Closer Look with Rose Scott

On today’s Closer Look with Rose Scott , Marlon Scott Kautz is one of the three Solidarity Fund organizers arrested last week on charges related to money laundering and charity fraud. Kautz believes they were targeted for their work with the “Stop Cop City” movement. Also, Atlanta City Councilman Matt Westmoreland gives his perspective on the controversial vote to fund the Public Safety Training C...

After nearly 15 hours of public comment, Tuesday morning, in a 11 to 4 vote Atlanta City Council members voted to fund the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center . Rose reports on the latest. Larry Williams, the president and CEO of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and Dr. Beverly Wright, the head of data science for Burtch Works , discuss the warning signs from tech experts abo...

Atlanta City Council members are expected to vote today on the funding for the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center . WABE’s criminal justice reporter Chamian Cruz joins “Closer Look” with the latest.   Plus, Morehouse College recently received $1 million grant from JPMorgan Chase to support Black businesses in metro Atlanta. Morehouse President David Thomas and Alicia Wilson, the m...

Matt Scott, a reporter with Atlanta Community Press Collective, discusses the ACPC’s article that investigates taxpayer costs for the proposed  Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. Plus, Nsenga Burton, an award-winning journalist and entrepreneur, was recently named as the new regional director of Clark Atlanta University’s Regional Center for Entrepreneurship . She talks with Rose about th...

Three organizers who have been linked to helping protesters fight against the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center have been arrested and charged. George Chidi, an Atlanta-based investigative journalist discusses the latest. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kathy Cade, a longtime aide to Rosalynn Carter, and the vice chair of The Carter Center, and board member of Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers , discusses Rosalynn Carter’s life and legacy and the former first lady’s decades-long work for advocating for caregivers and the reduction of stigma surrounding mental health. President Biden recently introduced legislation to eliminate junk fees ....

The 2024 presidential race is starting to take shape.  Fred Hicks , an Atlanta-based political strategist and analyst, discusses what Republicans are doing to strengthen their efforts this upcoming election and what President Biden must do to win another term. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People across the globe are remembering the Queen of “rock ‘n’ roll.” Tina Turner died on Wednesday at her home in Switzerland. On Friday’s special edition of "Closer Look” show host Rose Scott talks with music historians, journalists and an artist about Turner’s life and legacy. Guests include: Dionne Farris, Grammy - winning singer , songwriter, and producer , Keisha Jackson, an Atlanta-bas...

The “Closer Look” team head to Golden Drops Cafe for the May installment of Coffee Conversations . Rose talks with panelists from Latino/Hispanic community about the most pressing issues facing their community, including affordable housing, immigration, mental health services, transit and community safety. Guests include: Victor Ramierz, the owner of Golden Drops Café, Gigi Pedraza , the chief exe...

Dr. Jabari Cain, an associate professor in the Bagwell College of Education and the director of the Call Me MISTER program at Kennesaw State , and Alexander Shannon, a Tapp Middle School teacher and community partner for KSU Call Me MISTER program, discuss the lack of Black male teachers and efforts to increase the Black male teacher pipeline through the Call Me Mister and the Future MISTERs Acade...

University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue talks with Rose about a $66 million cut in funding and how the cut will hurt Georgia colleges and universities . Perdue also responds to a recent letter that he received from Lt. Gov. Burt Jones questioning DEI funding at Georgia institutions. Dan Huynh , the chief diversity partner at Morris, Manning and Martin , talks with Rose about how the l...

Rose talks with WABE politics reporters Sam Gringlas and Rahul Bali. First, Gringlas discusses the latest details on the Trump election probe. Bali then discusses several topics, including MARTA’s budget, medical cannabis in Georgia, and public transit between Athens and Atlanta.  According to recent data, rent costs are dropping across metro Atlanta. However, finding affordable housing is st...

Tim Turner, the founder and CEO of Satisfeed , discusses how the nonprofit is helping a surge of families amid inflation and the ending of pandemic-era SNAP benefits. Plus, Hip Hop has a dress code. Elena Romero is an assistant professor of Advertising and Marketing Communications at FIT, and the co-curator of the fashion exhibit and co-editor of the book “Fresh Fly Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop.”...

