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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What's driving the boycotts of SoulCycle and Equinox?

    Billionaire Stephen Ross owns the indoor cycling company SoulCycle and the high-end gym Equinox. He's also a GOP donor and friend of President Trump. He'll be hosting a fundraiser for Trump in the Hamptons on Friday.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Aug 8, 2019 • 1 min read

    Billionaire Stephen Ross owns the indoor cycling company SoulCycle and the high-end gym Equinox. He's also a GOP donor and friend of President Trump. He'll be hosting a fundraiser for Trump in the Hamptons on Friday. Now people are vowing to cancel their memberships to SoulCycle and Equinox, and are questioning Ross' involvement in other philanthropic efforts.

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    3 of 5
    ICE agents arrest hundreds of agricultural workers
    1. 0:00ICE's largest operation against unauthorized workers ever in Mississippi
    2. 7:37Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein accused of misappropriating millions from CEO
    3. 15:39What's driving the boycotts of SoulCycle and Equinox?You’re reading this
    4. 22:30Film looks at lasting trauma from China's One Child Policy
    5. 41:56'Mock album covers' of Gary Cannone: conceptual art meets heavy metal
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