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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Gretchen Carlson  ## Gretchen Carlson Gretchen Carlson is an advocate, author, and the co-founder of [Lift Our Voices](https://liftourvoices.org/). In 2017, she became one of the first women to file a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against the Fox News Channel and its chairman.  ## Gretchen Carlson *  Jul 25, 2025 ### [What the Epstein Scandal Tells us About the #MeToo Movement](https://time.com/7305402/epstein-scandal-metoo-movement/) Calls to release the Epstein files mark a new era of the #MeToo movement—and a shift in who must add... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 16, 2017 ### [Gretchen Carlson: Roy Moore Proves the Fight Against Sexual Harassment Is Far From Over](https://time.com/5026691/gretchen-carlson-roy-moore-allegations/) We have to keep believing the victims *  Oct 17, 2017 ### [How the ‘Old Boys’ Club’ Thrives on the Culture of Silence](https://time.com/4985724/gretchen-carlson-harvey-weinstein-sexual-harassment/) Gretchen Carlson on why we have to keep speaking up *  Oct 10, 2017 ### [Gretchen Carlson: Why I Decided to Become an Advocate](https://time.com/4969686/gretchen-carlson-leadership-initiative/) Carlson announces a free civic leadership program for underserved women *  Aug 14, 2017 ### [Gretchen Carlson: Taylor Swift and Google Are Proof That Voices Carry](https://time.com/4900705/gretchen-carlson-taylor-swift-google/) 'Swift’s badass testimony is crucial in the fight for others to also have a voice' *  Jul 25, 2017 ### [Gretchen Carlson: What I Learned From My Biggest Challenges](https://time.com/4872967/gretchen-carlson-dream-challenge/) 'We need to work for it' *  Jun 19, 2017 ### [Gretchen Carlson on Uber, _Wonder Woman_ and Bill Cosby](https://time.com/4824101/gretchen-carlson-uber-wonder-woman-bill-cosby/) 'It’s impossible to escape the mixed messages women continue to get' *  Apr 4, 2017 ### [How Gretchen Carlson Wants Women to Close the Wage Gap](https://time.com/4724578/equal-pay-day-gretchen-carlson/) 'Smart companies are beginning to figure out that we deserve the raise' *  Mar 10, 2017 ### [Gretchen Carlson: How Arbitration Clauses Allow Sexual Harassment to Continue](https://time.com/4698538/gretchen-carlson-sexual-harassment-arbitration-clauses/) 'Let’s work together to change this' *  Feb 23, 2017 ### [Gretchen Carlson: The Time Is Now for Women to Run for Office](https://time.com/4680476/gretchen-carlson-women-should-run-for-office-now/) Left or right, now — not later. *  Jan 17, 2017 ### [Gretchen Carlson: Donald Trump Is Not the First President to Have a Woman Problem](https://time.com/4636388/gretchen-carlson-donald-trump-women-cabinet/) 'We still have a huge amount of work to be done' Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/gretchen-carlson/","name":"Gretchen Carlson"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/gretchen-carlson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/gretchen-carlson/"},"name":"Gretchen Carlson","jobTitle":null,"description":"Gretchen Carlson is an advocate, author, and the co-founder of Lift Our Voices. 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