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Family of Kira Dixon Johnson files new lawsuit against LA hospital; Apple employees push to unionize; Health policy expert fights against school bus pollution

May 5, 2022

Charles Johnson’s wife, Kira Dixon Johnson, died hours after childbirth in 2016 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. On Wednesday, he announced a new civil rights lawsuit filed against the Los Angeles hospital. Rose revisits a conversation she had with Johnson in 2019.

Plus, Ed Barlow, the president of Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 3204, discusses why Apple employees in Atlanta are pushing to unionize.

Lastly, Almeta Cooper, a health policy expert and the national field manager for Moms Clean Air Force, discusses the impact diesel-fueled school buses have on children’s health and her organization’s efforts to electrify America’s school bus fleet.

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