The Plague in the Shadows

This episode of Reveal features stories from the early days of the AIDS epidemic, highlighting the fight to get policymakers to recognize and address the communities most affected. It includes excerpts from the podcast series "Blindspot, The Plague in the Shadows," focusing on how the initial narrow focus on gay men led to the neglect of women, particularly those incarcerated, and their struggle to be recognized as AIDS victims. The episode centers on Katrina Haslip, an incarcerated woman who organized an AIDS support group and later became a national advocate, pushing for a change in the CDC's definition of AIDS to include women's symptoms, though she herself died before the change took effect.