This article contains additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale, News Editor (APN) ATLANTA — US Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) became the Democratic Nominee for President of the United States during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Obama’s nomination was historic because he is the first Black nominee for President for a major political party in the US. The over 4,000 […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The US House and Senate approved far reaching legislation in late July that will provide billions in loans to struggling homeowners and a rescue plan for lending titans and Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. The House passed The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 on July 23, 2008, by a […]
Read moreWith additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43692 WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (IPS) – Advocates are calling a new national trust fund to preserve, rehabilitate and build affordable housing, including public housing, a major grassroots victory and key step in addressing the needs of low-income people in the United States. There are 9.0 […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — US Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Maxine Waters (D-CA) have written a letter to the new Secretary, Steve Preston, of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requesting the agency cease approving demolition and disposition applications from housing authorities across the country. Atlanta Progressive News and local advocates, including resident leaders, have been raising concerns […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The U.S. House of Representatives voted July 29, 2008, to approve a non-binding resolution that represents a formal government apology to African-Americans for the practice of slavery and the Jim Crow laws that fostered defacto segregation. US Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), a progressive White Congressman who represents a majority Black District, crafted H. Res. 194 in February […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation (GMHC), the hospital’s newly privatized Board, introduced Grady’s new CEO to the public during a press conference Monday, August 04, 2008. As previously reported in Atlanta Progressive News, the GMHC voted July 21, 2008, to install Michael A. Young, previously the head of the Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) in Buffalo, New […]
Read moreThis article contains additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale, News Editor UPDATE: The morning after this article ran, AHA granted Hannor an additional two-week stay in her hotel. Hannor also said all the other tenants were moved out of the apartments and into a hotel. (APN) ATLANTA — Patrisha Hannor, 33, a former Atlanta public housing resident, said she has become […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — A resolution before US Congress that would decriminalize marijuana possession and use for responsible adults now has six co-sponsors, including crucial support from members of the Congressional Black Caucus, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. US Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), sponsor of HR 5843, held a press conference July 30, 2008, in Washington, D.C., with fellow lawmakers and […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee, US Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) announced Saturday morning, August 23, 2008, via e-mail and text message that he had selected US Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) will be his Vice Presidential running mate. Biden is the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and is well acquainted with issues of national defense and foreign […]
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