The Loophole Nobody Wants to Close: Child Marriage in America

Sherry Johnson was 11 years old when she was forced to marry the man who raped her, and it was completely legal. Half a century later, child marriage remains lawful in 34 U.S. states, some with no minimum age whatsoever. In this episode, Hollie breaks down the legal loopholes, the political resistance, and the staggering numbers behind a practice America condemns abroad but quietly permits at home and asks the question reformers have been demanding answered for decades: why won't Congress act...