Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley: “This is my new little sister here, nursing student… She never had the honor of meeting her grandmother because she died of an asthma attack at the age of 21. Now she has asthma. Her whole family has asthma. And she’s going through about three, four inhalers a month.“ On a trip to Memphis with More Perfect Union, AOC, Summer Lee, and Justin Pearson the Congresswoman breaks down how generations of environmental racism and pollution have given families and communities asthma — and now Elon Musks data centers are continuing that legacy.

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