The behavior isn’t new; the consequences are. Why #MeToo was heard

In a way, President Trump made it possible: The theory of "horizontal violence" suggests that when provoked by threats they can't impact, people may go after those they can. That may have created a chorus of accusations too loud to wave away. The case of playwright Israel Horovitz is one example.

Michael Sullivan/Getty Images/Science Source Hidden in plain sight in Appalachia, the largest group of severe black lung cases ever seen The disease, a bane of coal miners, nearly disappeared in the 1990s. But clinics treating miners in Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia are encountering hundreds of cases, as an NPR investigation first uncovered in 2016. Changing practices and protections caused more severe cases in younger miners despite shorter careers. "Nobody looks forward to dying," says one 55-year-old retiree with the illness. "But it's a-comin'." Cam Buker for StoryCorps When these former soldiers met, they found the love of their lives When World War II veteran John Banvard, 100, met Vietnam vet Jerry Nadeau, 72, in 1993, neither was openly gay. This year they celebrate their 25-year relationship — and their fifth year of marriage. Their casual wedding was at the Chula Vista, Calif., veterans home where they live. "I was expecting we'd be ridiculed, and there was very little of that," Banvard says. Getty Images/SuperStock RM Many U.S. students get skewed, sanitized lessons on slavery that are detached from the rest of American history, a new report says A Southern Poverty Law Center survey of 1,000 high school students found they had a "dismal" understanding of slavery, including its origins, the government's enforcement of it and its centrality to the Civil War. Textbooks and teachers often accentuate heroes over horrors, the report says, and uncomfortable talks are avoided. Courtesy of Jana Mestecky How were powerful men able to victimize women with impunity for decades? ‘Hidden Brain’ looks at the psychology that protected them Harvey Weinstein’s behavior was an open secret in Hollywood, and the same was true of prominent playwright Israel Horovitz in Boston. Women who worked in his theater say they knew, as far back as the early ’90s, not to leave one another alone with him. A local newspaper even published accusations from a group of women in 1993. Little happened. Then, last year, more accusations — and finally, people listened. Why? Evgeny Feldman/AP Next month, Vladimir Putin will win another term as president of Russia. Meet the man he won't let run against him Alexei Navalny has been a thorn in the side of Putin and his inner circle for a long time, bedeviling the president to the point that he refuses to say Navalny’s name in public. He was one of the few opposing candidates with a chance of making noise in the March 18 vote — then the government said he couldn't. The basis of Putin's regime, Navalny tells NPR, is convincing Russians that change is impossible. You received this message because you're subscribed to our Best of NPR emails. |  Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy | NPR 1111 N. CAPITOL ST. NE WASHINGTON DC 20002