Investigative reporter for ESPN’s Outside the Lines
Investigative reporter for ESPN’s Outside the Lines and Author
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Steve Delsohn
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FROM Steve Delsohn
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Fake Classes for Student Athletes at UNC A scathing report out this week details a 20-year cheating scandal at the University of North Carolina. Thousands of students have taken fake classes in the African-American studies department. Many of those students were athletes, basketball and football players who couldn’t make the grades required to stay on their teams. We hear from one journalist who’s been covering the story as it’s unfolded throughout the year.
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Gov. Jerry Brown: California and China will fight climate change together President Donald Trump reportedly wants the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, and he’s expected to announce a decision soon. California Governor Jerry Brown heads to China to strengthen climate and clean energy ties.
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Lucia Micarelli: An Evening with Lucia Micarelli Violinist and actress Lucia Micarelli visits The Treatment to discuss her emotive performances as she prepares for PBS' An Evening with Lucia Micarelli.
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Hua Hsu: A Floating Chinaman Author Hua Hsu stops by to discuss his book A Floating Chinaman, recounting the life of 1930's actor/writer H.T. Tsiang and his struggles entering the American literary world.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Why is Trump so behind on filling staff jobs, establishing concrete policies? Yesterday Donald Trump signed a “decision memo” to revamp the air traffic control system. But there was little legislative detail in the plan. There’s not much to other splashy announcements from the White House, including tax cuts and the arms deal with Saudi Arabia. And hundreds of positions are unfilled in federal agencies.