sexual harassment

When Dr. Jean Jew was hired by the University of Iowa College of Medicine it could have been seen as a significant step forward. She was young, accomplished, a woman in an almost entirely male department. In a department with very little diversity, it was made clear by her colleagues from the very start that she was not welcome there.

In 2017 former Iowa Senate Republican caucus staffer Kirsten Anderson received a $1.75 million lawsuit settlement. She alleged she was fired in 2013 just hours after filing a sexual harassment complaint. Now she has written a book detailing the experience. Also this hour, a sneak peek at the first Refocus Film Festival in Iowa City.

Charity Nebbe talks to Carolyn Chalmers about her book They Didn’t want her There: Fighting Sexual and Racial Harassment in the American University.

Listen back to Ben Kieffer's conversation with lawyer, educator and author Anita Hill. Then listen to the archive recording of his trip to meet a family transforming a school bus into their home.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, four employees alleged that they were sent unsolicited photos by the president of the Des Moines police officers’ union, including many of himself naked. The department let him retire with full benefits despite “overwhelming evidence” of his harassment, the lawsuit claims.

An update on the COVID-19 pandemic, the sentencing of the man convicted of killing Mollie Tibbetts and a new Waterloo literacy program from Pulitzer Prize-winner Nikole Hannah-Jones.

Ben Kieffer talks to political scientists Dennis Goldford of Drake University and Sara Mitchell of the University of Iowa about New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's fight for his political life and the bipartisan negotiations on the infrastructure bill.

The Iowa Attorney General’s office has released the findings in its review of clergy abuse within the state’s Catholic Church.

The new Iowa Senate minority leader said Thursday that Democrats have promoted a senator previously accused of sexual harassment to a leadership position because he was reelected and is knowledgeable about labor issues.

Gov. Kim Reynolds’ administration is refusing to release information about how many harassment complaints are being investigated in state agencies. The…