Atlanta Progressive News

The NAACP filed an amicus brief this week in support of Troy Anthony Davis’ appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Read the brief here.

IN my recent phone chat with author Ellen Brown, she explained that the Bank of North Dakota run by the State of North Dakota makes it one of the only states to have a surplus right now instead of a deficit. Recently, I wrote an article for IPS on starting community currencies. That’s just one of many ideas outside the […]

Along the same lines of the last post, the Center for American Progress distributed a report authored by CAP people John Podesta (who was part of the Obama Transition Team) and Karen Kornbluh. They argue the government should use its authority to launch a bank that would focus on green development. As noted in the last post, launching a bank […]

The DeKalb County school system announced this afternoon that it has canceled plans to open a military academy this fall. The Associated Press reports:     The school district was unable to reach an agreement with the Marines for opening the state’s first public military academy, district spokesman Dale Davis said in a news release Friday.     “An initiative of this […]

Georgia Democratic Reps. John Lewis and Hank Johnson visited Friday with death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis at the Georgia Diagnostic & Classifications Prison in Jackson. Lewis and Johnson, along with NAACP President Ben Jealous, held a press conference in front of the prison after their visit at which time they circulated letters signed by two dozen members of Congress, […]

MN returned APN’s phonecall concerning our analysis of the 2009 Atlanta Mayoral election. In that article, I asserted that in terms of progressive issues, Mary Norwood had strengths and weaknesses, as did Kasim Reed. On the balance, though, I’ll admit Norwood had more strengths than Reed did. On the issue of affordable housing, where we concerned that Norwood did not […]

According to a press release from International Rivers about an action that occurred Thursday, May 28, 2009: #### (Atlanta, GA — Thursday, May 28, 2009) — Early this morning the nonprofit environmental organization International Rivers flew a giant “Dam Home Depot” banner over the company’s annual shareholder meeting in Atlanta. Protesters also unfurled a banner and raised questions inside the […]

Someone named Erik Underwood is running for Council Post 1, according to an email sent by Underwood to APN. Apparently, he challenged State Sen. Nan Orrock in the last election (not cool). So now there are multiple candidates. MJB, Clarence Turner [interview coming soon]. And MJB says Neetta Black-Heart is also running; she is an Atlanta activist with the new […]

President Obama visited the Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas yesterday to highlight a report from Vice President Biden that marks the progress that has been made as a result of the first 100 days of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Read Biden’s report. “In these last few months, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has saved […]

Georgia Democratic Reps. Hank Johnson and John Lewis, along with NAACP President Ben Jealous, will be visiting with death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis tomorrow in Jackson at the Georgia Diagnostics & Classifications Prison. The delegation will hold a 12:45 p.m. press conference just inside the prison grounds. There, the delegation will release a letter signed by Lewis, Johnson, and […]

Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of Health and Human Services (HHA), announced today the release of about $1.4 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to support health services offered in Georgia. In March, the state received $7 million in Increased Demand Services (IDS) funds, which will be distributed to 28 federally qualified health centers across the state. Over the next […]

Despite news yesterday that the Atlanta Regional Commission agreed to send $25 million in stimulus funds to MARTA, a committee of the transit agency approved a package of changes Thursday to help offset a $109 million budget shortfall. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: A committee of the MARTA board on Thursday approved those measures as part of a plan to fill […]

Officials at Grady Memorial Hospital are considering closing its outpatient dialysis clinic. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports today: The outpatient dialysis clinic serves about 90 people, most of whom are poor and cannot pay for care. About half are undocumented immigrants without health insurance, officials said. The clinic loses about $4 million a year, adding to the financial difficulties of a […]