In 2019 it was discovered that Nome had a history of neglected sexual assault cases and a new mayor decided to make it their mission to untangle hundreds of poorly investigated reports. Victoria Mackenzie takes us through her Pulitzer prize winning reporting and coverage of this failure to protect Alaska Native women.

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