who's fighting allegations that he dated underage girls in the late 1970s.

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National

Watching The Art Of The Abusers

7:52am November 12, 2017

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Magazine's TV critic, about how to watch the film and media of accused sexual harassers like Harvey Weinstein, Louis C.K. and Bill Cosby.