(APN) ATLANTA –“We might as well spit on the graves of Dr. King and Mrs. King if we allow the right of the citizens to assemble to be curtailed!” Rev. Timothy MacDonald, of the First Iconium Baptist Church, said, as about 50 protesters gathered in front of Atlanta City Hall for a press conference today at 1pm. Atlanta City Council […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — US Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) has become the fifth total co-sponsor of US Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) bill to impeach Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. In addition to Kucinich, the additional three Members of Congress who have signed on to H. Res 333 are US Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL), […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The Story, a local newspaper providing community news throughout Greater Atlanta for the last five years, has ended print publication, sold most of its newspaper boxes, and is going to an online only news service, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. “We know more people are getting news from the Internet,” particularly young people, Dominique Huff, 25, News […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — About 20 Atlanta activists and neighbors of Matthew Cardinale, The Atlanta Progressive News’s News Editor, gathered at the corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue and Monroe Drive in Midtown this Wednesday, May 30, 2007, at 5pm, to protest the Exxon station that would not call for help after he had been stabbed on May 15, 2007, just […]
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