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He found the situation even worse than Ioannidis suggests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"In some ways my doubts are stronger than his,\" Kramer told Shots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some analyses he looked at were trying to parse very subtle differences — for example, comparing two very similar antidepressants. You could get any answer you want, depending on how you set up the study, Kramer says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the problems he found aren't simply commercial conflicts of interest. For example, he saw biases among academics who were wedded to the notion that placebos are just as good as actual drugs for depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even on that side of the equation, where there's no adverse sponsorship but just an allegiance to an idea, I thought it wasn't always the case that everybody's hands were on the table,\" Kramer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But financial conflicts are easier to identify. 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Jeb Bush once described Asian-Americans as the \"canary in the coal mine\" of the Republican Party, saying that if Republicans didn't make more of an effort to court the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, the party would pay a price at the polls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now a \u003ca href=\"http://naasurvey.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/NAAS2016-Oct5-report.pdf\">new report\u003c/a> from the National Asian American Survey finds not only that Asian-Americans continue a steady drift away from the GOP, but that the party may be losing one of its most reliable ethnic groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among registered Asian-American voters, the survey found Democrat Hillary Clinton had a 4-1 lead over Republican Donald Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alton Wang, a communications associate with the nonpartisan group \u003ca href=\"http://www.apiavote.org/\">APIAVote\u003c/a>, said many Asian-Americans are \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/09/16/439574726/how-asian-american-voters-went-from-republican-to-democratic\">increasingly turned off\u003c/a> by anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric. 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In 2008, 40% of Vietnamese registered voters identified as independent or claimed they did 'not think in terms of political parties,' but this number rose to 47% in 2016.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Vietnamese-Americans, many of whom \u003ca href=\"http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/vietnamese-immigrants-united-states\">came to the U.S.\u003c/a> as refugees after the Vietnam War, stood out in one other way: They were among the least likely to say they support accepting Syrian refugees into the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump has made opposition to Syrian resettlement in the U.S. a key part of his campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's so ironic and contradictory to their history as refugees,\" said Linda Vo, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, who has been trying to make sense of this inconsistency. \"I've asked these individuals, 'Why would you be supportive of a candidate [Trump] who is anti-refugee, anti-immigrant, when you yourself came as one?' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11128468\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 690px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11128468\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/screen-shot-2016-10-12-at-11.28.18-am_custom-11ebd33722b9288b4d427577e8cdcaeec373f0f8.png\" alt=\"Source: 2016 National Asian American Survey of 1,694 Asian-American and 261 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander registered voters conducted by telephone between Aug. 10 and Sept. 29, 2016. 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She said Vietnamese-American respondents who are younger, U.S.-born and with a college degree were more likely to say they'd welcome Syrian refugees. Of all the groups surveyed, Vietnamese-Americans were the most divided: 34 percent said they opposed accepting refugees; 27 percent refused to answer the question or said they didn't know; and 38 percent said they favored accepting refugees. This is in stark contrast to Hmong-American respondents, 74 percent of whom supported accepting refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vo said many of the Vietnamese-Americans she spoke with who aren't welcoming of refugees tend to agree with the view that Syrian refugees are dangerous, and they think of themselves as different. That is, they consider themselves to be \"good\" refugees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Postwar refugees from Vietnam, she said, considered the Republican Party to be more anti-Communist and — for the largely Catholic immigrants — more socially conservative, with values that aligned with their own. Second-generation Vietnamese-Americans, Vo said, tend to vote for Democratic candidates — as they voted for Barack Obama in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They're shifting away from the Republican Party, but not yet ready to commit to Democrats,\" Wong said. Many Vietnamese-Americans tend to be \"big government people\" — supporting social services, including Obamacare — but aren't necessarily comfortable with the label of \"Democrat,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I talked with Steven Mai, a 42-year-old Vietnamese-American engineer and community activist who lives in Garden Grove, California. Mai immigrated to the U.S. in 1985. He's a Republican but says he doesn't always vote for GOP candidates. 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Eli took three weeks, and plans to spread the rest out over the next few months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11123753\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-2_enl-fc34b2936b23c9298392c3d4ec1ceca4d7203069-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Iris Fugate says having the time with her husband, Eli, to jointly care for their baby in Jack's first weeks of life helped them learn how to parent together.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11123753\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-2_enl-fc34b2936b23c9298392c3d4ec1ceca4d7203069-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-2_enl-fc34b2936b23c9298392c3d4ec1ceca4d7203069-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-2_enl-fc34b2936b23c9298392c3d4ec1ceca4d7203069-1920x1281.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-2_enl-fc34b2936b23c9298392c3d4ec1ceca4d7203069-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-2_enl-fc34b2936b23c9298392c3d4ec1ceca4d7203069-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-2_enl-fc34b2936b23c9298392c3d4ec1ceca4d7203069.jpg 1996w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iris Fugate says having the time with her husband, Eli, to jointly care for their baby in Jack's first weeks of life helped them learn how to parent together. \u003ccite>(Sandy Huffaker for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We both got time to get to know him \u003cem>together\u003c/em>,\" Iris says of that early time with baby Jack. \"Really meaningful — I can't imagine it going any other way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eli agrees. \"It was really important during that first week or two especially,\" he says. Being able to encourage one of his son's first milestones — turning over for the first time — and share the baby's delight was priceless, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the family leave law went into effect more than a decade ago, it's had a positive impact, says sociologist \u003ca href=\"https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Faculty/Core-Bios/Ruth-Milkman\">Ruth Milkman\u003c/a>, a professor at City University of New York, who has studied the law and its history. Business interests initially opposed the law, Milkman says, claiming it would kill jobs and drive small business out of business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when she and a colleague \u003ca href=\"http://cepr.net/documents/publications/paid-family-leave-1-2011.pdf\">surveyed \u003c/a>large, midsize and small companies in California five years after the state's family leave law went into effect, they discovered those early fears hadn't played out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 90 percent of businesses reported a neutral or even positive impact on their companies after the law. The positive impact had to do with improved employee productivity and morale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That makes sense, Milkman says. \"It's a new benefit and employees are happy about it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Families too, have reported positive changes, she says. There's been a steady, significant increase in the number of new dads like Eli taking paternity leave to bond with their babies. And, since the law launched, the length of time new mothers like Iris breastfeed has doubled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law still requires sacrifice on the part of anyone taking the benefit. It doesn't provide a full paycheck — just 55 percent of an employee's weekly salary. The Fugates say living on a tighter budget each week wasn't easy, but the couple had enough saved to make that work. Eli works as a manager for a large grocery chain, and Iris is a lawyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for many families, especially low-wage workers, living on half-pay is much tougher, or even impossible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11123754\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-duo_enl-c7df7d322a9aa9a2ab25f323c6a021ee3565b652-800x264.jpg\" alt=\"It was financially challenging to live on 55 percent of the family's income in the weeks after Jack was born, Iris Fugate says, but the couple had been able to save enough money to make it work.