Pam Fessler

Pam Fessler, author of Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice, is an award-winning correspondent with NPR News, where she covers poverty, philanthropy, and voting issues. She lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

Before ‘Kung Flu’ There Was the Asian Shaming of Leprosy

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Disease has been politicized for centuries to dehumanize and demonize others, and long-stigmatized leprosy has been especially convenient.

Pam Fessler | Published Jul 26, 2020