Atlanta Progressive News

By Craig Washington, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) ATLANTA — As the Atlanta Police Department’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Liaison, Officer Darlene Harris has served as a symbol assuring fair treatment and greater protection since 2005, when she was appointed to this post. When she disclosed she is intersex in July 2008, Harris garnered attention for her […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA) unanimously approved the 2009 budget for the Grady Health System on Monday, 11 days after the Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation (GMHC) did the same. Due to the fact that Fulton and DeKalb Counties provide annual funding to Grady, both County Commissions have to sign off on the budget before it can take […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Creative Loafing magazine in Atlanta is in distress as its parent company is making its way through bankruptcy proceedings; Editor Ken Edelstein was fired yesterday, November 24, 2008; and now Senior Writer Andisheh Nouraee has also quit. EDELSTEIN FIRED, NOURAEE QUITS Nouraee put in his two weeks notice and his last day will be December 05, 2008, […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Lingering questions regarding former US Sen. Max Cleland’s (D-GA) loss in 2002 to US Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) are resurfacing in the last days of Democrat Jim Martin’s Run-off Election with Chambliss. Whistleblower Chris Hood, former Diebold employee, spoke with Atlanta Progressive News in detail about an illegal patch, which may or may not be the same […]

(APN) BUCKHEAD — The Fulton County Taxpayers Foundation (FCTF), formed in 1992 with 3000 members, has as its agenda the secession from the City of Atlanta and formation of an independent City of Buckhead. The group feels the residents of Buckhead pay too much in taxes for too few services and could do a better job with their own city. […]

With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — About 700 Atlantans gathered for a candlelight vigil in Atlanta’s Midtown on Saturday, November 15, 2008, to express their support for same-sex marriage and their displeasure with the recent passage of Proposition 8 by a majority of voters in California. The candlelight vigil was unusual for its blasting of loud club […]

(APN) ATLANTA — With numerous statewide initiatives on the ballot in Georgia and in other states on November 04, 2008, the following is a review of the outcomes of these initiatives: In Georgia, voters considered three different constitutional amendments. Voters approved one that will encourage preservation of Georgia’s forests through conservation property tax reductions. Voters narrowly approved another amendment that […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Funding cuts by the State of Georgia and the redirection of funds have left Planned Parenthood of Georgia (PPGA) scrambling to make up for a lost family planning contract worth $420,000 with Fulton County, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. PPGA operates five family planning clinics throughout Georgia, including one in downtown Atlanta, which serves about 7,000 women […]

  (APN) NORTH ANNA, VIRGINIA — Two Atlanta anti-nuclear activists were among six people arrested at a sit-in at the Visitor’s Center of the North Anna nuclear power plant in Louisa, Virginia, on August 08, 2008. Darci Rodenhi, Program Coordinator for Atlanta Women’s Action for New Directions, and Glenn Carroll, Coordinator of Nuclear Watch South, were among the six arrested […]

With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — US Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) defeated US Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), and others, Tuesday, November 04, 2008, to become the 44th President of the United States. President-elect Obama will be the first Black man and the third-youngest man to hold the office. As this article […]

This article first appeared on Inter-Press Service at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44559 CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov 3 (IPS) – Several U.S. citizens reported watching their votes flip on electronic voting machines in different states during the early voting period, highlighting the continued vulnerability of “e-voting” systems, which about 50 million U.S. citizens will use on Tuesday, despite problems since as early as 2004. […]