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November 3, 2017

The New Republic's Publisher Hamilton Fish & Longtime Editor Leon Wieseltier Accused of Sexual Harassment
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In news on sexual harassment, The New Republic's publisher, Hamilton
Fish, has been placed on leave, after a slew of allegations of sexual
harassment when he was the president of The Nation Institute. This comes
after one of The New Republic's most prominent longtime editors, Leon
Wieseltier, was also fired over sexual harassment allegations. He was
fired from his job with the Emerson Collective, where he was slated to
unveil a new magazine.


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