\" width=\"800\" height=\"264\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11123754\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-duo_enl-c7df7d322a9aa9a2ab25f323c6a021ee3565b652-800x264.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-duo_enl-c7df7d322a9aa9a2ab25f323c6a021ee3565b652-400x132.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-duo_enl-c7df7d322a9aa9a2ab25f323c6a021ee3565b652-1920x634.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-duo_enl-c7df7d322a9aa9a2ab25f323c6a021ee3565b652-1180x390.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-duo_enl-c7df7d322a9aa9a2ab25f323c6a021ee3565b652-960x317.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was financially challenging to live on 55 percent of the family's income in the weeks after Jack was born, Iris Fugate says, but the couple had been able to save enough money to make it work. \u003ccite>(Sandy Huffaker for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kitty Jensen and her husband, Lasha Gabrichi, live in North Hollywood, where Jensen works as a personal assistant to a clothing designer. Her boss encouraged her to take maternity leave after her baby was born, Jensen says, and never pressured her to return to work early.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, in the end, she returned to work much earlier than she wanted to. At the time of their son Leo's birth, Gabrichi was out of work, which meant the new family was living on half of Jensen's moderate salary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was money, says Jensen, but it felt like \"nothing!\" The family still had to pay rent, utilities, telephone, food, health insurance, car insurance, plus all the other new costs of having a baby — from medical bills to diapers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you're not in the upper middle class, I don't know how people survive on it,\" Jensen says. \"We certainly didn't.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jensen turned to her parents for help. They're not well off, she says, but contributed as much as they could. Jensen and Gabrichi also started selling possessions on Craig's List — \"furniture and art stuff I had, vintage art pieces, chairs,\" Jensen says. \"I just sold anything I possibly could — all year.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the financial strain, Jensen says she's grateful for the time she was able take away from her job to spend with the baby. But many workers who are eligible for family leave don't take it because they are even more stretched financially.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond her survey of how companies were affected by the state law, Milkman also looked at whether Californians were able to take advantage of the family benefit. One-third of those surveyed said they couldn't afford to take the leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11123755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-5_enl-313fdbeb8e5b6f5d2d2ce3558c6cac7b026a0f4a-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Fugates still make time to stroll their San Diego neighborhood together. In a survey of California companies, more than 90 percent of businesses reported a neutral or positive impact on their companies after the 2002 California family leave law was enacted.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11123755\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-5_enl-313fdbeb8e5b6f5d2d2ce3558c6cac7b026a0f4a-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-5_enl-313fdbeb8e5b6f5d2d2ce3558c6cac7b026a0f4a-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-5_enl-313fdbeb8e5b6f5d2d2ce3558c6cac7b026a0f4a-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-5_enl-313fdbeb8e5b6f5d2d2ce3558c6cac7b026a0f4a-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-5_enl-313fdbeb8e5b6f5d2d2ce3558c6cac7b026a0f4a-960x639.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-5_enl-313fdbeb8e5b6f5d2d2ce3558c6cac7b026a0f4a.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fugates still make time to stroll their San Diego neighborhood together. In a survey of California companies, more than 90 percent of businesses reported a neutral or positive impact on their companies after the 2002 California family leave law was enacted. \u003ccite>(Sandy Huffaker for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Even worse, says Milkman, more than half of those surveyed weren't even aware the law exists, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And the people who need it most — immigrants, young workers, poor people, low-wage workers — they are the least likely to know about it,\" Milkman found.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Service industry workers, like Claudia Chi-Ku, who lives in Los Angeles, are often among those who don't realize they have the option of paid leave. Chi-Ku has worked in numerous restaurants, and is now doing housecleaning at a health care facility. But when she got pregnant with her fourth child several years ago, she was working for a large car wash chain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"At that time, to be honest with you I had no idea — none whatsoever — about the paid leave law and the benefits it came with,\" Chi-Ku says. Even half a paycheck would have been a godsend, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I would have used that money,\" Chi-Ku says. \"I really needed it at that time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today Chi-Ku works with advocacy groups, like the\u003ca href=\"http://rocunited.org/\"> Restaurant Opportunities Centers United\u003c/a>, to help other low-wage workers understand their rights under the paid leave law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And changes are on the way. Come 2018, leave benefits in California will be boosted to 60 percent of an employee's salary, and 70 percent for low-wage workers like Chi-Ku. State lawmakers have also worked to put more job protections in place for people who opt to take the leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.\u003cimg src=\"http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=How+California%27s+%27Paid+Family+Leave%27+Law+Buys+Time+For+New+Parents&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Back in 2002, California passed a law that provides \u003ca href=\"http://www.edd.ca.gov/disability/paid_family_leave.htm\">paid family leave benefits\u003c/a> to eligible workers. In many ways, the law mimicked paid parental leave policies that are in effect in \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/10/06/495839588/countries-around-the-world-beat-the-u-s-on-paid-parental-leave\">nearly every other country\u003c/a> in the world. But it was the first of its kind in the U.S., and several other states have \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/10/07/497079311/state-laws-build-momentum-for-first-national-paid-family-leave-program\">since followed suit\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's how California's law, part of the state's disability insurance program, works: Most workers in the state have small deductions (less than 1 percent of their wages) withheld from each paycheck\u003cstrong>.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program works sort of like the federal Social Security system, creating a pool of money employees can draw from if and when they need to take time off work to care for a seriously ill relative, or when they have a new baby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New moms and dads get six weeks off at a little more than half their weekly pay — 55 percent, with a cap that's indexed to inflation each year.\u003cstrong>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Iris and Eli Fugate, who live in San Diego, say the paid leave gave them precious time to welcome their son, Jack, into the family. Iris took the full six weeks of leave after Jack was born five months ago. Eli took three weeks, and plans to spread the rest out over the next few months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11123753\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-2_enl-fc34b2936b23c9298392c3d4ec1ceca4d7203069-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Iris Fugate says having the time with her husband, Eli, to jointly care for their baby in Jack's first weeks of life helped them learn how to parent together.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11123753\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-2_enl-fc34b2936b23c9298392c3d4ec1ceca4d7203069-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-2_enl-fc34b2936b23c9298392c3d4ec1ceca4d7203069-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-2_enl-fc34b2936b23c9298392c3d4ec1ceca4d7203069-1920x1281.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-2_enl-fc34b2936b23c9298392c3d4ec1ceca4d7203069-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-2_enl-fc34b2936b23c9298392c3d4ec1ceca4d7203069-960x641.