Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Dem Candidates say 'Sí' to Immigration Reform; California’s Diabetes Crisis
A look at the promises Clinton and Sanders made at Wednesday’s Univision debate, from immigration to helping Puerto Rico. The sky-high rates of diabetes and prediabetes in California and Eleanor Roosevelt’s unlikely friendship with an African American woman.
By Madeleine Brand • • 53m ListenAt last night’s Univision and Washington Post debate in Miami, Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders faced tough questions from the moderators over existing immigration laws, their positions on the deportation of immigrant children and whether or not they’d continue Obama’s policies. We’ll look at their responses on immigration and how they would deal with Puerto Rico’s economic woes.
Plus, a new UCLA study shows that an alarming number of Californians are diabetic or prediabetic. What does this mean for our fiscal and physical health?
Also, a new book chronicles the unlikely friendship between first lady Eleanor Roosevelt and an African American woman activist.
Banner Image: Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton wave before the start of the Univision News and Washington Post Democratic U.S. presidential candidates debate in Kendall, Florida, March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Javier Galeano TPX
In this episode
5 storiesHillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Make Big Immigration Promises
The Univision moderators were able to extract a number of promises from the Democratic candidates last night in Miami. Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders promised not to deport any immigrant children, and each candidate vowed to discontinue the Obama policy that earned him the nickname “Deporter in Chief”.
Read the story10 minPuerto Rico’s $72 Billion Problem
Tourists may flock to Puerto Rico for its tropical appeal, but its residents are fleeing. The island commonwealth is approximately $72 billion in debt. And that debt became a subject of last night’s Univision and Washington Post debate in Miami, when the Democratic candidates were asked if they would help Puerto Rico.
Read the story7 minNew Study Reveals California Has a Full-Blown Diabetes Health Crisis
A new UCLA study today on the rates of diabetes and prediabetes throughout the state of California is bad news for Californians. A majority of the state’s adults have prediabetes or diabetes and a third of young adults are prediabetic. These numbers spell trouble for the fiscal--and physical--health of Californians.
Read the story8 min'The Firebrand and the First Lady'
In 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt gave a speech at the University of North Carolina and called himself a “proud and happy” alumnus and praised UNC for what he called its “liberal teaching.”
Read the story10 minThe Highlights and Hype of SXSW and Home Depot’s $20 Million Data Breach Deal
Resident tech geek Xeni Jardin is skipping SXSW this year and joined us in studio to tell us why she doesn’t think she’s missing out. Nevertheless, she’ll share the top SXSW highlights. Plus, the FCC is going to expand a program to help 64 million low-income people afford Internet access.
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