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With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — US Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) defeated US Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) in the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary Election on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, ending a long, bitter, and expensive campaign for the most populous state left on the nominating calendar. With no contests in the last six weeks, both candidates put all […]

This article was first published by Inter-Press Service at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42099 ATLANTA, Apr 23 (IPS) – “Politics in the U.S. is at a crisis level,” Green Party presidential hopeful Cynthia McKinney told IPS during a rare sit-down interview. “Disillusionment, lack of participation, and establishment of false choice — what is one to do? For me, I can’t give up hope. I […]

This article was first published by Inter-Press Service at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42081 ATLANTA, Apr 22 (IPS) – With media attention focused almost exclusively on the dramatic contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, millions of U.S. voters probably have no inkling that there is a ballot option beyond the Democratic and Republican Parties. “There needs to be room for a lot of […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court on April 14, 2008, denied Troy Anthony Davis’s motion for reconsideration of its March 17, 2008, ruling. Justices ruled last month Davis should not receive a new trial based on new evidence presented in November 2007. Attorneys for Davis argue the new evidence proves his innocence, as previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News. […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Georgia General Assembly finished the 40-day 2008 Legislative Session on April 4, 2008. There were mixed results for some of the bills Atlanta Progressive News has been following this year, concerning Grady Memorial Hospital, eyewitness identification reform, and transportation. Here is a look at how those measures did. TRAUMA NETWORK FUNDING Before the Assembly convened, Speaker […]

(APN) ATLANTA — “Some of you all have heard I’m running for US Congress,” State Rep. “Able” Mable Thomas, 50, told a crowd of about 60 people at the Butler Street YMCA’s historic “Hungry Club” forum, earlier today, during a standing ovation. “I’ve heard that too. If there’s a demand surely I can step up to the table. I want […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta Housing Authority’s Vice President for External Affairs, Barney Simms, made a fraudulent claim to the City Council of Atlanta, on Tuesday, March 11, 2008, about its promise to consult with the Community Development and Human Resources Committee regarding demolition applications. “I wanted to point out that the Atlanta Housing Authority has already submitted the applications to […]

  (APN) ATLANTA — The Chairs of the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA) and the Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation (GMHC) signed the “lease and transfer agreement”–from the FDHA, a governmental body, to the GMHC, a private, non-profit corporation–as well as the funding agreements, on Monday, April 07, 2008. State Rep. Pam Stephenson and A.D. “Pete” Correll, Chairs of the respective Boards, […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Public housing resident leaders and advocates are disappointed with US Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) after a recent meeting in his Atlanta office, where they said he repeated Atlanta Housing Authority slogans and failed to question the agency’s planned mass displacement of thousands of Atlanta families. The meeting held March 25, 2008, included US Rep. Lewis and his […]

This article contains additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale, News Editor (APN) ATLANTA — Advocates for public transportation and the environment are lobbying Georgia lawmakers to adopt two resolutions that could provide more state funding for public transit projects throughout Metro Atlanta and the State, and lead to the reinstatement of Tax Allocation Districts (TADs) after a recent Constitutional challenge. TRANSIT […]