Previously On Urban Focus
Rodney D. Green
The economic recession has been particularly punishing for the employment prospects for African American men. And two experts on the subject offer their perspectives on the causes of – and potential solutions to – the staggering rate of unemployment among black men.
One is Rodney D. Green, the executive director of the Center for Urban Progress in Washington. Dr. Green is also the chairman of the Department of Economics at Howard University. He has written extensively on the subject of employment in urban America.
Roderick Harrison
The other expert is Roderick Harrison, a senior fellow at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, one of the nation’s premier research and public policy institutions. Dr. Harrison has also been affiliated with the Afro-American Studies and Sociology departments at Harvard University and the University of California at Los Angeles.
Marcus Cederqvist
Jean-Max Hogarth
The program also includes an interview with Marcus Cederqvist, the executive director of the New York City Board of Elections. The Board recently chose new electronic voting machines that will be used for the first time in this year’s September primary elections. In making the change, New York City will become one of the last places in the country to abandon lever-operated voting machines.
And Urban Focus continues to look the conditions in Haiti following the earthquake. It includes an interview with Jean-Max Hogarth, a physician who is a partner in First Colonies Anesthesia Associates, a Maryland-based health care concern. Dr. Hogarth recently returned from Haiti, where he treated victims of the earthquake.
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