Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Obama, Ferguson, and Race
President Obama announced new efforts yesterday to improve community policing, including a task force that will come up with recommendations for building better relationships between local law enforcement and minorities.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readPresident Obama announced new efforts yesterday to improve community policing, including a task force that will come up with recommendations for building better relationships between local law enforcement and minorities. The actions come in response to the ongoing protests in Ferguson, Mo., and nationwide, over the shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in August. But is Obama sidestepping the issue of racism? We hear from one person who argues that he is.
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Andrew Walsh
Too Beautiful to Live
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Matt Holzman
Producer, 'The Document'
Peniel Joseph
historian and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and founding director of the school’s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy