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Brittany Shammas
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FROM Brittany Shammas
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
How Occupy Democrats became so big on Facebook One of the most popular Facebook news sites in America is run out of a pool house in Los Angeles by a pair of Mexican-American twins. Occupy Democrats is a left-leaning page with nearly 7 million followers. But it’s not connected to Occupy Wall Street or the Democratic Party.
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Design and Architecture
A radical act of rezoning; UK prepares for Brexit Planners are calling Minneapolis the most radical city in America, after a vote to allow duplexes and triplexes to be built on lots previously zoned for only single-family homes. What are the chances something like this could happen in LA?
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
What will it take to end the LAUSD teachers strike? After three days of striking, pressure has increased on both sides to settle the LAUSD teachers strike. The district and the teachers have lost millions of dollars. We speak with teachers union president Alex Caputo-Pearl and school board member Nick Melvoin.