Atlanta Progressive News

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation John Porcari will join Gov. Sonny Perdue and new Georgia Department of Transportation Commissioner Vance Smith Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. to officially break ground on Georgia’s first highway project funded under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA).   The project will resurface 4.2 miles of SR3/US-19, a critical commercial corridor in Clayton and Fulton Counties. The White House announced […]

Several cartoonists have noticed the difference in how Americans and Iranians respond to stolen elections.  Chris Hedges traces the history of US-Iranian relations from the time the US crushed Iranian democracy in 1953 to the present. “We reject the American way of life” Chris Hedges, Truthdig “Iran Had a Democracy Before We Took It Away”Posted on Alternet 6/23/2009 The home […]

Georgia WAND (Women’s Action for New Directions) invites you to a rare opportunity to see and hear Representative (D-CA9) Barbara Lee this Sunday, June 28. Representative Lee, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and past Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus will be on hand to sign her book, Renegade for Peace & Justice: Congresswoman Barbara Lee Speaks for Me.  Lee is […]

The Obama administration announced Wednesday a streamlined edition of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. The shorter, simpler, and user-friendly form, the White House said, will make it easier for low- and middle-income college-bound students to apply for financial aid. “President Obama has challenged the nation to once again have the highest percentage of college graduates in […]

As the national healthcare debate heats up, the Center For American Progress (CAP) released a report this week identifying key strategies designed to potentially save the United States trillions of dollars in healthcare over the next decade. From the report’s executive summary: First, investments in health information technology and other types of health care-provider infrastructure could bring direct federal savings of […]

The second U.S. Social Forum (USSF) will take place June 22-26, 2010 in Detroit. Next year’s event is a follow up to the inaugural U.S. Social Forum, which attracted 12,000 attendees to Atlanta from June 27-July 1, 2007. Organizers say Detroit is the right place for the second forum because it “is a harbinger for what we must do in […]

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced Friday Georgia will receive $50 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to expand weatherization assistance programs. The funds will be used to weatherize more than 13,600 homes over the next three years, lower energy costs for low-income families that need it, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and create green jobs across the […]

The MARTA board of directors Monday approved its budget for fiscal year 2010 that includes a combination of a fare increase and service changes to make up for a multi-million dollar operating budget gap.  Starting Oct. 1, fare will increase from $1.75 to $2.00, marking the first fare increase since 2001. The board of directors did back down on some […]

If you’re depending on Democratic senators on the take from health insurance companies to provide “affordable, quality health care for ALL Americans”, the news is not very good.   If that phrase sounds familiar, it’s because President Obama has repeatedly said “affordable, quality healthcare for all Americans” is one of his three guiding principles for healthcare reform.  But the White House now […]

I received my Kasim Reed robocall last week.  Did you?  Except, it had already started speaking before I picked up, so by the time I picked up, I had missed most of it.  Later that day, the Reed Campaign sent me an unsolicited digital copy. This is supposed to be part of his distinguishing himself as a candidate, particularly in […]