Tarana Burke

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R Kelly: the singer leaving court in Chicago in 2019. His trial in Brooklyn begins on Monday. Photograph: Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty
R Kelly goes on trial for child sexual exploitation, kidnapping and forced labour
  • Music
  • August 9, 2021, 11:51

For 2½ decades the singer who performs as R Kelly has faced allegations of sexually abusing minors, often luring them in through music – and the promi(...)

Rose McGowan. Photograph: Mike Marsland/WireImage/Getty
Rose McGowan: ‘I am not defined by my rapist. I’ve talked about him quite enough’

Before I meet Rose McGowan, I spend a lot of time wondering which Rose McGowan I am going to meet.  The steely Rose McGowan who faced down her a(...)

Surviving R Kelly: The singer denies all the allegations levelled against him. Photograph: Earl Gibson III/Getty
‘Surviving R Kelly’: what we can learn from the shocking new series
  • Music
  • January 11, 2019, 13:38

It doesn’t take long for the first tears to fall. Backing singer Jovante Cunningham, one of several people featured in new docuseries Surviving R Kell(...)

Tarana Burke: The Me Too founder at the TEDWomen conference in Palm Springs. Photograph: Marla Aufmuth/Ted
Me Too founder says victims shouldn’t be forced to discuss their trauma

The founder of MeToo, Tarana Burke, has said the campaign she began against sexual violence is now unrecognisable to her. “Suddenly, a movement to cen(...)

‘It’s so pervasive for younger women and particularly women in less powerful roles in workplaces,’ Senator Ivana Bacik said. Photograph: Ronan McGreevy
Ivana Bacik says #MeToo helped women like her speak out

Labour Senator Ivana Bacik has said sexual harassment is “absolutely pervasive” in the workplace and she experienced it herself. Ms Bacik told the P(...)

Companies that are really serious about recognition programmes generally commit around 1% of payroll costs to fund them. Photograph: Getty Images
Thanking someone for a job well done can go a long way
  • Work
  • March 9, 2018, 06:34

Social recognition is powerful stuff. It can improve productivity and staff retention, ignite employees’ intrinsic motivation and make people happier,(...)

American Dream: Calvin Klein. Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images
Calvin Klein, The Matrix and 9 other New York Fashion Week talking points

As New York Fashion Week comes to a close – the trends of the season are already showing – we spotlight the key moments from the runways so far this w(...)

Hollywood’s film industry has skirted a conversation about its culture of harassment in favour of one about what an amazing job it is doing combating that harassment. Image: Taylor Callery/The New York Times
Is it possible for Hollywood to fix harassment problem while busy celebrating itself?
  • Film
  • January 30, 2018, 08:15

As last Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards approached, the show’s organisers announced that the ceremony would be different this time around, for obv(...)

Saoirse Ronan wins Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for ‘Lady Bird’. Photograph: Paul Drinkwater/Courtesy of NBC/Retuers
Saoirse Ronan wins best actress at Golden Globes

Saoirse Ronan, the most celebrated Irish actor of her generation, has won the award for best actress in a comedy or musical at the 75th Golden Globes.(...)