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-2_enl-fc34b2936b23c9298392c3d4ec1ceca4d7203069.jpg 1996w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iris Fugate says having the time with her husband, Eli, to jointly care for their baby in Jack's first weeks of life helped them learn how to parent together. \u003ccite>(Sandy Huffaker for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We both got time to get to know him \u003cem>together\u003c/em>,\" Iris says of that early time with baby Jack. \"Really meaningful — I can't imagine it going any other way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eli agrees. \"It was really important during that first week or two especially,\" he says. Being able to encourage one of his son's first milestones — turning over for the first time — and share the baby's delight was priceless, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the family leave law went into effect more than a decade ago, it's had a positive impact, says sociologist \u003ca href=\"https://www.gc.cuny.edu/Faculty/Core-Bios/Ruth-Milkman\">Ruth Milkman\u003c/a>, a professor at City University of New York, who has studied the law and its history. Business interests initially opposed the law, Milkman says, claiming it would kill jobs and drive small business out of business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when she and a colleague \u003ca href=\"http://cepr.net/documents/publications/paid-family-leave-1-2011.pdf\">surveyed \u003c/a>large, midsize and small companies in California five years after the state's family leave law went into effect, they discovered those early fears hadn't played out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 90 percent of businesses reported a neutral or even positive impact on their companies after the law. The positive impact had to do with improved employee productivity and morale.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That makes sense, Milkman says. \"It's a new benefit and employees are happy about it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Families too, have reported positive changes, she says. There's been a steady, significant increase in the number of new dads like Eli taking paternity leave to bond with their babies. And, since the law launched, the length of time new mothers like Iris breastfeed has doubled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The law still requires sacrifice on the part of anyone taking the benefit. It doesn't provide a full paycheck — just 55 percent of an employee's weekly salary. The Fugates say living on a tighter budget each week wasn't easy, but the couple had enough saved to make that work. Eli works as a manager for a large grocery chain, and Iris is a lawyer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for many families, especially low-wage workers, living on half-pay is much tougher, or even impossible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11123754\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-duo_enl-c7df7d322a9aa9a2ab25f323c6a021ee3565b652-800x264.jpg\" alt=\"It was financially challenging to live on 55 percent of the family's income in the weeks after Jack was born, Iris Fugate says, but the couple had been able to save enough money to make it work.\" width=\"800\" height=\"264\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11123754\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-duo_enl-c7df7d322a9aa9a2ab25f323c6a021ee3565b652-800x264.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-duo_enl-c7df7d322a9aa9a2ab25f323c6a021ee3565b652-400x132.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-duo_enl-c7df7d322a9aa9a2ab25f323c6a021ee3565b652-1920x634.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-duo_enl-c7df7d322a9aa9a2ab25f323c6a021ee3565b652-1180x390.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-duo_enl-c7df7d322a9aa9a2ab25f323c6a021ee3565b652-960x317.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was financially challenging to live on 55 percent of the family's income in the weeks after Jack was born, Iris Fugate says, but the couple had been able to save enough money to make it work. \u003ccite>(Sandy Huffaker for NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kitty Jensen and her husband, Lasha Gabrichi, live in North Hollywood, where Jensen works as a personal assistant to a clothing designer. Her boss encouraged her to take maternity leave after her baby was born, Jensen says, and never pressured her to return to work early.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, in the end, she returned to work much earlier than she wanted to. At the time of their son Leo's birth, Gabrichi was out of work, which meant the new family was living on half of Jensen's moderate salary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was money, says Jensen, but it felt like \"nothing!\" The family still had to pay rent, utilities, telephone, food, health insurance, car insurance, plus all the other new costs of having a baby — from medical bills to diapers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If you're not in the upper middle class, I don't know how people survive on it,\" Jensen says. \"We certainly didn't.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jensen turned to her parents for help. They're not well off, she says, but contributed as much as they could. Jensen and Gabrichi also started selling possessions on Craig's List — \"furniture and art stuff I had, vintage art pieces, chairs,\" Jensen says. \"I just sold anything I possibly could — all year.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the financial strain, Jensen says she's grateful for the time she was able take away from her job to spend with the baby. But many workers who are eligible for family leave don't take it because they are even more stretched financially.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond her survey of how companies were affected by the state law, Milkman also looked at whether Californians were able to take advantage of the family benefit. One-third of those surveyed said they couldn't afford to take the leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11123755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/cafamily-5_enl-313fdbeb8e5b6f5d2d2ce3558c6cac7b026a0f4a-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Fugates still make time to stroll their San Diego neighborhood together. 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"content": "\u003cp>House Speaker Paul Ryan will no longer defend his party's embattled presidential nominee Donald Trump and will instead focus on protecting the GOP's congressional majority in the final month of the campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ryan told Republican members of his decision in a conference call Monday morning, according to someone on the call. The move comes after a wild weekend in the race for the White House that saw many lawmakers rescind their endorsements of Trump and call for him to leave the race after a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/10/07/you-can-do-anything-in-2005-tape-trump-brags-about-groping-kissing-women/\">2005 video surfaced\u003c/a> of Trump making lewd comments about women and bragging about groping and kissing them without consent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The speaker told his members \"you all need to do what's best for you in your district\" and that he will not defend Trump or campaign with him over the next 29 days until Election Day on Nov. 8. Ryan had been planning to campaign with Trump on Saturday, the day after the video surfaced, but that appearance was quickly scrapped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump responded on Twitter a short time later, chiding Ryan to \"not waste his time on fighting Republican nominee.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/785530928256933888\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to sources, Ryan will now spend his energy to make sure that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton doesn't get a blank check with a Democratic-controlled Congress if she does win the presidency. That includes campaign stops in 17 states and 42 cities to help protect the GOP majorities in the House and Senate, with more planned. This is what Ryan sees as best for the party and for his members, not himself, and he was aware there may be other political pressures to get him to do otherwise, but his concerns about keeping the majority superseded that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The speaker is going to spend the next month focused entirely on protecting our congressional majorities,\" Ryan spokeswoman AshLee Strong said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As to speculation that Ryan could rescind his endorsement of Trump, Strong said \"there is no update in his position at this time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republicans have a 30-seat majority in the House, and it's one that wasn't considered very fragile until the events of the past 72 hours. While so many Democratic pickups remain a long shot, if Republicans stay home from the polls, frustrated with their two choices, more seats than expected could be lost. 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Dent predicted that more damaging information could still come out in the next 29 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., urged lawmakers to stick together, according to another source on the call. And National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., said that the ground had shifted following the weekend's events and to keep looking at their polling numbers over the past few weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Republican leadership recognizes that for the larger GOP as a whole — and members in competitive districts — the signs aren't good. Just as Ryan was informing members of his decision, an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll came out showing Clinton with an 11-point lead over Trump, 46 percent-35 percent. 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To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>It's 8:30 a.m. and the sun is already heating up the artificial turf at Banning High School's football field. Some 70 ninth- and 10th-graders line up on their stomachs for pushups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For some of these kids, the \"pushup ready\" pose looks like a cross between an aborted yoga position and a nap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Come on! Butts down, hips off the ground, shoulders over your hand!