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ENCORE #90: It's Not as Simple as Sexual Harassment

Dec 26, 2017

In The Thick is taking a moment to wish you all a Happy New Year. We will be back with a new episode next week, but in the meantime, here's an encore presentation of one of our most popular shows of 2017.

Allegations of sexual harassment rocked public media newsrooms in December, with WNYC hosts John Hockenberry,...

#74: The Inner Workings of MS-13

Dec 19, 2017

Last Friday, President Trump said, "To any member of MS-13 listening, I have a message for you. We will find you, we will arrest you, we will jail you, we will throw you the hell out of the country." With MS-13 back in the news, we wanted to share a rebroadcast of an episode we did earlier this year. Why is...

#91: Latino Whiteness (And a Visit to Alabama)

Dec 13, 2017

After a Senate race in Alabama that was divided sharply on the lines of race, we discuss the issue of whiteness. Will the United States really become a majority POC country by 2055, or will more Latinos begin to see themselves as white? Maria Hinojosa discusses this question with Richard Alba, professor of sociology at...

#90: It's Not as Simple as Sexual Harassment

Dec 7, 2017

Allegations of sexual harassment have rocked public media newsrooms this week, with WNYC hosts John Hockenberry, Leonard Lopate, and Jonathan Schwartz all accused of inappropriate conduct. But the difficulty of being a woman (and specifically a woman of color) goes way deeper than just dealing with sexual...