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The New Republic’s Publisher Hamilton Fish & Longtime Editor Leon Wieseltier Accused of Sexual Harassment

HeadlineNov 03, 2017

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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