\" barks Los Angeles Fire Capt. Eddie Marez.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Down!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"One, sir!\" the sleepy students shout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Didn't say 'up' yet. Start all over!\" Marez yells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The students, dressed in blue T-shirts and shorts that say \"LAFD Academy,\" try again in unison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most students don't make it to 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The morning workout at this school in L.A.'s Wilmington neighborhood is part of two new LAFD magnet school programs. The department hopes to inspire future firefighters or emergency medical technicians — and recruit more women and minorities — in a department that remains nearly 97 percent male and about 50 percent white.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, L.A. \u003ca href=\"http://www.wnyc.org/story/trying-change-fdnys-longstanding-lack-diversity/\">isn't alone\u003c/a>. Nationally, the firefighting ranks are \u003ca href=\"http://www.nfpa.org/news-and-research/fire-statistics-and-reports/fire-statistics/the-fire-service/administration/firefighting-occupations-by-women-and-race\">largely white and overwhelmingly male\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We provide a better level of service to the public when we walk into somebody's home for a medical call, and if they see a female or a Hispanic or an Asian person, they can connect with us better,\" says L.A. Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas. \"It's not only a challenge for the Los Angeles Fire Department, it's a challenge for all fire departments: We are all competing to hire from a very small population of females\" who want to join the profession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're trying to excite students about a career in firefighting or emergency response, it doesn't hurt to fire up Engine 38 and simulate battling a fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the parking lot near Banning High's football field, Marez barks: \"Let's go ladies, let's put this fire out!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11117233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11117233\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-23_slide-7e60b16f0dcfae113b41d53edeee97dc524956ae-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Gail Sonoda (R), an instructor and firefighter with the Los Angeles Fire Department, teaches young cadets how to work a hydrant.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-23_slide-7e60b16f0dcfae113b41d53edeee97dc524956ae-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-23_slide-7e60b16f0dcfae113b41d53edeee97dc524956ae-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-23_slide-7e60b16f0dcfae113b41d53edeee97dc524956ae-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-23_slide-7e60b16f0dcfae113b41d53edeee97dc524956ae-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-23_slide-7e60b16f0dcfae113b41d53edeee97dc524956ae-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gail Sonoda (R), an instructor and firefighter with the Los Angeles Fire Department, teaches young cadets how to work a hydrant. \u003ccite>(Roxanne Turpen/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jessica Melgoza, 14, and a friend get ready to let rip with a large fire hose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You got about 100 pounds here between the two of you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Oh, God!\" Melgoza says, apprehensively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You're gonna be just fine,\" the veteran fire captain cautions. \"Open it up nice and slow.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The girls tighten their grip on the hose. As the water shoots out, they pull the large nozzle back slowly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It felt awesome! This is something I've wanted to do for a while,\" Melgoza says afterward. \"Pretty heavy. I think it weighs more than me!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melgoza, a freshman, says she's interested in a career as a first responder. Maybe fire, maybe law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I ask her if she's concerned that it's a male-dominated field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No,\" she says quickly. \"There is a lady trying to become president now. No one thought that could happen. And I think girls have the same opportunity to do anything guys can do. I mean, we have a firefighter right here that's a woman!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's talking about Gail Sonoda, an instructor — and firefighter — here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Something like this can be very empowering for young females,\" Sonoda says. It can build a foundation of confidence, she adds, \"that they can do something guys can do, not only firefighting but anything else they set their minds to.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Banning High, 21 of the 74 firefighter cadets are female. Across town at Wilson High — the other LAFD magnet program — one-quarter are female.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11117236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11117236\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-13_slide-1ec3e0dd9321e7a146fa6d57b095d18974d49eff-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Students in the LAFD's new magnet school program race with fire hoses during a morning workout at Banning High.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-13_slide-1ec3e0dd9321e7a146fa6d57b095d18974d49eff-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-13_slide-1ec3e0dd9321e7a146fa6d57b095d18974d49eff-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-13_slide-1ec3e0dd9321e7a146fa6d57b095d18974d49eff-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-13_slide-1ec3e0dd9321e7a146fa6d57b095d18974d49eff-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-13_slide-1ec3e0dd9321e7a146fa6d57b095d18974d49eff-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students in the LAFD's new magnet school program race with fire hoses during a morning workout at Banning High. \u003ccite>(Roxanne Turpen/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"OK, who's next?\" Sonoda asks a group of girls huddled around a fire hydrant for a lesson on how to use a hydrant wrench. \"Who's the strongest here?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The instructors offer the sweaty students a tough-love mix of PE teacher and drill sergeant as groups race each other across the field carrying heavy fire hoses: \"Run run run! Good job. Hustle up!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workouts aren't for show. It's a huge part of this program, which includes CPR, first aid, and fire science and technology classes, in addition to the regular high school curriculum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact is, Sonoda says, when adult recruits wash out of the L.A. fire academy -- especially females -- it's usually during the strenuous boot camp, where candidates have to wrestle ladders, tools, equipment and hoses, wearing full work gear during simulated fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The hands-on portion, it's a lot of skills involved,\" Sonoda explains. \"And if they are able to be strong physically,\" then learning those skills early is important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The magnet program, \"encourages me to do better in school, to stay focused,\" says 15-year-old Wendy Gomez. For now, anyway, she's determined to forge a career as a first responder. \"If I become a firefighter I'll be the first one in my family. They're very supportive. [They] tell me, 'Don't give up.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students in the program who may end up later trying to get into the department's training academy \"are going to have a huge leg up on other candidates by knowing everything the way L.A. City does what they do,\" Capt. Marez says. \"We're introducing tools and equipment, our department's organizations and our terminology.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11117294\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11117294\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-800x810.jpg\" alt=\"Hoses piled neatly on a firetruck at Banning High School's firefighting program in Los Angeles; students line up for exercises; helmets stacked on the bumper of a fire truck.\" width=\"800\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-800x810.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-400x405.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-1180x1194.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-960x972.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hoses piled neatly on a firetruck at Banning High School's firefighting program in Los Angeles; students line up for exercises; helmets stacked on the bumper of a firetruck. \u003ccite>(Roxanne Turpen/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What's not clear is whether the program's academic quality will match the technical and physical sides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The preliminary results show that the grades -- across the board -- have increased with these kids,\" says Terrazas, \"because they feel part of a team.