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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What happens to Black Lives Matter during the Trump era?

    We look at the decision not to file charges in the police shooting death of Keith Scott, and how that fits into the larger Black Lives Matter movement. Also, can immigrants facing deportation be held indefinitely or should they be able to post bail?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 30, 2016 • 51m Listen

    We look at the decision not to file charges in the police shooting death of Keith Scott, and how that fits into the larger Black Lives Matter movement.

    Can immigrants facing deportation be held indefinitely or should they be able to post bail? The Supreme Court takes up that question.

    Donald Trump picks Steve Mnuchin to be Treasury Secretary. We look at Mnuchin’s track record with financing movies, and his role in the housing crisis when he ran a bank that foreclosed on thousands of homeowners.

    Musician Nick Cave went into the recording studio a few weeks after his teenage son died in an accident. In a new film, Cave talks about how he and his art are now changed.

    The National Park Service has avoided sensitive questions about race and discrimination at the historical sites it manages, but that’s changing.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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