The internet is demanding justice for Jane Doe, the anonymous woman who alleges she was gang-raped at a Cornell fraternity house in 2024. Doe has filed a civil lawsuit, and law enforcement has reopened her case – but did Cornell fumble its Title IX investigation into her case?
What is Title IX?
Title IX is a federal civil rights law designed to protect against sexual discrimination in schools, including protecting young people against sexual assault and harassment. However, in practice, it rarely works as intended.
Expert analysis on Title IX failures
Host Carter Sherman, a longtime sexual violence reporter, speaks with civil rights lawyer and Title IX expert Alexandra Brodsky about how the Trump administration has spent the last decade warping Title IX. They discuss why the #MeToo movement never really made its way onto college campuses.
If the law is broken, the question remains: what can be done to fix it?
