Press Play with Madeleine Brand LA County social workers on trial, and reforms to juvenile justice Mar. 21, 2017 Listen 52 min MORE Picture of Los Angeles City Hall courtesy of David Wilson. From this Episode: Four former LA County social workers face criminal charges A ruling yesterday means four LA County social workers will go to trial on child abuse and other charges in the death of an 8-year-old boy. It’s a controversial first for... 11 min California state senators determined to reform juvenile justice Two California state senators introduced new legislation that would end incarceration for kids under 12 and ban life sentences without parole for those under 18. 9 min Trump's immigration order targets survivors of domestic abuse For more than a decade, the U.S. has offered a path to citizenship for victims of abuse. But President Trump’s executive order on immigration does away with special... 9 min In the 1930s, US citizens were deported to Mexico because of their ancestry Like Donald Trump, Herbert Hoover campaigned on a promise of protecting American jobs by slashing the number of immigrants allowed to enter the U.S. Once Hoover was in... 15 min '70s porn stars gather to remember the good old days Last month, porn stars of the 1970s had a reunion. They reminisced about when police came to bust up the sets, when paychecks were stacks of cash, and when fans pretended... 7 min Credits Host: Madeleine Brand Producers: Sarah Sweeney, Anna Scott, Jolie Myers, Christian Bordal, Amy Ta, Michell Eloy