Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Build Better LA and affordable housing; Debate prep with Maureen Dowd
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd previews Monday’s debate. She’s been covering both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton for two decades.
By Madeleine Brand • • 52m ListenTwo of November’s ballot measures aim to tackle the need for more housing. The first, Build Better LA, aims to address the city’s affordability crisis. The second is a Beverly Hills initiative that’s become the subject of a bitter campaign. Next, Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation over the weekend that requires online databases like IMDB to remove an actor’s age if the actor requests to have it taken down. What other gripes do actors have with the Internet Movie Database? Then, Maureen Dowd on Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, both of whom she’s been covering for years. And finally, Snapchat’s latest product.
Image: View of Downtown Los Angeles at Magic Hour from Runyon Canyon Park by Chris Goldberg
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5 storiesBuild Better LA
LA right now is a hot, bubbling cauldron of housing issues. The rent is too damn high. Homelessness is up. The real estate boom taking place from downtown to Koreatown to Hollywood has many middle- or low-income people feeling left out. So what’s the answer? A November ballot measure called Build Better LA presents itself as one solution.
Read the story8 minBeverly Hills' housing ballot measure
There’s another development measure on the ballot -- but this one is only for Beverly Hills voters. Measure HH is the subject of a bitter campaign, with one side accusing the other of using illegal foreign contributions.
Read the story7 minGaming IMDB
Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation over the weekend that requires online databases like IMDB to remove an actor’s age if the actor requests to have it taken down. The authors of the law say it is designed help prevent age discrimination. Meanwhile, many actors are fed up with how IMDB works.
Read the story9 minMaureen Dowd on 'The Year of Voting Dangerously: The Derangement of American Politics.'
It’s the event we’ve all been waiting for. The first heavyweight battle (a.k.a. debate) between presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump happens Monday . For some insight into these two personalities, we turn to Maureen Dowd.
Read the story14 minSnapchat Spectacles
Reactions to tonight’s presidential debate will no doubt play out in real time across social media: Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat. Donald Trump’s campaign even made a “Crooked Hillary” filter for Snapchat, a frame that users can place over their pictures. But there’s even bigger news in the Snapchat universe.
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