Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Jeff Sessions's nationalist agenda
Jeff Sessions and Steve Bannon helped Donald Trump form his nationalist agenda. We look at Sessions’s goals as attorney general, and how he’ll approach them if he survives the investigation into Russian meddling in the election. Also, California is considering providing attorneys for immigrants facing deportation. If passed, it’d be the largest legal defense program for immigrants in the country.
By Madeleine Brand • • 50m ListenPhoto: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks at a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., March 2, 2017. (Yuri Gripas/ Reuters)
In this episode
4 storiesHow Jeff Sessions wants to shape American justice
Jeff Sessions and Steve Bannon helped Donald Trump form his nationalist agenda -- including the rhetoric around immigrants, vision of cities as riddled with crime. We look at what Sessions’s goals are as attorney general, and how he’ll approach them if he survives the investigation into Russian meddling in the election.
Read the story12 minCalifornia considers giving legal aid to immigrants facing deportation
A proposed state law would provide attorneys for immigrants on a case-by-case basis. Taxpayers would fund it. If passed, it would likely be the largest legal defense program for immigrants in the country.
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Our critics review the next X-Men film “Logan;” the teen melodrama “Before I Fall;” and “The Last Word,” which stars Shirley MacLaine as a curmudgeon who wants approval of her obituary before she dies.
Read the story15 min'Donald Cried:' Cringe-worthy indie on an old friendship
The new indie film “Donald Cried” is about the relationship between two guys 20 years after one leaves their blue-collar Rhode Island town for Wall Street and then comes back.
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