Best Of BPR 5/15: Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley Describes Inhumane Conditions In For-Profit Louisiana Detention Center
- Author
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Published
- Thu 15 May 2025
- Episode Link
- https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_154_fd0f8b2c-d60a-4ed2-8d73-fc42dd65bf96&uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.wgbh.org%2F154%2Ffeed-rss.xml
Today:
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley tells of her visit to constituent Rumeysa Ozturk in a Louisiana detention center, of the fight to get her released, and how Democrats are fighting back against the Trump administration.
And, Dr. Sarah Fortune, chair of the department of immunology and infectious diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discusses how a surprise philanthropic donation is keeping her scientific research alive – despite cuts from the Trump administration.
