By Matthew Cardinale and Jonathan Springston (APN) ATLANTA — Over one hundred homeless single women and women with children are facing uncertain futures on this freezing cold night, as the Gateway Overflow shelter for women prepares to abruptly close, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. “They can’t put them out in this cold! That would just be unthinkable! Tomorrow is going […]
Read moreBy Tyler Tarwater, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) ATLANTA — Last week US Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) introduced H.R. 508, the “Bring the Troops Home and Iraq Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2007,” the strongest of all current US Congressional bills which seek to de-escalate the US Invasion of Iraq. The bill would force the withdrawal of “all U.S. […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The bill to increase the federal minimum wage today faces a colliding of obstacles as the US Senate appears poised to pass a version with one or even two amendments undesired by the Democratic leadership in the US House. The Senate began taking up the bill today. A clean version of HR 2, passed a week ago […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The Bush Administration announced yesterday it will abandon the warrantless surveillance program operated by the National Security Agency (NSA), Atlanta Progressive News has learned. The reversal comes just one day before US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was to begin testifying before the new Democratic-majority Congress on the illegal program. A new plan calls for the secret court […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — While a bill to pass the federal minimum wage passed the US House just last week, an identical bill in the US Senate is uncertain to pass at this time, particularly when 13 Senate Democrats have not cosponsored the bill. The bill, S. 2, was introduced by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and currently has 37 total […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Independent journalist Sarah Olson still has to decide whether to testify in a court martial against one of her sources, but now she will have another month in which to make that decision, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. “What did happen is I am no longer required to be at pretrial hearing tomorrow in Fort Lewis so […]
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