Episode 11: Kirsten Gillibrand’s Path to Power
Co-published with WNYC Studios. What does Kirsten Gillibrand's rise tell us about the relationship between gender and power in American politics?
Episode 10: ¡Sí Se Puede!
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Before “Yes we can!”, there was “¡Sí se puede!”
Episode 9: What Does the Right Kind of Woman Sound Like?
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Shrill, strident, bossy. These are the misogynistic slurs women often face when they run for elected office. So what should power sound …
Episode 8: The Right Kind of Woman
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Women running for office are often forced to play by different rules. We look at two candidates: Stacey Abrams in Georgia and Mikie …
Episode 9: ‘You Just Sit There and Wait for the Next Day to Come’
Co-published with WNYC Studios. In many counties, pre-trial juvenile offenders are still put in solitary. In this episode, WNYC teams up with The Marshall Project to investigate …
Episode 8: ‘I Want Someone to Love Me Even for a Second’
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Policy experts even use the term "sexual abuse to prison pipeline," and they say it’s why incarcerating a young girl perpetuates more negative …
Episode 7: ‘It’s the Hardest Thing I’ve Ever Done’
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Desperate parents with means can turn to a whole network of private programs before their kids even get caught. For a young person named …
Episode 6: ‘Please Lock Up My Kid’
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Status offenses are designed to keep at risk youth safe, but in practice, they can also become a pipeline into the juvenile justice …
Episode 2: ‘They Look at Me Like a Menace’
Co-published with WNYC Studios. In our first episode, we met Z. Z is a kid who's had mental health challenges since he was small, and when he's gotten …
Episode 1: ‘I Just Want You to Come Home’
Co-published with WNYC Studios. What happens once we decide a child is a criminal? What does society owe those children, beyond punishment?
Coming Soon: Mass Incarceration Starts Young
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Roughly a million kids a year get caught up in the criminal justice system. In Caught, a new podcast from WNYC, we'll listen …
Right of Way: The Battle Over the BQX
Co-published with WNYC Studios. As the city moves forward with the light rail system, both sides are ramping up their campaigns for and against it.