An advocate for sexual assault victims is supportive of the #MeToo hashtag, and hopes that it will help victims speak out. Rachel Otwell spoke with Polly Poskin, executive director of the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
On the 21st: We checked in with areas of the state affected by Tuesday night's severe weather and discussed the impact of the Trump administration's travel ban on health care, with a focus on rural and under-served areas. We also continued our series on sexual assault on college campuses with a discussion about Title IX and got the latest on State Farm's losses pertaining to auto insurance.
On the 21st: We spoke with a former white supremacist about his efforts to help people leave hate groups. We also discussed the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace - with a focus on the sciences - and spoke with an atmospheric scientists about severe weather in the forecase and the impact of the late Bill Paxton on the meteorology community.
Sports reporter Julie DiCaro recently wrote an article for Sports Illustrated detailing the abuse that she and other female reporters receive regularly on social media. She discussed the article with Illinois Public Media's Brian Moline.
A former University of Illinois grad student is suing the school's board of trustees and others, seeking $6 million on the charge that administrators retaliated against her after she accused a visiting researcher of sexual harassment.
