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Eight Arrested at Georgia Board of Regents Meeting over Undocumented Student Ban

May 21, 2017 PILAR VERDES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — On Tuesday, May 15, 2017, eight activists including pastors, students, teachers, artists, and retired workers were arrested after disrupting a Georgia Board of Regents public hearing, where they demanded an end to banning undocumented students from enrolling in public universities in Georgia. The eight community members arrested are: Rev. Jonathan Rogers, Pastor at UUCA; Laura Emiko […]

Clarkston Rethinks its Relationship with ICE, Passes Non-detainer Policy

May 18, 2017 GLORIA TATUM One comment

(APN) CLARKSTON — The City Council of Clarkston, Georgia, has passed a non-detainer policy on May 02, 2017 that prohibits the federal agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from arresting people in Clarkston with a “detainer request” or an “administrative immigration warrant.” ICE must obtain a legal judicial warrant and show probable cause that authorizes an individual’s arrest and […]

Atlanta Council Midterm Scorecard 2017: Bottoms at Bottom

May 17, 2017 MATTHEW CHARLES CARDINALE One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — As it is now nearly midway through 2017, Atlanta Progressive News is releasing an updated cumulative scorecard for the Atlanta City Council. The APN Atlanta City Council Scorecard is the most comprehensive, voting record-based scorecard available for the current Atlanta City Council, and is available as a public Google Spreadsheet: http://bit.ly/2ixKV6s The Scorecard is […]

Health Care Protests Held in Atlanta after TrumpCare Passes U.S. House

May 16, 2017 GLORIA TATUM Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — People have organized and held numerous protests throughout Metro Atlanta since the U.S. House passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA or “TrumpCare”), an Orwellian-named bill that would gut numerous protections of the Affordable Care Act (“ObamaCare”). On April 27, 2017, the U.S. House narrowly passed the AHCA, after President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise […]

Ratepayers Push Vogtle Cancellation at PSC Nuclear Hearing, VCM 16 (UPDATE 1)

May 15, 2017 GLORIA TATUM 4 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — On Thursday, May 11, 2017, ratepayers packed the sixteenth Vogtle Construction Monitoring (VCM) hearing, demanding that the Georgia Public Service Commission and Southern Company cancel their plans to complete two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle. This VCM report covers the period between July 01, 2016 and December 31, 2016. Atlanta Progressive News has covered […]

Democratic Socialist, kamau, Elected to South Fulton City Council

May 6, 2017 GLORIA TATUM 3 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — On April 18, 2017, the voters of the City of South Fulton, the newly created city in south Fulton County, elected a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist, khalid kamau, to the District 6 South Fulton City Council seat. His name is lower-cased in the Yoruba African tradition to show that community is emphasized over the individual. While […]

Atlanta Passes 100% Clean Energy Resolutions for 2025, 2035 (UPDATE 1)

May 4, 2017 MATTHEW CHARLES CARDINALE 3 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, May 02, 2017, the City Council of Atlanta unanimously adopted a resolution that creates two clean energy goals for the City of Atlanta – one to power all electricity in City-owned buildings with clean energy by 2025, and another to power all electricity in the City with clean energy by 2035. The vote was […]

20 Computer Experts Issue Letter to Kemp on E-Voting Unreliability

May 2, 2017 GLORIA TATUM 3 comments

With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — On March 14, 2017, some twenty computer experts from across the U.S. sent a letter to Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, urging Kemp to immediately move to verifiable elections, after approximately sixteen years of faith based E-voting with no paper record in the State of Georgia. https://www.verifiedvoting.org/verified-voting-letter-to-georgia-secretary-of-state-brian-kemp/ […]

GSU Press Release Misleads on So-Called Community Plan for Turner Field (UPDATE 1)

April 26, 2017 MATTHEW CHARLES CARDINALE 4 comments

With additional reporting by Gloria Tatum (APN) ATLANTA — On Wednesday, April 26, 2017, activists with the Turner Field Community Benefits Coalition decried a press release from Georgia State University (GSU) announcing a so-called Community Benefits Plan – an announcement that they described as “premature and in bad faith.” On Monday, April 24, GSU published a press release […]

Activists Seek Emergency PSC Hearing to Reconsider Vogtle Reactors 3, 4

April 24, 2017 GLORIA TATUM One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — On Tuesday, April 18, 2017, Glenn Carroll, Director of Nuclear Watch South (NWS), filed a request for an emergency public hearing with the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to seek relief for ratepayers from the Construction Work in Progress (CWIP) tax on customers’ electric bills. Georgia Power ratepayers have been paying in advance for the construction […]

Atlanta Council Approves Trust Fund for Turner Field Communities

April 22, 2017 MATTHEW CHARLES CARDINALE 2 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, April 17, 2017, the City Council of Atlanta approved in a vote of nine to three, an ordinance by Councilman Michael Julian Bond (Post 1-at-large) to create a Trust Fund to benefit the communities surrounding the former Turner Field, including Summerhill, Mechanicsville, Peoplestown, Pittsburgh, and part of Grant Park. http://atlantacityga.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?MeetingID=1933&ID=11620 Voting in favor […]

Fort, Hall Pledge to Implement Decriminalization, if Passed by Council

April 18, 2017 MATTHEW CHARLES CARDINALE One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Two candidates for Mayor of Atlanta in this November 2017 Municipal Election–State Sen. Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta) and Councilman Kwanza Hall (District 2)–pledged that as Mayor, they would take steps to implement the decriminalization of cannabis (or “marijuana”) possession, if the Atlanta City Council were to pass the ordinance it is currently considering. An ordinance by Councilman […]

Eleby Won’t Be Railroaded for I-85 Collapse, Attorneys Insist

April 16, 2017 GLORIA TATUM 2 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — Basil Eleby, 40, the homeless man who is accused of starting a fire that caused a portion of Interstate 85 to collapse in Atlanta, has some of the best legal minds defending him plus a growing coalition of 25 diverse community and civil rights organizations that have raised concerns about his case. Almost immediately after the […]

Five Arrested by GSU during Sit-in Protest for Turner Field CBA

April 11, 2017 GLORIA TATUM 3 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, April 10, 2017, a five hour sit-in by Georgia State University (GSU) students, including members of United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS); and members of the Turner Field Benefits Coalition, which sought to demand a meeting with GSU President Dr. Mark Becker, ended with five people being arrested for refusing to leave the building. The […]

Tent City at Turner Field Enters Day Nine, CBA Demanded

April 9, 2017 GLORIA TATUM 2 comments

With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — Activists with the Turner Field Community Benefits Coalition (TFCBC) drew a line in the sand on April 01, 2017, when they created a Tent City at the gates of the now-former Turner Field. The tents are there to dramatize the crisis that is happening to residents who live […]

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