Recy Taylor Refused to be Silent
The film “The Rape of Recy Taylor” documents the case of a black woman who was gang-raped in Alabama in 1944 and defied the Jim Crow south by speaking out, with the support of Rosa Parks and others....
View ArticleTalking to 100 Rapists
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentIt’s been five years since 23-year-old student Jyoti Singh Pandey was gang raped and murdered on a bus in New Delhi. It caught the attention of...
View ArticleNew York Doesn't Prohibit Police from Having Sex with People in Custody
The court case of an 18-year-old Brooklyn woman who says two on-duty police officers raped her while she was in their custody is shining a light on a legal loophole in New York. The officers have been...
View ArticleThe Truth About Rape Investigations in America
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist T. Christian Miller discusses his book A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America, which he co-wrote with Ken Armstrong. They tell the true story of Marie, a...
View ArticleWhat Rape Investigations Get Wrong, A Murder Mystery in Borneo, West Virginia...
Pulitzer-Prize winner T. Christian Miller discusses his book A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America, co-authored with Ken Armstrong, about what detectives get wrong in rape cases. Journalist...
View ArticleNYPD: Rape Reports Rise for Sixth Straight Month Amid Overall Crime Drop
The NYPD says the number of rapes being reported to police has been on the rise for six months straight, but it could be a side-effect of media attention on celebrity cases.At a monthly briefing, Chief...
View ArticleNYPD Misled Public About Response to #MeToo: Report
The NYPD has known for years its Special Victims Division didn’t have enough resources to adequately investigate sex crimes involving adults — yet department leaders failed to act. That’s according to...
View ArticleA Son, A Mother, and Two Gun Crimes
We first heard Dwayne Betts' story in Caught, the new podcast series about juvenile justice from WNYC. Today, Dwayne is 37, a poet, father of two and a Yale Law School graduate. He's getting his PhD in...
View ArticleIndian P.M. Narendra Modi Under Fire as Sexual Violence Remains Rampant
It’s been more than five years since the brutal rape and murder of a young woman named Jyoti Singh Pandey on a bus in New Delhi. The crime seemed to galvanize the nation against rape and the culture...
View ArticleMigrant Caravan Denigrated by President Trump Arrives in California
Here's what you'll find on today's show:— On Sunday, between Tijuana, Mexico, and California, about 400 migrants claimed asylum along the U.S. border. They’re part of the caravan of Central American...
View ArticleDep't of Education Stops Investigating For-Profit Colleges
Here's what you'll find on today's show:— Within the Department of Education, there exists a dedicated team whose job is to investigate abuse by institutions of higher education. Their focus is on...
View ArticleOutcry After Rape Survivor Sentenced to Death in Sudan
A death sentence case involving a woman in Sudan has brought international condemnation from human rights groups, as well as on social media through the campaign called #JusticeforNoura. 19-year-old...
View ArticleHarvey Weinstein Pleads Not Guilty to Rape
Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to rape and criminal sex act charges in a brief hearing Tuesday before a judge in New York, and his lawyer vowed afterward to try to beat the case even before it...
View ArticleSexual Assault on the Rise at Rikers
John H. Tucker discusses his recent investigation for New York Magazine, “Rape at Rosie’s,” along with Darcell Marshall, who is featured in the piece and won $1.2 million in a suit against the city...
View ArticleRape at Rikers, The World Cup Teams, Monetizing The Poor
John H. Tucker talks about his recent investigation which looks into how women housed at Rikers’ are being sexually victimized by staff. He is joined with Darcell Marshall, who is featured in the piece...
View ArticleHundreds of 'Predator Priests' and Decades of Sexual Abuse Covered Up in...
The Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the release of a scathing 880-page report detailing decades of child sexual abuse at the hands of the Catholic Church in six of the state’s...
View ArticleHundreds of 'Predator Priests' and Decades of Sexual Abuse Covered Up in...
Pennsylvania’s Attorney General released a grand jury report on Tuesday documenting decades of child sexual abuse by over three hundred Catholic priests in the state. We discuss the findings of the...
View ArticleMounting Anger Over Sexual Violence in South Africa
Many estimates say that South Africa has the highest recorded rate of rape in the world. The country's national statistical service says 138 out of every 100,000 women were raped in 2016 and 2017,...
View ArticleCosby in Prison and Its Implications in the MeToo Era
Bill Cosby, once known to millions as “America’s Dad,” was sentenced to three to ten years in state prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in his home in 2004.He was convicted for his...
View ArticleNational Sexual Assault Hotlines Track Spike in Calls During Emotional Hearings
Calls to the National Sexual Assault Hotline run by the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) spiked, during the emotional Senate hearing last Thursday, where Dr. Christine Blasey Ford...
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