Atlanta Progressive News

    (APN) BANKHEAD — Several families are being evicted from Bowen Homes public housing community, as early as Tuesday, October 02, 2007, after they have fallen behind in their rent, Atlanta Progressive News has learned, even though each of them has compelling stories as to why they’re facing economic hardships. Moveover, if their testimony is correct, it appears Atlanta […]

This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39079 ATLANTA, Aug 30 (IPS) – Even as people around the United States and the world recall the horrors of Hurricane Katrina two years ago, which displaced tens of thousands of the Gulf Coast’s poorest residents, government-subsidised housing has come under increasing attack by policymakers in the U.S. Starting in […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Resident Advisory Board (RAB) representing all Atlanta public housing residents has filed a civil rights complaint with US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Diane Wright, President of the Jurisdiction-Wide RAB Board and Hollywood Courts, and Shirley Hightower, Treasurer of Jurisdiction-Wide and President of Bowen Homes, sent a letter dated […]

(APN) ATLANTA — A three-judge panel at the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta heard oral arguments Monday relating to the case of the Cuban Five. This is the third time in two years the Eleventh Circuit has heard appeals in the case of Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labanino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez, and Rene Gonzalez, who are serving a […]

  (APN) ATLANTA — Lawyers, jurists and others from across the United States, Latin America, and Europe descended on Atlanta, Georgia, for a reception held Sunday, August 19, 2007, at the Candler Building downtown, to update the public on the legal battle being fought on behalf of the “Cuban Five.” In advance of court appearances tomorrow, Monday, August 20, 2007, […]

(APN) ATLANTA — After weeks of apparent neglect by Atlanta Housing Authority, Tamika Brewer finally received adequate assistance and is now living in her new apartment, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. As reported in an ongoing series by Atlanta Progressive News, Brewer got an eviction notice on a house she was renting, in part with a voucher from AHA, because […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The US House Financial Services Committee approved on July 31, 2007, HR 2895, the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007, with broad bipartisan support. It “will provide dedicated sources of funding for the production, preservation, and rehabilitation of 1.5 million affordable homes in 10 years,” according to a press release obtained by Atlanta Progressive News. […]

(APN) ATLANTA — A sheriff came to let Tameka “Cookie” Brewer know that she and her daughter and their belongings need to be out of their home by this Friday, August 17, 2007, Brewer tells Atlanta Progressive News. Brewer, who is disabled and has a chronic heart condition, has been in and out of the hospital due to the stress […]

By Paul Hays, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) ATLANTA — Plan Puebla-Panama (PPP), first proposed by Mexican President Vicente Fox and PRI (Partido Revolucionario Institutional) leaders in September 2000, was designed to construct a grandiose development zone in nine Mexican states and seven nations of Central America. Water, minerals, timber, petroleum, sweatshops, bioprospecting, hydroelectric dams, and even a […]

(APN) ATLANTA — As promised, US Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI) and US Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) have introduced matching censure resolutions this week in the Senate and House, respectively, concerning misconduct leading up to and during the US invasion of Iraq, as well as disregard for the rule of law. The Democratic lawmakers introduced the resolutions in order to hold […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Concerned activists held a press conference at the State Capitol, Tuesday, August 07, 2007, to update the public on developments in the Troy Davis death row case, and to present witnesses regarding overall problems with the death penalty in this country. Davis, who had faced a July 17, 2007, execution for the murder of Officer Mark McPhail […]

By Nicholas Foster, Contributing Writer, The Atlanta Progressive News   (APN) OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE — Fifty two years ago today, on August 6, 1945, the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, killing more than 200,000 people, mostly civilians. The uranium in that bomb — the first of its kind — was enriched at the Y-12 Nuclear Weapons […]

(APN) STONE MOUNTAIN — Atlanta activist Ronald Joseph Parker–known to friends as Ron–was an avid activist for social justice, in issues ranging from Hurricane Katrina, to working families’ concerns, to criminal justice reform, to addressing racial injustice, to international affairs, to supporting Independent and third party movements, while still helping Democrats get elected to local office in Georgia. Parker passed […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Wilfred Gibson, 42, former owner of a small landscaping company, Gibson Landscape Management, has filed suit against the Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA) for allegedly discriminating against his company and putting him out of business, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. AHA allowed millions in federal funds to be awarded to “friends” of three private management companies that manage […]