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The operative word there is preliminary. It's far too soon to tell. The LAFD's two magnet programs have been up and running only since August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under \u003ca href=\"State%20law%20forbids%20governments%20from%20setting%20hiring%20quotas%20for%20women%20and%20minorities,%20and%20city%20officials%20say%20programs%20such%20as%20the%20new%20magnet%20school%20are%20the%20best%20hope%20of%20increasing%20future%20diversity%20by%20enticing%20more%20members%20of%20underrepresented%20groups%20to%20apply.\">California law\u003c/a>, government agencies can't set hiring quotas for women and minorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Terrazas sees these fire magnet programs as key to boosting diversity in the ranks. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Didn't say 'up' yet. Start all over!\" Marez yells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The students, dressed in blue T-shirts and shorts that say \"LAFD Academy,\" try again in unison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most students don't make it to 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The morning workout at this school in L.A.'s Wilmington neighborhood is part of two new LAFD magnet school programs. The department hopes to inspire future firefighters or emergency medical technicians — and recruit more women and minorities — in a department that remains nearly 97 percent male and about 50 percent white.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, L.A. \u003ca href=\"http://www.wnyc.org/story/trying-change-fdnys-longstanding-lack-diversity/\">isn't alone\u003c/a>. Nationally, the firefighting ranks are \u003ca href=\"http://www.nfpa.org/news-and-research/fire-statistics-and-reports/fire-statistics/the-fire-service/administration/firefighting-occupations-by-women-and-race\">largely white and overwhelmingly male\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We provide a better level of service to the public when we walk into somebody's home for a medical call, and if they see a female or a Hispanic or an Asian person, they can connect with us better,\" says L.A. Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas. \"It's not only a challenge for the Los Angeles Fire Department, it's a challenge for all fire departments: We are all competing to hire from a very small population of females\" who want to join the profession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're trying to excite students about a career in firefighting or emergency response, it doesn't hurt to fire up Engine 38 and simulate battling a fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the parking lot near Banning High's football field, Marez barks: \"Let's go ladies, let's put this fire out!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11117233\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11117233\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-23_slide-7e60b16f0dcfae113b41d53edeee97dc524956ae-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Gail Sonoda (R), an instructor and firefighter with the Los Angeles Fire Department, teaches young cadets how to work a hydrant.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-23_slide-7e60b16f0dcfae113b41d53edeee97dc524956ae-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-23_slide-7e60b16f0dcfae113b41d53edeee97dc524956ae-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-23_slide-7e60b16f0dcfae113b41d53edeee97dc524956ae-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-23_slide-7e60b16f0dcfae113b41d53edeee97dc524956ae-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-23_slide-7e60b16f0dcfae113b41d53edeee97dc524956ae-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gail Sonoda (R), an instructor and firefighter with the Los Angeles Fire Department, teaches young cadets how to work a hydrant. \u003ccite>(Roxanne Turpen/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jessica Melgoza, 14, and a friend get ready to let rip with a large fire hose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You got about 100 pounds here between the two of you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Oh, God!\" Melgoza says, apprehensively.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You're gonna be just fine,\" the veteran fire captain cautions. \"Open it up nice and slow.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The girls tighten their grip on the hose. As the water shoots out, they pull the large nozzle back slowly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It felt awesome! This is something I've wanted to do for a while,\" Melgoza says afterward. \"Pretty heavy. I think it weighs more than me!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melgoza, a freshman, says she's interested in a career as a first responder. Maybe fire, maybe law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I ask her if she's concerned that it's a male-dominated field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No,\" she says quickly. \"There is a lady trying to become president now. No one thought that could happen. And I think girls have the same opportunity to do anything guys can do. I mean, we have a firefighter right here that's a woman!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She's talking about Gail Sonoda, an instructor — and firefighter — here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Something like this can be very empowering for young females,\" Sonoda says. It can build a foundation of confidence, she adds, \"that they can do something guys can do, not only firefighting but anything else they set their minds to.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Banning High, 21 of the 74 firefighter cadets are female. Across town at Wilson High — the other LAFD magnet program — one-quarter are female.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11117236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11117236\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-13_slide-1ec3e0dd9321e7a146fa6d57b095d18974d49eff-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Students in the LAFD's new magnet school program race with fire hoses during a morning workout at Banning High.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-13_slide-1ec3e0dd9321e7a146fa6d57b095d18974d49eff-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-13_slide-1ec3e0dd9321e7a146fa6d57b095d18974d49eff-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-13_slide-1ec3e0dd9321e7a146fa6d57b095d18974d49eff-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-13_slide-1ec3e0dd9321e7a146fa6d57b095d18974d49eff-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/firefighter_class_sel-13_slide-1ec3e0dd9321e7a146fa6d57b095d18974d49eff-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students in the LAFD's new magnet school program race with fire hoses during a morning workout at Banning High. \u003ccite>(Roxanne Turpen/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"OK, who's next?\" Sonoda asks a group of girls huddled around a fire hydrant for a lesson on how to use a hydrant wrench. \"Who's the strongest here?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The instructors offer the sweaty students a tough-love mix of PE teacher and drill sergeant as groups race each other across the field carrying heavy fire hoses: \"Run run run! Good job. Hustle up!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The workouts aren't for show. It's a huge part of this program, which includes CPR, first aid, and fire science and technology classes, in addition to the regular high school curriculum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fact is, Sonoda says, when adult recruits wash out of the L.A. fire academy -- especially females -- it's usually during the strenuous boot camp, where candidates have to wrestle ladders, tools, equipment and hoses, wearing full work gear during simulated fires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The hands-on portion, it's a lot of skills involved,\" Sonoda explains. \"And if they are able to be strong physically,\" then learning those skills early is important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The magnet program, \"encourages me to do better in school, to stay focused,\" says 15-year-old Wendy Gomez. For now, anyway, she's determined to forge a career as a first responder. \"If I become a firefighter I'll be the first one in my family. They're very supportive. [They] tell me, 'Don't give up.' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students in the program who may end up later trying to get into the department's training academy \"are going to have a huge leg up on other candidates by knowing everything the way L.A. City does what they do,\" Capt. Marez says. \"We're introducing tools and equipment, our department's organizations and our terminology.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11117294\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11117294\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-800x810.jpg\" alt=\"Hoses piled neatly on a firetruck at Banning High School's firefighting program in Los Angeles; students line up for exercises; helmets stacked on the bumper of a fire truck.\" width=\"800\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-800x810.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-400x405.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-1180x1194.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-960x972.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/FireTriptych-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hoses piled neatly on a firetruck at Banning High School's firefighting program in Los Angeles; students line up for exercises; helmets stacked on the bumper of a firetruck. \u003ccite>(Roxanne Turpen/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>What's not clear is whether the program's academic quality will match the technical and physical sides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The preliminary results show that the grades -- across the board -- have increased with these kids,\" says Terrazas, \"because they feel part of a team.