The Story Behind the Fight for Marriage Equality, Takata's Unprecedented Airbag Recall

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 10, 2016

Rebecca Gordon reveals why the CIA may have tortured the wrong man for years, and why it’s likely that he remains in solitary detention in Guantánamo. Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges, and Washington Post Reporter Debbie Cenziper discuss the story behind the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in favor of same sex marriage last June. Ghanaian-American author Yaa Gyasi discusses her debut novel "Homegoing." Susan Berfield investigates the Takata airbag recall which affects more than 60 million airbags in over a dozen different vehicle brands around the world. 

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