Atlanta Progressive News

(APN) ATLANTA – Protester Gloria Tatum, 62, was injured at a protest against Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defense, today, from when she was shouting at Rumsfeld, and has a bruise on her back, Tatum says. The noted local activist gave her first hand account of the heckling of Rummy to Atlanta Progressive News. “I had a bruise and I […]

(APN) ATLANTA — 36 US House Representatives have signed on as sponsors or co-sponsors of H. Res 635, which would create a Select Committee to look into the grounds for recommending President Bush’s impeachment, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. The two latest co-sponsors, as of Friday, were US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) and US Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA). “For […]

(APN) ATLANTA – Dozens of Atlanta’s leftists gathered for a preview of the stage version of Barbara Ehrenreich’s book, “Nickled and Dimed,” this evening, which was preceded by a panel discussion at The Five Spot on the living wage crisis. The play here was put together by the Seven Stages theatrical group. “I am just thrilled to go into another […]

(APN) ATLANTA – “Georgia is at a critical point, at a crossroads. We can go one of two ways. We can reverse the progress we made, that is a distinct possibility,” Georgia State Rep. Nan Orrock (D), 62, told Atlanta Progressive News. Or we can create a new progressive future. “I do think there’s a new stirring in the land,” […]

(APN) ATLANTA – 800 women and women’s advocates marched on and around the Georgia Capitol today at a rally sponsored by Georgia for Choice. The theme of the rally was preserving a woman’s choice in being able to have an abortion; however, many issues concerning women were raised. “I am troubled by my sisters and brothers who lack health care,” […]

(APN) ATLANTA – Marcy Winograd was so shocked to see US Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) enable President Bush’s illegal wiretapping program, that she decided to run for her seat this November. But now, Winograd’s grassroot campaign has been so successful, it has blocked the Democratic Party from pre-endorsing Harman, a six-term Congresswoman. “I actually made the decision to run after […]

(APN) ATLANTA – BREAKING – US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) reportedly punched a police officer on Capitol Hill today, after the Congresswoman was being flagged down by a police officer who didn’t realize who she was. Police say there are conflicting accounts as to whether the altercation should be characterized as a push, a punch, or a strike with a […]

(APN) NEW ORLEANS – Over 100 veterans and other activists who marched 150 miles along Highway 90 over 5 days from Mobile, Alabama, to New Orleans, Louisiana, arrived amidst cheering crowds today at Congo Square in New Orleans’s Armstrong Park for a huge rally. The rally lasted from 12pm to 5pm. The Veterans Gulf March started in Alabama on March […]

(APN) ATLANTA – 32 US House Representatives have signed on as sponsors or co-sponsors of H. Res 635, which would create a Select Committee to look into the grounds for recommending President Bush’s impeachment, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Their co-sponsorships of H. Res 635 come on the heels of reports that US Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Tom Harkin […]

(APN) ATLANTA – 30 US House Representatives have signed on as sponsors or co-sponsors of H. Res 635, which would create a Select Committee to look into the grounds for recommending President Bush’s impeachment, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. “There has been massive support for House Resolution 635 from a very vigorous network of grassroots activists and people committed to […]

(APN) ATLANTA – US Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) has endorsed Angela Moore for Georgia’s Secretary of State, Atlanta Progressive News has confirmed with Congresswoman McKinney’s press office. This year’s race for Secretary of State of Georgia is critical to securing voter confidence in the state’s elections process. McKinney’s endorsement of Angela Moore is especially noteworthy given McKinney’s extensive leadership on […]

28 members of US Congress have now signed on to H Res 635, including US Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), the original co-sponsor, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Meanwhile, US cities of Arcata, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco, each in California, have passed resolutions recommending Bush’s impeachment. US Rep Martin Sabo (D-MN) was the latest member of Congress to sign Conyers’s […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Mad Housers, a non-profit, volunteer, charitable organization founded in 1988 by a group of Georgia Tech architecture students, builds emergency huts for the homeless in the Atlanta area at no charge. “We are just providing a basic piece of capital,” Nick Hess, 35, President of The Mad Housers, told Atlanta Progressive News (APN). The organization sees […]

(APN) ATLANTA–RuthE Levy, Georgia State Senate Candidate for the 32nd District, was shocked when she found first one, and then another, of her family’s two cars vandalized in recent weeks, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Levy, an Air Force Veteran, grandmother, and Middle School Teacher, is an outspoken progressive vying to represent parts of somewhat-conservative Cobb County and Sandy Springs, […]

(APN) ATLANTA — “The only person who’s lost their job to this point is Michael Brown and this whole debacle includes more people than Michael Brown,” US Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MI) told Atlanta Progressive News in a phone interview. “Michael Brown was not qualified,” to be the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Rep. Thompson said.  “He [Brown] […]