Tarana Burke tells Marc Lamont Hill on Epstein, Trump and the way widespread sexual violence is in the US.
In 2017, a reckoning over sexual violence known as “#MeToo” swept the globe. Eight years later, has the motion achieved sufficient for survivors? And what is going to it take for among the world’s strongest males accused of sexual misconduct to face penalties?
This week on UpFront Marc Lamont Hill speaks to founding father of the Me Too motion, Tarana Burke.
The Division of Justice has launched information associated to the late convicted intercourse offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein after mounting strain led President Donald Trump to signal the Epstein Recordsdata Transparency Act final month. Trump, who himself has been accused dozens of instances of sexual assault and misconduct, has already appeared in photographs, emails and different paperwork in reference to Epstein, inflicting a rift in his base. Different enterprise elites, teachers, politicians and world leaders have additionally been named in connection to Epstein. Whereas some have confronted minor penalties, solely Ghislaine Maxwell has been criminally convicted as a part of Epstein’s intercourse trafficking of minors. Will newly launched paperwork result in new convictions and real accountability for survivors?
Printed On 20 Dec 2025
