Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Golden Globes: #MeToo and President Oprah?
This year’s Golden Globes show has been praised for its feminist embrace of #MeToo. Hundreds of guests wore black on the red carpet. But what happens now that those black dresses are back in the closet?
By Madeleine Brand • • 49m ListenPhoto: 75th Golden Globe Awards – Photo Room – Beverly Hills, California, U.S., 07/01/2018 – Oprah Winfrey poses backstage with her Cecil B. DeMille Award. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
In this episode
6 storiesThe #MeToo movement at the Golden Globes
The Golden Globes are known more for clinking champagne flutes and snarky humor than sobering cultural conversations. But this year’s show has been praised by critics, journalists, and entertainers for its feminist embrace of the #MeToo movement.
Read the story9 minWhat do calls for Oprah 2020 say about our politics today?
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Read the story7 minIs it possible to remove the president from office if he is mentally unfit?
We talk about why there is now public discussion about invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office; and also why the President’s Commission on Voter Fraud suddenly got shut down.
Read the story8 min200,000 Salvadorans at risk of deportation
About 200,000 Salvadorans may have to leave the U.S. next year. That’s because the Trump administration announced Monday that its ending Temporary Protected Status for them.
Read the story6 minWhy rent control laws could change this year to become stronger for tenants
Rent control is shaping up to be the battle on the housing front in Sacramento. We find out what could happen and whether stronger rent control laws would actually help with housing costs.
Read the story10 minWhy 'stable genius' is an oxymoron
Responding to Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury,” Donald Trump tweeted that he was a “stable genius.” We look at what a real genius is -- often they aren’t stable at all. We also look at who among our presidents might be classified as geniuses.
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