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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How effective can financial activism be against guns?

    At least 20 companies have cut ties with the National Rifle Association -- including Delta, United, Hertz, and Metlife. They’re not offering discounts to NRA members anymore.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 27, 2018 • 1 min read

    At least 20 companies have cut ties with the National Rifle Association -- including Delta, United, Hertz, and Metlife. They’re not offering discounts to NRA members anymore. Separately, there’s pressure on investors to drop gun manufacturers from their stock portfolios. Aside from making activists feel good, can these boycotts lead to real change?

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Why the Tupac and Biggie murders are still unsolved
    1. 0:00How effective can financial activism be against guns?You’re reading this
    2. 9:14Are there so many mass shootings because America's boys are broken?
    3. 18:06Big corruption in tiny town of Maywood, California
    4. 25:46Who killed Biggie and Tupac? A new miniseries tries to figure it out
    5. 40:38Where to find great Middle Eastern and Israeli food in Los Angeles
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