(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta City Council members need to stop declaring their desire for “mixed-income communities,” unless they are willing to at some point enact public policies that actually support each part of the mix. The time is now to enact a public policy to produce units to benefit Atlanta’s working households making 15,000 dollars and less per year, […]
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By the Atlanta Progressive News Board of Directors. (APN) ATLANTA — From Columbine, Colorado – to Orlando, Florida, the frequency of massacres in the United States is increasing and the death toll is rising. People are beginning to wake up and question the ridiculous and extreme gun policies that allow the purchase of assault weapons that are made […]
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By Joan King, APN Columnist (APN) SAUTEE NACOOCHEE, Georgia — It seems we are in the silly season. I’ve seen a lot of “tempests in a teapot” in my life, but the reaction of Maya Dillard Smith, the former Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, to “three transgendered adults” in the women’s restroom, takes the […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Matthew Charles Cardinale, CEO and News Editor of Atlanta Progressive News, issued the following Open Letter to the Atlanta City Council on April 24, 2016: Dear Councilmembers, I am writing in reference to 16-O-1163, an ordinance by Councilman Andre Dickens (Post 3-at-large) that would (1) strip the Code of Ordinances of strong affordable housing goals […]
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Prepared by former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) for Atlanta Progressive News. #### This is a story of pure greed. I have visited the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless and believe that the City of Atlanta–its Mayor and City Council Members–should fight the system that produces homeless families, including homeless veterans. In the absence of such […]
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Editorial by Anna Simonton, Staff Writer and News Analyst; and Matthew Charles Cardinale, News Editor. (APN) ATLANTA — The Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority (AFCRA) has officially invited developers to bid on Turner Field, despite the fact that the public input process regarding community benefits has just gotten started – a move that amounts to a stab in the […]
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By Dougie “The Abolitionist” Hanson I was really disappointed to read the Atlanta Progressive News article disrespecting my good friends with the Atlanta RCP (Revolutionary Communist Party). http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/09/01/rcp-black-activists-feud-on-twitter-as-janelle-monae-performs-in-atlanta/ I’m a Democratic Socialist, but I know many of them personally. I developed great respect for them because they were fighting back against Police Brutality & Mass Incarceration when […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — It is time for the City of Atlanta to end the theft from Atlanta Public Schools, to end the “negotiations”–there is nothing to negotiate, unless the subject is how much to steal from school children–and to pay the approximately fifteen million dollars or more, when interest is included, to APS immediately. Hypocrisy on Cheating Scandals […]
Read moreSeptember 27, 2014 Dear Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition, Atlanta Progressive News is in receipt of an unsigned letter on your organization’s letterhead appearing to be from your organization, dated August 30, 2014, asserting the “termination” of GPJC’s advertising contract with APN. As you noted, GPJC has advertised with APN for several years. GPJC has […]
Read moreBy Johnny Walking Drum Atlanta Progressive News reported an ignominious act perpetrated by our government to curtail Moral Monday protesters’ liberties in a redress of grievance at the Georgia Capitol building in downtown Atlanta. The Moral Monday (MM) protesters, who were challenging the Stand Your Ground law, were arrested for exercising their right under the First Amendment of the […]
Read moreBy State Rep. John Carson (R-Marietta) I firmly believe in reducing the tax burden on our citizens and increasing accountability in government. This is exactly why I am sponsoring legislation that will allow Georgia’s counties to collect a sales tax at less than one cent. Imagine each time you went to the supermarket to pick-up just a few household items […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — How is it that in Atlanta, Georgia, the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement, the powers of corporate wealth and the bourgeoisie have managed to destroy public housing, decimate low-income communities, privatize public schools, privatize Grady Hospital, enact draconian anti-panhandling legislation, and carry out a war upon low-income people, despite the presence of so many non-profit […]
Read moreIssues for 2013 1. Education Georgia public schools have a high school graduation rate of 67.5%, the third worst in the nation. Yet the cost per public school student, $10,587, is nearly $1,000 more than the national average. Charter schools can offer parents and children an alternative to a poorly performing traditional public school. Last summer, Georgians voted to […]
Read moreOpen Letter to President Obama, President Obama, how much longer are you going to sit on the fence and watch the Egyptian people suffer and their economy destroyed? Mubarak needs to leave now – not later. I urge you to withdraw US financial support and ask Mubarak to step down now for the sake of Egypt and the Egyptian people. […]
Read moreWhat is government, if words have no meaning? This is the question that Jared Lee Loughner asked Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, the one that she was not able to answer, the last question posed in Loughner‘s Youtube video series. Many media commentators have characterized Loughner‘s writings as complete, rambling nonsense. Some have said one cannot rationalize with someone who themselves is irrational. But I think […]
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