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On the Science Edition of Press Conference USA, host Rick Pantaleo and Morgan Schneider, a producer with the Current Affairs Desk, talk with Dr. Katharine Wilkinson, teacher, author, climate activist, co-editor of the book "All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis" and co-founder of the “All We Save Project”. They will discuss the importance of women and young people in the battle against climate change.

Host Carol Castiel and assistant producer at the Current Affairs Desk, Sydney Sherry, speak with Tatyana Bolton, policy director of the Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats team at R Street Institute, about recent cyber and ransomware attacks, mostly emanating from Russia, which have crippled international companies and jeopardized economies. Bolton analyzes the threat of ransomware and how criminal networks in Russia like REvil, are perpetrating attacks and what can be done defensively and offensively to stop them.

Host Carol Castiel and assistant producer at the Current Affairs Desk, Sydney Sherry, speak with Georges Fauriol, a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and fellow at the Caribbean Policy Consortium, about the chaos and violence following the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Fauriol examines the breakdown of democratic institutions in Haiti and the power struggle that ensued over who would become Haiti’s next leader. What does this crisis reveal about the state of affairs in Haiti, and is the international community, Washington in particular, playing a constructive role in Haiti’s political rehabilitation?

Alzheimer’s disease slowly destroys a person’s memory and ability to think. On the Science Edition of Press Conference USA, Dr. Constantine Lyketsos M.D., Professor of Alzheimer’s Research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Christina Irving, Clinical Services Director and Family Consultant at the Family Caregiver’s Alliance join host Rick Pantaleo to discuss the impact of Alzheimer’s on the patient and their loved ones.

Host Carol Castiel and assistant producer at the Current Affairs Desk, Sydney Sherry, talk with Eliza Sweren-Becker, counsel in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, about the impact of the wave of restrictive voting laws emanating from mostly Republican state legislatures. Sweren-Becker also discusses the implications of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the state of Arizona’s new restrictive voting laws, the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against the state of Georgia, and the erosion of protections under the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.