Atlanta Progressive News

This article also contains additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale, News Editor (APN) ATLANTA — The Bush Administration rolled out a $3.1 trillion budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2009 on February 4, 2008 that calls for increased spending on national defense and foreign aid, while calling for cuts in funding for key domestic priorities. While Bush has received global acclaim for […]

With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — The Democratic National Convention will host 3,515 pledged delegates and 852 unpledged delegates from all over the country in Denver, Colorado, from August 25 through August 28, 2008. Georgia will send a total of 133 delegates to Denver to choose between US Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Barack Obama (D-IL). Neither […]

(APN) DECATUR — Residents of DeKalb County met Thursday night, February 21, 2008, to discuss the Grady Hospital lease agreement, which would transfer day-to-day control from the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA) to the Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation (GMHC), a private, 501(c)(3). Fulton County Commissioners approved the lease Wednesday, February 20, 2008, and DeKalb commissioners are expected to vote on it […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution Wednesday, February 20, 2008, consenting to the lease and transfer agreement by and between the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA) and the Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation. The lease, approved by the FDHA in January 2008, would hand daily operations of Grady over to a 501(c)(3) led by community and […]

With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — Green candidate, former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney, and US Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) and John McCain (R-AZ) scored wins Tuesday, February 12, 2008, in the Potomac Primary Elections for President of the United States, in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. McKinney won in Washington, DC, with 41% of the […]

  (APN) ATLANTA — Rev. James Orange, a noted civil rights activist, passed away at Crawford Long Hospital yesterday, February 16, 2008. He was 65. He worked with such organizations as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda (GCPA), and the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). Orange had complications […]

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41136 ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb 10 (IPS) – Activists in the U.S. southern state of Georgia are fighting to defend and advance the rights of those who could face capital punishment trials, looking ahead to the days when the current country-wide moratorium on lethal injections will be lifted. Since late September […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Four of the states holding Primaries or Caucuses on Super Tuesday, February 04, 2008, included ballot choices for the Green Party, in addition to the Democratic and Republican Parties. Former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) won in Arkansas and Illinois to become the Green Party’s 2008 Presidential nominee, but lost to former US Presidential candidate Ralph Nader–who […]

(APN) ATLANTA — A Georgia House of Representatives committee approved two pieces of legislation Wednesday, February 06, 2008, that seek reforms in eyewitness identification reform. The Non-Civil Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to approve HB 997 and 10 to 5 to approve HR 1071. The legislation now heads to the House Rules Committee for consideration with a favorable recommendation. State Rep. […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Despite the pundits who predicted that February 5th would determine the 2008 Presidential nominees, neither the Democratic nor Republicans have a clear nominee at this point. Twenty-four states including Georgia cast ballots on “Super Tuesday,” with US Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) winning Georgia. “Today people across this country are saying, yes we heard what the pundits said, […]

(APN) ATLANTA — About 20 activists representing numerous local and state organizations gathered at the Capitol Tuesday morning, February 03, 2009, to urge Georgia lawmakers to fully fund the state’s trauma care network and school nursing program. The group criticized Gov. Sonny Perdue’s proposal to cut $30 million the state spends on school nurses as part of a larger effort […]

Additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — The City Council of Atlanta voted Monday, February 4, 2008, 10-5 to override Mayor Shirley Franklin’s veto of a resolution that asks the Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA) to consider putting on hold the demolition of Bankhead Courts, Bowen Homes, and Hollywood Courts, until the Council and the public have a chance to […]