Previously On Urban Focus
Eric Schneiderman
State Senator Eric Schneiderman, who is interested in running for New York Attorney General, discusses a bill that would change the way prisoners are counted in the census.
The bill, known as the “Prisoners of the Census” legislation, would allow incarcerated New Yorkers to be counted as part of the population of the areas considered to be their home areas, rather than as residents of the locations of the prisons.
Matt Desmond
The program also includes an interview with Matt Desmond, a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin, who has done extensive research on how the nation’s economic problems have intensified the rate of evictions for low-income, African American women. Mr. Desmond contends that the problems caused by the growing eviction of black women rival the issues stemming from the incarceration rates for black men.
Yves Colon
Also, the show looks at an effort to bring radio news to people in Haiti following the earthquake. The show includes an interview with Yves Colon, a former Miami Herald reporter who is now working in Haiti with Internews, a nonprofit international news organization specializing in war zone and disaster reporting.
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