“The People versus O.J. Simpson” might've garnered more mainstream attention, but Clarence Thomas' 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings are an underrated political and cultural event of the '90s. Aside from the obvious stakes (a lifetime Supreme
Just days after the conclusion of The People v. O.J. Simpson, another televised throwback to a socially fraught moment in American legal history is headed our way. This time, the special is HBO's Confirmation, the story about Anita Hill's congressional
We watched with bated breath as Clarence Thomas, George H. W. Bush's beleaguered nominee for the Supreme Court, defended himself against charges of sexual harassment levied by Anita Hill, a former employee who'd worked as his personal assistant
“I had the opportunity to meet Anita Hill very early on, and when she was resistant to talk to me she said, 'I just don't know that I want to relive all of this again.' And kind of flippantly — because I was so passionate about the project — I said
In October 1991, NPR's Nina Totenberg broke the story of Anita Hill's allegations of sexual harassment against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. With the HBO movie on the events out this weekend, Totenberg joins us to talk about the events of that