Amy Goodman
@DemocracyNow·3.2M subscribers·19.4K videos
The cost of ignoring Anita Hill
Posted
May 6, 2026
Views
8,921
Likes
1,246
Comments
112
Engagement
15.22%
May 6, 2026
8,921
1,246
112
15.22%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
1:46Now PlayingDespite Anita Hill’s claims in 1991 that Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her when he was chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Thomas was appointed to the Supreme Court.
“This intersectional failure not only impacts Black women, not only impacts communities of color,” says legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw. “It undermined the security and the democracy of the entire nation.”
During his tenure on the Court, Thomas has provided the tie-breaking vote in many cases that roll back rights for people in the United States.
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