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The operative word there is preliminary. It's far too soon to tell. The LAFD's two magnet programs have been up and running only since August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under \u003ca href=\"State%20law%20forbids%20governments%20from%20setting%20hiring%20quotas%20for%20women%20and%20minorities,%20and%20city%20officials%20say%20programs%20such%20as%20the%20new%20magnet%20school%20are%20the%20best%20hope%20of%20increasing%20future%20diversity%20by%20enticing%20more%20members%20of%20underrepresented%20groups%20to%20apply.\">California law\u003c/a>, government agencies can't set hiring quotas for women and minorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So Terrazas sees these fire magnet programs as key to boosting diversity in the ranks. He plans to add two more firefighting magnet programs next year. \"My vision for the future is that we develop a feeder pool so that we can set (the students) on the right course for whatever they do life.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terrazas knows that, in all likelihood, only a small percentage of these students are likely to end up as firefighters or EMTs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But I look at the bigger picture,\" the chief adds. \"If we don't hire them as firefighters, we are going to develop better citizens. We are going to help them, hopefully, pursue education. Go to college, the military. Whatever they decide to do.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Former employees of Wells Fargo tell NPR that a toxic high-pressure sales culture at the bank drove some workers to deceive customers and open unauthorized accounts — even in the bank's own headquarters building in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wells Fargo is embroiled in a scandal for taking advantage of customers by opening as many as 2 million accounts without their consent. The bank fired 5,300 mostly lower-level workers over the wrongdoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Wells Fargo says those workers represent a tiny fraction of employees. The bank basically says they were bad apples who have been fired and who are not representative of the broader culture and practices at the company.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.npr.org/player/embed/496508361/496508362\" width=\"100%\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a rare look inside the bank, former workers tell NPR that wrongdoing was widespread, even at the bank branch in the very building where the CEO and senior management team worked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wells Fargo's embattled CEO, John Stumpf, has been spending long hours defending himself in congressional hearings trying to explain the scandal engulfing his bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Wrongful sales practice behavior,\" Stumpf told the Senate banking committee, \"goes against everything regarding our core principles, our ethics and our culture.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stumpf says the bank never directed nor wanted employees to provide products and services to customers that they did not want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11115950\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11115950 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Stumpf-800x562.jpg\" alt=\"Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf testifies about the unauthorized opening of accounts by Wells Fargo during a Senate hearing on September 20, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Stumpf-800x562.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Stumpf-400x281.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Stumpf.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Stumpf-1180x828.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Stumpf-960x674.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf testifies about the unauthorized opening of accounts by Wells Fargo during a Senate hearing on Sept. 20, 2016. \u003ccite>(SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But former Wells Fargo employees have been watching that testimony — and the ones we spoke to say, in no uncertain terms, they aren't buying it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Bulls***,\" says one former employee who we'll call Worker #1. She doesn't want to use her name for fear that talking to NPR will prevent her from getting a job at another bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says Stumpf is not describing the Wells Fargo she worked at for five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's the whole foundation of Wells Fargo is cross-sell, cross-sell, cross sell,\" she says, referring to the bank's sales approach of offering customers with, for example, a checking account many other types of products, too — credit cards, home loans, lines of credit, etc. Of course, there's nothing wrong with that in principle. But Worker #1 says that in practice Wells Fargo pushed it beyond reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everybody needs a ridiculous amount of products,\" she says. And the sales culture was so intense she says that some workers even in the headquarters and other San Francisco branches resorted to deceptive practices to make their sales goals. \"That completely contradicts what he's saying.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"zyRzkgDgRLS2aSRqhctLYYnVWVBHRgRv\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This employee is upset about what the bank did and how she was treated. But it didn't start out that way. Standing on the street last week looking up at the corporate headquarters building, she remembers back in 2007, showing up for her first day of work at the branch here. She says she was excited and a little overdressed. She was wearing stiletto heels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I probably had about a pound of hairspray in my hair,\" she says. \"I felt proud, and my parents were proud of me for getting a job at headquarters. I was very hopeful.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worker #1 hadn't even finished college yet, so this seemed like a big break. But right away, she said, working as a \"personal banker\" in the branch here was not what she expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says the number of products she was expected to sell — checking and savings accounts, credit cards — seemed really high: at least eight products a day. Sometimes it was even more. During a sales push called \"Jump into January\" former employees say they were expected to sell 20 products a day. That just seemed impossible to Worker #1, and she says the pressure on her and her co-workers to sell was disturbingly intense. \"We were all miserable, and it was just soul-crushing to walk in every day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erik, who also worked at the headquarters branch and wants to use only his first name, describes the sales pressure this way: \"It was every day, man. It was literally every day. It was a grind-house.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11116005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11116005 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/WellsFargoBank-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Crocker branch of Wells Fargo on 1 Montgomery Street in San Francisco, where former employees say the sales pressure was also intense and the deceptive practices widespread.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/WellsFargoBank-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/WellsFargoBank-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/WellsFargoBank.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/WellsFargoBank-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/WellsFargoBank-960x639.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Crocker branch of Wells Fargo at 1 Montgomery St. in San Francisco, where former employees say the sales pressure was also intense and the deceptive practices widespread. \u003ccite>(Ariel Zambelich/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Erik says mornings started with a huddle, where managers pressed workers to meet their \"solutions goals.\" Each credit card or home equity loan or other product was called a solution. And all day long workers were told to sell solutions, sell solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was multiple occasions where I saw my co-workers were cracking under the pressure,\" Erik says. \"Tears, crying, constantly getting pulled into the backroom having one-on-ones for coaching sessions.\" Erik says. \"You know, there was a lot of coaching happening,\" and he winks. Why the wink? Erik is a big strong-looking guy. He played sports all through college. He says this wasn't really \"coaching.\" Managers called it that, but it was just leaning on employees to sell more solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erik says if you didn't meet your sales goals, that's when employees would have to have these so-called coaching sessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'You were stuck and it was the feeling that no other employer is going to want you because we will ruin you.'\u003ccite>Wells Fargo employee #1\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Employee #1 remembers two managers would approach her desk, reprimand her and march her past her colleagues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's like being called into the principal's office,\" she says. \"Sit down at the large conference table, no windows in this room, they shut the door, lock the door.