Press Play with Madeleine Brand Why are traffic deaths on the rise in LA? Apr. 03, 2017 Listen 50 min MORE Photo: Los Angeles traffic (Courtesy of Núria) From this Episode: What's behind the rise in cyclist and pedestrian deaths? Los Angeles has seen increases in traffic accidents, as well as cyclist and pedestrian deaths. Police are giving out fewer speeding tickets. That’s despite the mayor’s... 9 min California Congressman Kevin McCarthy's report card After the failure of the GOP’s attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare, there’s been much talk about deep fractures in the Republican party. One of the men tasked with... 8 min Fox News faces more allegations of sexual harassment Fox’s paid political commentator Julie Roginsky filed a lawsuit against Fox, claiming that former Fox News chief Roger Ailes made unwanted advances towards her, and that she... 10 min Breaking away from ultra-Orthodox Judaism What happens when young Jews try to leave their ultra-Orthodox community? They’ve spent their entire lives living in a separate reality, and in some cases, not even learning... 14 min Should 'Latinx' replace 'Latino' and 'Latina?' You might have seen a new word floating around on social media and in some news articles: Latinx. It’s meant to be gender-nonconforming. Some people are happy about the... 7 min Credits Host: Madeleine Brand Producers: Sarah Sweeney, Anna Scott, Jolie Myers, Christian Bordal, Amy Ta, Michell Eloy