(APN) ATLANTA — Former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) has completed her PhD in Leadership and Change at Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Much of her studies, including her dissertation, have been focused on the COINTELPRO program, the U.S. government’s counter-intelligence program. “It’s been a tough road, but I made it. I’ve been in many different PhD […]
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With additional reporting by Barbara Payne (APN) ATLANTA — Edmund Park, a community in a portion of the Morningside neighborhood located in unincorporated DeKalb County, has submitted a petition to the City of Atlanta, seeking to join the City, pursuant to the sixty percent annexation method under Georgia law. The City of Atlanta Municipal Clerk’s Office is still […]
Read moreAu Revior: Rest Haven Seeks to Cease as Metro City Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/au-revoir-rest-haven-seeks-to-cease-as-metro-city/ Erick Erickson’s Culture War Strategy: We’ll Breed Them Out of Existence Political Insider Blog, Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2015/08/05/erick-ericksons-culture-war-strategy-well-breed-them-out-of-existence/ New Apartments Put Squeeze on Gay Atlanta Bars Project Q Atlanta http://www.projectq.us/atlanta/new_apartments_put_squeeze_on_gay_atlanta_bars?gid=17101 Mike Bowers Thrown Out of DeKalb Commission Meeting Peach Pundit http://www.peachpundit.com/2015/08/04/mike-bowers-thrown-out-of-dekalb-commission-meeting/ Vogtle: At $65 […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Special Investigators Mike Bowers and Richard Hyde issued a letter to Interim DeKalb County CEO Lee May on today, August 05, 2015, outlining serious concerns about DeKalb County Government. “This correspondence is to give you and the Commission members a brief update of our investigative findings thus far. What we have found is stunning,” the letter […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Yesterday, Monday, August 03, 2015, President Barack Obama and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final Clean Power Plan, or rule that is intended to turn the tide on climate change. It will cut U.S. carbon pollution from the power sector by 870 million tons, or 32 percent below 2005 levels, in 2030. […]
Read moreHomeless People in Atlanta Plant Organic Garden, Feed Shelter Residents Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/homeless-people-in-atlanta-plant-organic-garden-feed-shelter-residents_55b6aa97e4b0074ba5a5d702 Prosecutor Paid Off Student Loan Debt with Funds Seized by Defendants Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/civil-asset-forfeiture-student-loans_55b12f37e4b07af29d57cc12 Can Rent Control Fix the Gap Between Wages and Housing? USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/31/stateline-rent-control/30782501/ Jimmy Carter: America is Not a Democracy Anymore Talking Points Memo blog http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jimmy-carter-us-oligarchy-bribes Beautiful Translucent Barriers […]
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Photograph by Glenn Carroll, Nuclear Watch South (APN) ATLANTA — Plant Vogtle’s proposed nuclear expansion with new units 3 and 4 will cost an estimated 65 billion dollars, former Georgia Public Service (PSC) Commissioner Bobbie Baker says, based on his analysis of information he received when cross-examining the PSC staff witness at the June 23, 2015 PSC hearing. […]
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