Press Play with Madeleine Brand
What Big Layoffs at American Apparel Mean for Manufacturing in Los Angeles?
The 1990s are coming back to haunt Hillary Clinton. What’s the legacy of her husband’s 1996 welfare reform act?
By Madeleine Brand • • 50m ListenAmerican Apparel just laid off 500 workers. Are the company’s troubles a cautionary tale about local manufacturing or simply a story of bad management? Then, the 1990s are coming back to haunt Hillary Clinton. What’s the legacy of her husband’s 1996 welfare reform act? Next, a profile of Silicon Valley billionaire Sean Parker, who announced today he’s donating $250 million to cancer research. After that, Madeleine speaks to the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who wrote a show currently running at the Mark Taper Forum. And finally, a cooking debate. What’s better, making food from the head or from the heart?