\" Then, she says, managers would give her a \"formal warning\" and tell her to sign it. And she says they'd tell her, \"If you don't meet your solutions, you're not a team player. If you're bringing down the team, then you will be fired and it will be on your permanent record.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she was in her early 20s, like many of the lower-level sales people in the office. She says she was afraid to lose her job, especially because this started back when the economy was still in bad shape. \"You were stuck and it was the feeling that no other employer is going to want you because we will ruin you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employee #1 says after one of these coaching sessions, she threw up in the wastebasket under her desk. Erik compared the job to being in an abusive relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A former branch manager we spoke with in the downtown area said he didn't think many managers would be so specific as to outright threaten people with their jobs. Another former worker said his managers would try to be nice about the warnings. But both said that basic message, that your job was on the line, would be conveyed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sales culture at Wells Fargo helped the bank's bottom line. Wells Fargo expanded the number of products it sold to millions of customers, and from 2006 to 2015 the bank's stock rose 67 percent. It has since fallen, after news of the banking scandal broke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR spoke with former employees who worked at Wells Fargo in San Francisco between the years 2004 and 2011. And they all said a pressure-cooker sales environment at the bank pushed some of their co-workers to deceive customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"TlYSlCWls5roH3fmSMng65sTqmkhZKIA\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erik says no managers directly told him to do anything deceptive with customers. He says they'd ask him: \"Where are you at?' What you got going? How are you gonna get there?\" And then repeat, \"How are you gonna get there?\" And Erik says as long as you hit your numbers, nobody asked any questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pat, who also just wants to use his first name, remembers one co-worker issuing lines of credit for customers who never applied for them. \"There was this banker who — he had this unbelievable loan volume and I was thinking, wow, is he that good of a sales person?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Pat says he figured out what was happening after customers started showing up at the branch to complain. They had applied for a home equity loan. That was OK.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But then they also have a personal line of credit for like $20,000 that they didn't ask for. So then I realized how he was doing all his loans, because he was basically tagging on other loan products in the same application so they wouldn't really notice when they signed the documents.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regulators say deceptive practices like this at Wells Fargo were illegal, though in its \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/08/493130449/wells-fargo-to-pay-around-190-million-over-fake-accounts-that-sparked-bonuses\">$185 million settlement last month\u003c/a> the bank did not admit wrongdoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR spoke with former employees who worked at Wells Fargo between 2004 and 2011. They said deceptive practices were widespread. Accounts were being opened without customers' knowledge. And they said managers knew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wells Fargo says this wasn't the culture of the company. But these workers were not in some backwater branch. They were in the branch on the first floor of the headquarters building, where the CEO himself and the senior management team worked just upstairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We contacted Wells Fargo to ask about all this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wells Fargo issued the following statement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Although the vast majority of our team members do the right thing, every day, on behalf of our customers, these allegations and accusations are very serious. And if any of these things transpired, it's distressing and it's not who Wells Fargo is. Our Board announced last week that it will lead an internal investigation into retail banking sales practices and related matters, and we have agreed to other independent reviews as part of our agreements with the City of Los Angeles, the CFPB and the OCC. Our leadership accepts full responsibility for all unethical sales practices in our retail banking business, and fully committed to doing everything possible to fix this issue, strengthen our culture, and take the necessary actions to restore our customers' trust. This includes our decision to end product sales goals for all of our retail bankers, starting this month.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>When asked whether the bank's decision to end product sales goals was an acknowledgement that the sales culture had gotten out of control at Wells Fargo, Oscar Suris, executive vice president for corporate communications, said, \"We felt definitively removing product sales goals would remove a risk that we can't tolerate and remove an area of concern for the public that we feel needs to be removed so we want to take that off the table entirely.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as what happened to Erik: The big, athletic former Wells Fargo banker said after working for the bank for a little more than a year, he was having physical reactions to the amount of stress he was under, \"upset stomach, nerves, eye-twitching.\" So his quit his job. \"It just got to a point where it was like, I just can't handle this, man.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worker #1 says eventually she pushed back and refused to meet the sales goals because, she told her managers, there was no ethical way to do it. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wells Fargo's embattled CEO, John Stumpf, has been spending long hours defending himself in congressional hearings trying to explain the scandal engulfing his bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Wrongful sales practice behavior,\" Stumpf told the Senate banking committee, \"goes against everything regarding our core principles, our ethics and our culture.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stumpf says the bank never directed nor wanted employees to provide products and services to customers that they did not want.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11115950\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11115950 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Stumpf-800x562.jpg\" alt=\"Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf testifies about the unauthorized opening of accounts by Wells Fargo during a Senate hearing on September 20, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Stumpf-800x562.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Stumpf-400x281.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Stumpf.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Stumpf-1180x828.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/Stumpf-960x674.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf testifies about the unauthorized opening of accounts by Wells Fargo during a Senate hearing on Sept. 20, 2016. \u003ccite>(SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But former Wells Fargo employees have been watching that testimony — and the ones we spoke to say, in no uncertain terms, they aren't buying it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Bulls***,\" says one former employee who we'll call Worker #1. She doesn't want to use her name for fear that talking to NPR will prevent her from getting a job at another bank.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says Stumpf is not describing the Wells Fargo she worked at for five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"That's the whole foundation of Wells Fargo is cross-sell, cross-sell, cross sell,\" she says, referring to the bank's sales approach of offering customers with, for example, a checking account many other types of products, too — credit cards, home loans, lines of credit, etc. Of course, there's nothing wrong with that in principle. But Worker #1 says that in practice Wells Fargo pushed it beyond reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Everybody needs a ridiculous amount of products,\" she says. And the sales culture was so intense she says that some workers even in the headquarters and other San Francisco branches resorted to deceptive practices to make their sales goals. \"That completely contradicts what he's saying.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This employee is upset about what the bank did and how she was treated. But it didn't start out that way. Standing on the street last week looking up at the corporate headquarters building, she remembers back in 2007, showing up for her first day of work at the branch here. She says she was excited and a little overdressed. She was wearing stiletto heels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I probably had about a pound of hairspray in my hair,\" she says. \"I felt proud, and my parents were proud of me for getting a job at headquarters. I was very hopeful.