Atlanta Progressive News

(APN) ATLANTA — Former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) was on a relief boat headed to assist Palestinians hurt in the Gaza Strip, yesterday, December 30, 2008, when it was rammed by the Israeli military. McKinney and the other passengers, including humanitarian leaders from around the world and medical doctors with supplies, took safe harbor at a port in Lebanon, […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Controversial pastor Rick Warren of the Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, who at least once has compared homosexuality to incest, has been booked to be the keynote speaker at Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Commemorative Service, according to a copy of the program obtained by Atlanta Progressive News. The service is scheduled for January 19, 2009, […]

(APN) ATLANTA — About 40 activists representing numerous local, state, and national organizations gathered Thursday, December 18, 2008, at Grady Memorial Hospital to express opposition to a proposal they said could leave thousands of uninsured citizens without a safety net. Atlanta Progressive News broke the news Monday at our blog, that Grady was considering the cuts. “We have heard of […]

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45123 ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 15 (IPS) – As Democratic President-elect Barack Obama prepares to take office in a few weeks, he faces a hungry nuclear industry that wants to be included in his energy plan. At least 31 new plants have been proposed throughout the United States, according to the […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta residents will be unable to visit City Hall on Fridays, unless they are there to pay a water bill, as part of Mayor Shirley Franklin’s latest round of cuts, which also include shorter work weeks, staff layoffs, and cuts to various services. Franklin is attempting to make up for a $56 million projected shortfall for the […]

With additional reporting by Alice Gordon. (APN) ATLANTA — About 100 people gathered on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, at the Auburn Avenue Library. The evening included speeches, musical performances, and a keynote address by Rev. C. T. Vivian. The Atlanta celebration was the culmination of dozens of events […]

(APN) ATLANTA — A three judge panel of the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday met to decide if they will allow Georgia death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis to file a new round of federal appeals. The judges spent over an hour questioning Davis’s attorneys and the State to determine if Davis has sufficiently answered the two […]

(APN) FOREST PARK — Rev. Sylvia Carroll of the First Iconium Baptist Church, a left-leaning institution in Atlanta, is celebrating the one year anniversary of a separate spin-off church she has started in Forest Park, Georgia, south of Atlanta. The First Iconium has produced nine ministers with their own small congregations in Atlanta, all with a community mission, Rev. Timothy […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Numerous advocates are scrambling to prevent President-Elect Barack Obama’s Transition Team from nominating either Renee Glover, Director of Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA), or Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, as the next Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Both are part of a short list including a total of five names, according to the […]

With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale, News Editor (APN) ATLANTA — US Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) has won reelection to his US Senate seat. It will be his second term. While Democrat Jim Martin and Mr. Chambliss slugged it out over the last month for a seat in the US Senate, the rest of the nation watched closely. Big superstars […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Georgia State University Assistant Professors in Sociology, Erin Ruel and Deirdre Oakley, have released a preliminary report recommending, among other things, that some public housing units in Atlanta be kept open for residents who do not want to move or have issues preventing them from being successful in a private market housing situation. THE REPORT’S FINDINGS “Do […]