College Sports Shortchanging Black Men; Trump Administration to Roll Back Criminal Justice Reform?

4/3/19

 

Today's guest hosts are Charlotte Hancock, Communications Director for Generation Progress, and Brent Cohen, Executive Director of Generation Progress and the VP of the Center for American Progress.

During the first half hour, they are joined by the authors of a new report detailing the 'surprising ways that college sports are shortchanging black men.'

 

The two guests, and authors of the report, are Connor Maxwell and Sara Garcia.  Connor is a policy analyst for Race and Ethnicity Policy at American Progress and his Twitter handle is @Connor__Maxwell.  Sara is the senior research and advocacy manager for Postsecondary Education at American Progress and her Twitter handle is @Sara_A_Garcia.

During the second half of the show, Will Heaton joins in to discuss the Trump administration now wanting to force federal job applicants to divulge information about their participation in programs that help people avoid criminal convictions (AKA 'diversion programs').

 

Will is Vice President of Government Affairs and Policy at JustLeadershipUSA and his Twitter handle is @WJHeaton.

Charlotte Hancock's Twitter handle is @CharlatAnne and Brent Cohen's handle is @BrentJCohen.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.