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worker #1 hadn't even finished college yet, so this seemed like a big break. But right away, she said, working as a \"personal banker\" in the branch here was not what she expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says the number of products she was expected to sell — checking and savings accounts, credit cards — seemed really high: at least eight products a day. Sometimes it was even more. During a sales push called \"Jump into January\" former employees say they were expected to sell 20 products a day. That just seemed impossible to Worker #1, and she says the pressure on her and her co-workers to sell was disturbingly intense. \"We were all miserable, and it was just soul-crushing to walk in every day.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erik, who also worked at the headquarters branch and wants to use only his first name, describes the sales pressure this way: \"It was every day, man. It was literally every day. It was a grind-house.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11116005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11116005 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/WellsFargoBank-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Crocker branch of Wells Fargo on 1 Montgomery Street in San Francisco, where former employees say the sales pressure was also intense and the deceptive practices widespread.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/WellsFargoBank-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/WellsFargoBank-400x266.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/WellsFargoBank.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/WellsFargoBank-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/WellsFargoBank-960x639.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Crocker branch of Wells Fargo at 1 Montgomery St. in San Francisco, where former employees say the sales pressure was also intense and the deceptive practices widespread. \u003ccite>(Ariel Zambelich/NPR)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Erik says mornings started with a huddle, where managers pressed workers to meet their \"solutions goals.\" Each credit card or home equity loan or other product was called a solution. And all day long workers were told to sell solutions, sell solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was multiple occasions where I saw my co-workers were cracking under the pressure,\" Erik says. \"Tears, crying, constantly getting pulled into the backroom having one-on-ones for coaching sessions.\" Erik says. \"You know, there was a lot of coaching happening,\" and he winks. Why the wink? Erik is a big strong-looking guy. He played sports all through college. He says this wasn't really \"coaching.\" Managers called it that, but it was just leaning on employees to sell more solutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erik says if you didn't meet your sales goals, that's when employees would have to have these so-called coaching sessions.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'You were stuck and it was the feeling that no other employer is going to want you because we will ruin you.'\u003ccite>Wells Fargo employee #1\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Employee #1 remembers two managers would approach her desk, reprimand her and march her past her colleagues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's like being called into the principal's office,\" she says. \"Sit down at the large conference table, no windows in this room, they shut the door, lock the door.\" Then, she says, managers would give her a \"formal warning\" and tell her to sign it. And she says they'd tell her, \"If you don't meet your solutions, you're not a team player. If you're bringing down the team, then you will be fired and it will be on your permanent record.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she was in her early 20s, like many of the lower-level sales people in the office. She says she was afraid to lose her job, especially because this started back when the economy was still in bad shape. \"You were stuck and it was the feeling that no other employer is going to want you because we will ruin you.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Employee #1 says after one of these coaching sessions, she threw up in the wastebasket under her desk. Erik compared the job to being in an abusive relationship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A former branch manager we spoke with in the downtown area said he didn't think many managers would be so specific as to outright threaten people with their jobs. Another former worker said his managers would try to be nice about the warnings. But both said that basic message, that your job was on the line, would be conveyed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sales culture at Wells Fargo helped the bank's bottom line. Wells Fargo expanded the number of products it sold to millions of customers, and from 2006 to 2015 the bank's stock rose 67 percent. It has since fallen, after news of the banking scandal broke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR spoke with former employees who worked at Wells Fargo in San Francisco between the years 2004 and 2011. And they all said a pressure-cooker sales environment at the bank pushed some of their co-workers to deceive customers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erik says no managers directly told him to do anything deceptive with customers. He says they'd ask him: \"Where are you at?' What you got going? How are you gonna get there?\" And then repeat, \"How are you gonna get there?\" And Erik says as long as you hit your numbers, nobody asked any questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pat, who also just wants to use his first name, remembers one co-worker issuing lines of credit for customers who never applied for them. \"There was this banker who — he had this unbelievable loan volume and I was thinking, wow, is he that good of a sales person?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Pat says he figured out what was happening after customers started showing up at the branch to complain. They had applied for a home equity loan. That was OK.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"But then they also have a personal line of credit for like $20,000 that they didn't ask for. So then I realized how he was doing all his loans, because he was basically tagging on other loan products in the same application so they wouldn't really notice when they signed the documents.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Regulators say deceptive practices like this at Wells Fargo were illegal, though in its \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/08/493130449/wells-fargo-to-pay-around-190-million-over-fake-accounts-that-sparked-bonuses\">$185 million settlement last month\u003c/a> the bank did not admit wrongdoing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR spoke with former employees who worked at Wells Fargo between 2004 and 2011. They said deceptive practices were widespread. Accounts were being opened without customers' knowledge. And they said managers knew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wells Fargo says this wasn't the culture of the company. But these workers were not in some backwater branch. They were in the branch on the first floor of the headquarters building, where the CEO himself and the senior management team worked just upstairs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We contacted Wells Fargo to ask about all this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wells Fargo issued the following statement:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"Although the vast majority of our team members do the right thing, every day, on behalf of our customers, these allegations and accusations are very serious. And if any of these things transpired, it's distressing and it's not who Wells Fargo is. Our Board announced last week that it will lead an internal investigation into retail banking sales practices and related matters, and we have agreed to other independent reviews as part of our agreements with the City of Los Angeles, the CFPB and the OCC. Our leadership accepts full responsibility for all unethical sales practices in our retail banking business, and fully committed to doing everything possible to fix this issue, strengthen our culture, and take the necessary actions to restore our customers' trust. This includes our decision to end product sales goals for all of our retail bankers, starting this month.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>When asked whether the bank's decision to end product sales goals was an acknowledgement that the sales culture had gotten out of control at Wells Fargo, Oscar Suris, executive vice president for corporate communications, said, \"We felt definitively removing product sales goals would remove a risk that we can't tolerate and remove an area of concern for the public that we feel needs to be removed so we want to take that off the table entirely.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far as what happened to Erik: The big, athletic former Wells Fargo banker said after working for the bank for a little more than a year, he was having physical reactions to the amount of stress he was under, \"upset stomach, nerves, eye-twitching.\" So his quit his job. \"It just got to a point where it was like, I just can't handle this, man.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Worker #1 says eventually she pushed back and refused to meet the sales goals because, she told her managers, there was no ethical way to do it. 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"content": "\u003cp>Want to be smarter? More focused? Free of memory problems as you age?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If so, don't count on brain games to help you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's the conclusion of an exhaustive evaluation of the scientific literature on brain training games and programs. 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