Press Play with Madeleine Brand
What will happen at the Clinton Foundation if Hillary is elected?
Bill Clinton has announced changes to The Clinton Foundation should Hillary be elected president. And former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort is still facing questions about his pro-Russian ties.
By Madeleine Brand • • 51m ListenBill Clinton has announced that he will step down from The Clinton Foundation’s board, and the foundation would stop taking foreign or corporate donations, if Hillary Clinton is elected president. These donor ties have been criticized this election season.
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5 storiesThe Clinton Foundation and the Election
The Clintons have been criticized for allowing wealthy donors and foreign countries to contribute to The Clinton Foundation while Hillary was Secretary of State. Now Bill Clinton has announced that he would step down from the foundation’s board, and the foundation would stop taking foreign or corporate donations, if Hillary is elected president.
Read the story9 minPaul Mafort resigns as part of Trump’s campaign shake-up
The revelations keep coming about Donald Trump’s departing campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and his foreign business ties. Manafort resigned today after a campaign shake-up earlier this week. Emails came out this week directly linking Manafort to a political campaign in the U.S. to boost the image of Ukraine’s pro-Russian government.
Read the story9 minHelping Central American students in LA’s schools
Some students starting school in LA this week recently came to the US alone after fleeing violence in countries like Honduras and Guatemala. Many of them are coping with anxiety, depression and severe trauma. But therapists in the Pico-Union area have developed a new program to help them.
Read the story9 min‘Ben-Hur’, new Herzog documentary
On our weekly movie segment, we review a new remake of “Ben-Hur” from an inventive Russian director, and a new animated film from upstart Portland studio Laika called “Kubo and the Two Strings.”
Read the story14 minAllegations of harsh labor conditions during ‘Sausage Party’ production
Sausage Party has been a box office hit. But if you ask some of the animators who worked on the film, working on it was not a party. The producer of the film - Vancouver-Canada based Nitrogen Studios - has been accused of harsh labor practices. Nitrogen Studios disputes the allegations.
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