Title 42 recently expired. Santiago Marquez, the CEO of the Latin America Association (LAA) , talks with Rose about how the association is preparing to respond to a possible influx of migrants to Atlanta. Kathy Armistead created the Feeney Legacy Project to memorialize her son, Feeney, who died on April 15, 2022, of a cocaine overdose. Armistead serves as the nonprofit’s executive director and her...

Alfred Edmond Jr., the senior vice president and the executive editor of BLACK ENTERPRISE , discusses Black Enterprise's inaugural Disruptor Summit that’s taking place in Atlanta on June, 2-4th. Plus, NASA astronaut captain Victor Glover , who will pilot Artemis II for an historic mission around the moon , talks with Rose exclusively about his upcoming mission. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

State Rep. Debbie Buckner, Claire Cox, the chair of Georgia STOMP , and Ashlie James, the secretary of Georgia STOMP, discuss Georgia’s 4% sales tax on menstrual products and the ongoing push for legislation to end what they call “period poverty.” Plus, Walker Ashley , an atmospheric scientist, disaster geographer and a professor of meteorology at Northern Illinois University, discusses the connec...

Shawndell Dawson, the director of the Office of Family Violence Prevention and Services, discusses the goal of the new office and the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to preventing and combating domestic violence. Plus, Katha D. Blackwell , the CEO of  Partnership Against Domestic Violence , discusses the latest local statistics, information and resources addressing domestic violence...

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights will present "Let Us March On..." a one-night-only theatrical reimagining of the March on Washington. WABE Reporter Stephannie Stokes continues her coverage of tax collection in Fulton County, which she reports outsources much of its tax collection to investors. Today, she looks at what happens when tax officials take a more active role. Kay Apkan – t...

The Department of Veterans Affairs released a study of patients of color with mental health issues and found they have an overwhelming number of chronic pain cases . After testing nearly 400 Black Veterans at Atlanta’s VA healthcare system, they learned many require more intense therapy that they rarely receive. Herman Anderson is a Vietnam Veteran and Founder of Veterans Helping Veterans, Atlanta...

Dr. Walter Kimbrough, the Interim Executive Director for the Black Men's Research Institute at Morehouse College shares his criticism of Georgia’s Lt. Governor on Closer Look. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s been nearly one year since Stonecrest Mayor Jazzmin Cobble was sworn into office. Cobble talks with Rose about leading the city following the resignation and sentencing of ex-mayor Jason Leary . For “Closer Look’s’ Hip Hop @ 50 series, Rose talks with Arrested Development . The Atlanta-based hip-hop group, which started in the late 1980s, discuss their creative process, legacy and the cu...

Chandra Farley , the City of Atlanta's new chief sustainability officer, discusses several topics, including her new role and the city's mission of  converting Atlantans to 100% clean energy . Cobb County police have  arrested Deion Patterson . Authorities say the 24-year-old is the gunman who shot and killed one woman and injured 4 others at a Northside Medical building i...

Manny Garcia , a senior population scientist at Zillow, discusses apartment pricing discrimination and why BIPOC renters pay more in upfront rental costs. Liberation in a Generation is a national racial justice organization. Devin Barrington-Ward, the director of communications at Liberation in a Generation, talks with Rose about why his organization is pressuring the Biden administration to take...

Georgia lawmakers recently cut $66 million from the University System of Georgia’s budget. Georgia House Rep. Tanya Miller joins the program to discuss a letter that Lt. Gov. Burt Jones sent to Sonny Perdue, the chancellor of the University System of Georgia, inquiring about how Georgia colleges are spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The City Schools  of ...

The findings of a new report suggest there could soon be an aviation mechanics shortage, which could trickle down to flight cancelations and delays. Brian Prentice , a consultant at Oliver Wyman firm, discusses the shortage of mechanics and the report. Dr. Joel English, the executive vice president of the Aviation Institute of Maintenance , talks with Rose about the contributing factors...