The HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States isn’t the crisis it was in 1980s and 1990s. Testing and treatment options have improved, but people are still dying. GPB’s Sean Powers reports on why. Then, a study by the AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta found that two health insurance companies in Georgia -- Cigna and Humana -- are forcing HIV patients to pay more for their medications than they would for other drugs. The group filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights last week. We speak with Dr. Melanie Thompson, principal investigator at the AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta, about the study and how it affects HIV patients. 

Plus, novelist Thomas Mullen’s new book “Darktown” takes place in 1948 Atlanta when the city’s police department is forced to hire its first black officers. The new officers are met with hostility from their white peers. We speak with Mullen about his new novel. Then, we hear from Lieutenant John White, who was one of the first black police officer sworn in in Savannah 69 years ago. Producer Linda Chen spent an afternoon with White as he looked back on that landmark moment of his storied career in law enforcement. 

And, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Joseph Lelyveld joins us to discuss his new book “His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt.” He shines a spotlight on Roosevelt’s declining health and the influence it played on his decisions. 

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