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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Fault Lines: Meeting in the Middle

    Downtown L.A. is THE neighborhood in Los Angeles right now. GQ named it the best downtown in the country and the New York Times named it one of the 52 places to visit in 2014 . And downtown’s also one of the quickest gentrifying neighborhoods in LA.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Downtown L.A. is THE neighborhood in Los Angeles right now. GQ named it the best downtown in the country and the New York Times named it one of the 52 places to visit in 2014. And downtown’s also one of the quickest gentrifying neighborhoods in LA. For our series Fault Lines, Madeleine heads down to the Spring Arcade downtown, a place where you can literally see the handoff from low-income to high-income residents.

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    Mammograms, Income Divide & Mexican Money in American Politics
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    3. 24:32Mexican Money, American Politics
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Too Beautiful to Live

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Mammograms, Income Divide & Mexican Money in American Politics
    1. 0:00Mammogram Study
    2. 16:11Fault Lines: Meeting in the MiddleYou’re reading this
    3. 24:32Mexican Money, American Politics
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