Closer Look with Rose Scott

On this edition of Closer Look, President and CEO of Wellroot Family Services Allison Ashe apologizes for the dispute surrounding the organizations Dekalb apartment complex purchase. Also, Executive Director of Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative Moki Macias discusses the Atlanta City Council vote to house up to 700 Fulton County inmates in the Atlanta City Jail and the role of divers...

On this edition of Closer Look,  Decaturish.com  reporter Zoe Seiler discusses the plight of tenants residing in a city of Decatur apartment complex now seeking alternative affordable housing after initially given short notice to leave.  WABE reporter Molly Samuel explores the dangers of high heat for football players on this edition of  The Heat Effect . Also, Dr. Andi Shane,...

On this edition of Closer Look, Chair of the Fulton County Board of Registration & Elections Cathy Woolard discusses the county’s early voting procedures and poll-worker staffing ahead of midterms. Co-founders of technology company  Iterate.ai  Jon Nordmark and Brian Sathianathan discuss the development of threat awareness technology in schools and public spaces. Also,  Dr. Rick...

On this edition of Closer Look, Dr. Jodie Guest , Vice Chair of the Department of Epidemiology Rollins School of Public Health and School of Medicine at Emory University, discusses the importance of managing stigma and vaccine availability amid the monkeypox viral outbreak. Also, C.J. Hunt, director and writer of the The Neutral Ground , examines the nation’s relationship with the confederacy and...

On this edition of Closer Look, Fulton County Schools Superintendent Dr. Mike Looney discusses the district’s employment contingency plan and security measures in the wake of nationwide mass shootings and teacher shortages. Also, Georgia Justice Project Executive Director Doug Ammar discusses the state’s felony conviction voter eligibility laws. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this edition of Closer Look, WABE education reporter Martha Dalton discusses how some area school districts are being creative to address teacher shortages, continue to help identify and assist students experiencing loss of learning due to the pandemic and dealing with GA’s new divisive concepts law the prohibits how and what to teach content centered on racism. Also, WABE legal analyst Pa...

On this edition of Closer Look, Ytasha Womack, critically acclaimed author, filmmaker and afro-futurist scholar discusses the legacy of trailblazing actress Nichelle Nichols. Deke Cateau, CEO of A.G. Rhodes nonprofit nursing home provider, discusses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on nursing home occupancy, safety and employee shortages. Mercy Care CEO Kathryn Lawler discusses the health cent...

Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Lisa Herring discusses the district’s COVID-19 precautions and security measures for its upcoming academic year. WABE Environment Editor Molly Samuel and Climate Reporter Emily Jones discuss WABE’s ongoing The Heat Effect series. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mekela Panditharatne, counsel for the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, discusses election denialism and voter interference by The Conservative Partnership Institute. Carl Charles, Senior Attorney in the Southern Regional Office of Lambda Legal, discusses Georgia’s new Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Georgia State University Professor Anthony Michael Kreis discusses a lawsuit against Georgia’s recent abortion ban enactment. Andrew Hunt and Vicky Zeng, co-authors of a Georgia Tech, Johns Hopkins and University of Washington study discuss an AI system’s racial and gender biases. Also, Silvernest President Riley Gibson discusses the company’s senior housing service amid inflationary pressures as...

Lauren Chapman, digital editor at Indiana Public Broadcasting, discusses Indiana lawmakers’ special session coverage of total abortion ban in the state. President and CEO Kuku Richards and Chairman and CEO Troy Richards of the Museum of Diversity discuss the organization’s immersive virtual reality experience and African diaspora educational initiatives to help build excitement for a planned...

Azadeh N. Shahshahani, human rights lawyer and legal and advocacy director of Project South, discusses allegations of assault and mistreatment at Georgia’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Stewart Detention Center. Cameron Clay, national director of curriculum and training at SMASH, discusses the nonprofit's partnership and outreach efforts amid widened disparities among students of colo...

Feminist Women’s Health Center Executive Director Kwajelyn J. Jackson discusses how the organization’s services will move forward in response to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling the “Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act” into effect. Chief strategy Officer for Transportation Insight Holding Company John Haber discusses stress ongoing stress on the supply chain and how the Savannah port...

On this special edition of Closer Look, Rose speaks with  Republican Rep. Ed Setzler , Executive Director of the  American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia  Andrea Young, and Georgia State University Law Professor Tanya Washington. This conversation follows the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling the “Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act” into effe...

Charles Taylor, co-owner of the Mall West End, breaks down its redevelopment plans with New York City-based Prusik Group. Jamie Porges, co-founder and CEO of Radiance Solar, discusses the acute shortage of solar panels and its impact on the industry’s growing demand. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Co-author Erica Smiley discusses her recent release, “The Future We Need: Organizing for A Better Democracy in the Twenty-First Century,” alongside labor movement activist Sanchioni Butler, a subject of the novel. Also, self-defense firearms instructor Marchelle Davis explores the rise in gun ownership among Black women and her mission to empower women through self-defense. See omnystudio.com/list...

Ashely Lyerly, the American Lung Association's senior director of advocacy for Georgia, breaks down Atlanta’s “F” grade in the organization’s “State of the Air” assessment. Also, Rose Scott revisits her conversation with Gwinnett Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Calvin Watts on the future of Georgia’s largest school district. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Tom Smith, professor of finance at Emory University's Goizueta Business School discusses the impacts of inflation on price stability, consumer spending habits and the plausibility of recession. In light of recent drownings at Lake Lanier, Dive Team Commander Sgt. Chris Tempel breaks down drowning prevention, water safety, and safe water-vehicle operation. Also, award-winning comics writer, edi...

Rose Scott talks with Adon Clark, the dean of the School of Aviation at Middle Georgia State University and Captain Theresa Claiborne, a veteran pilot and president emeritus of Sisters of the Skies about America's pilot shortage. Plus, a brief look at the life of civil rights leader and pioneering educator Mary McLeod Bethune. Bethune is the first Black American to receive a state statue in t...

This fall, Georgia state is launching its new Access to Careers in Research Admin (ACRA) program. The first of its kind, Tim Denning, vice president for research and economic development at and Candice Ferguson, associate director of research training, discuss the programs mission, curriculum, and recruitment process. As tick season continues, effective prevention is essential in deterring spread...

When the Hall county GOP held a BBQ in a public park where Walker and other candidates were speaking a WABE reporter was asked to leave. On Twitter, the Hall county GOP made it clear that is was not their decision, but that they'd been asked by the Walker campaign to exclude Media. WABE politics reporter Rahul Bali talks about getting booted from the BBQ and gives an update on other Georgia p...

Energy reporter Kristi Swartz discusses several topics, including the role of the Georgia Public Service Commission and the latest climate and environment news. Dr. Chantale Branson, an assistant professor of Neurology in the Department of Internal Medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine, discusses the "Parkinson's in the African American Community" forum that’s being held thi...

Sonam Vashi, the co-founder and co-director of the independent local news outlet Canopy Atlanta , and Max Resnik, the Documenters Network Manager at City Bureau , discuss bringing the Documenters Network to Atlanta. Plus, Dr. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, the president of the American Medical Women's Association and professor of medicine at the Augusta University and University of Georgia medical part...

Criminal Defense Attorney and WABE Legal Analyst Page Pate discusses a Fulton County grand jury’s decision to issue new subpoenas as it investigates former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Gwinnett Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Calvin Watts discusses leading the largest school district in Georgia. Lastly, DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston recently ann...

Dr. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, the president of the American Medical Women's Association and professor of medicine at the Augusta University and University of Georgia medical partnership, discusses the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the restriction of access to reproductive healthcare. Plus, The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and...