As “Closer Look’s” Paycheck to Paycheck series continues, Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan Chase, joins the program to share details about how one of the largest banks in the U.S. wants to boost minority homeownership and what this effort could mean for Atlanta.

Plus, Mike Alexander, the senior director of the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Center for Livable Communities, discusses the major economic issues facing people in metro Atlanta.

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) affects approximately 100,000 people in the United States and is one of the most common inherited blood disorders. On Tuesday’s special edition of “Closer Look,” Rose first talks with NPR health reporter Rob Stein about profiling patients who have undergone cutting-edge treatments.

We then hear from India Hardy, a woman from Athens living with SCD, Ife Oyeleye, an Atlanta-based mother of two children living with SCD, and Dr. Clark Brown, an SCD researcher and a pediatric hematologist and director of sickle cell clinical research at the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. They SCD diagnosis, treatment and efforts to find a cure.

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Dr. Robert Lerman, an Institute fellow in the Center on Labor, Human Services and Population at the Urban Institute, discusses his research that focuses on how employment issues, low wages, income inequality and family structure impact low-income populations.

Plus, Dr. Saloni Firasta Vastani, an associate professor in the Practice of Marketing at Emory University, discusses how buyers consciously and subconsciously process price information, remember it, and use it to make purchase decisions.

Lastly, Nataliia Onyskiv, the president of the Georgia chapter of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, and

Liliya Makhlaychuk Sharma, a partner at Bair Wilson Sharma, discuss the latest details about the crisis unfolding in Ukraine. 

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The crisis unfolding in Ukraine is rapidly changing. Laurie R. Blank, a clinical professor of law and the director of the International Humanitarian Law Clinic at Emory University School of Law, discusses the very latest.

Plus, WABE politics reporters Rahul Bali and Sam Gringlas discuss the latest news from the Georgia General Assembly's 2022 legislative session.

Patrick Rodriguez, a campaign manager for Beyond the Box Georgia and Abagail Cook, the director of Beyond the Box Georgia, discuss a proposed bill that, if passed, would remove felony conviction checkboxes from higher education applications.

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Former Atlanta City council member and former U.S. Congressman Kwanza Hall announces his campaign to be Georgia’s next lieutenant governor.

Dr. Judy Monroe, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation, discusses the foundation’s ongoing response amid the COVID -19 pandemic, including efforts to combat vaccine hesitancy.

Michael Mitchell, the senior director of Brand and Studios at Mailchimp, and Aaron Fender, a co-founder and the CEO of Portrait Coffee, discuss “Bloom Season," Mailchimp's new digital guide for entrepreneurs of color. 

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It’s been nearly two years since the coronavirus crisis was declared a pandemic. Rose talks with a group of doctors and health care officials from around the state to discuss the past, present and future of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Andrew Kim, a physician at Ethne Health, Dr. Jayne Morgan, a cardiologist and the clinical director for Piedmont Healthcare’s COVID-19 Task Force, Dr. John Delzell, the vice president for Medical Education at Northeast Georgia Health System, and Dr. Jean Sumner, the dean of Mercer School of Medicine, join “Closer Look” to participate in a roundtable discussion.

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A jury found the three men convicted of killing Ahmaud Arbery guilty on all counts in a federal hate crimes trial. Criminal Defense Attorney and WABE Legal Analyst Page Pate and Hank Klibanoff, an Emory University professor, veteran journalist, and the host of the o return to “Closer Look” to discuss the trial, the verdict and the upcoming sentencing.

Plus, Professor Darren Hutchinson is the inaugural chair of Emory Law’s Center for Civil Rights and Social Justice. Hutchinson talks with Rose about several topics, including the focus of the new center, his upcoming lecture titled "Anti-Anti-Racism: Fighting Backlash, Building Justice” and the guilty verdicts in the Arbery hate crimes trial.

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Gun violence and gun safety are huge topics of discussion during the Georgia General Assembly’s legislative session. Rose talks with Georgia Sen. Sally Harrell, who recently introduced Senate Bill 344.

Plus, Mark L. Rosenberg, a physician and public health researcher, discusses how gun violence is a public health issue and the importance of using research to combat gun violence.

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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger talks with Rose about why he wants Georgia State Troopers and Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents to monitor activity at polling places.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack discusses the lack of access to healthy food in Georgia and across the country and his agency's efforts to increase food benefits for those in need.

Plus, Billy Knight, a veteran professional sports executive and the former general manager for the Atlanta Hawks, and CJ Stewart, a former professional baseball player and the co-founder of the nonprofit L.E.A.D., discuss several sports-related topics that focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. 

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Bettina L. Love, an award-winning author and the Athletic Association Endowed Professor at the University of Georgia, and Dr. Ivory A. Toldson, the national director of Education Innovation and Research for the NAACP, professor of counseling psychology at Howard University and editor-in-chief of The Journal of Negro Education, discuss several educational-related topics, including the current state of K-12 public education and the systemic gaps that exist between Black and white students.

Dr. Derrick Bryan, the associate director of the Black Men's Research Institute, and Dr. Clarissa Myrick-Harris, the chair of the Humanities Division and a professor of Africana Studies at Morehouse College, discuss the creation and focus of the Black Men’s Research Institute. 

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