Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing
On September 27, 2018, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee heard emotional testimony from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, one of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters / The Atlantic The False Binary of the ‘Choir Boy’ Defense of Brett Kavanaugh
The rhetoric around the Supreme Court nominee pits a “Boy Scout” persona against a “frat guy.” But #MeToo has shown the limits of such labels.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Brett Kavanaugh: ‘This Confirmation Process Has Become a National Disgrace’
After four hours listening to Christine Blasey Ford, the Senate heard fiery testimony from the man she's accused of sexual assault.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing Is About the Tyranny of Male Power
Thursday’s hearing could serve as a breaking point in American politics. Or not.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters The Fear Driving Conservative Support for Kavanaugh
Republicans worry that liberals are rewriting America’s moral code.
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Michelle McLoughlin / Reuters The Abandoned World of 1982
The year Brett Kavanaugh allegedly assaulted Christine Blasey Ford at a party saw the first stirrings of a revolution in how American girls were raised, and how they would regard themselves.
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Michael S. Williamson / The Washington Post / … My Rapist Apologized
The Kavanaugh allegations led me to reach out to the man who had assaulted me decades before.
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fantom_rd / Shutterstock / Katie Martin / The … I Believe Her
When I was in high school, I faced my own Brett Kavanaugh.
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