Today, protesters from the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless are holding a demonstration at the Bowen Homes rental office to oppose Atlanta Housing Authority’s Orwellian demolition kick-off party. This is terribly sad, but we at Atlanta Progressive News did everything we could to prevent it and then some. And some of our readers even got involved, sending emails […]
Read moreThe following press release was received yesterday from VoterGA: #### ATLANTA, GA – Citizens involved in an electronic voting rights lawsuit, filed a brief today that will be heard by the Georgia Supreme Court. The brief appeals a ruling on a 13 count lawsuit that is being followed nationally. The suit contends that the former Secretary of State violated voting […]
Read moreAs predicted here on APB, former Gov. Roy Barnes announced his plans to run for Governor in 2010, according to Insider Advantage and AJC.com’s Political Insider blog. Three other Democrats are already in the race: Attorney General Thurbert Baker, House Minority Leader DuBose Porter, and David Poythress, former commander of the Georgia National Guard. Fabulous! One thing I can tell […]
Read morePoythress issues statement really mean to Barnes; I think it does not reflect well on Poythress and makes him seem like a jerk. However, at the same time, Poythress says Barnes was wrong to try to end teachers’ tenure in Georgia and that’s probably true. #### Governor Barnes passed up an opportunity for genuine statesmanship by jumping into this race. […]
Read moreAccording to news reports of a recent glbt Mayoral candidate forum, on the question of supporting same-sex marriage: Yes: Lisa Borders, Jesse Spikes No: Kasim Reed Norwood, who left the forum early, also said she supported same-sex marriage in a follow-up email to Southern Voice magazine. A source tells APN Norwood had already visited 2 NPU meetings by the time […]
Read moreThe gaggle of people running for City Council At-large Post 1 is growing, and now includes: Michael Julian Bond (see previous APN article) Clarence Turner (see forthcoming APN article) Neetta Black-Heart (as noted previously on this blog) Doug Brackman (homosexual, IBM executive) Chris Vaughn (was criticized on Blog for Democracy for allegedly copying buttons from Lisa Borders’s website): see http://vaughnforatlanta.com/
Read moreProgressive groups gathered in Washington D.C. Monday at the “America’s Future Now” conference and announced they will spend $82 million in 2009 to promote President Obama’s healthcare agenda. Coalition members include Health Care for America Now, AFL-CIO, Change to Win, MoveOn.org, Democracy for America, and mobilization groups representing young people, women, and people of color. The coalition involves over 1,000 […]
Read moreAPN received an e-mail yesterday from Georgians For Alternatives to the Death Penalty (GFADP) noting the media is being denied access to Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis by the Department of Corrections. Recent media inquiries from “60 Minutes,” “Dateline,” and the Associated Press have all been denied, GFADP reports, despite the allowance of media access to other inmates. The […]
Read moreTim Franzen (left) of the American Friends Service Committee speaks to a crowd in front of Lakeside High School. To read the full resolution compiled in part by the Georgia ACLU, the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition, and the American Friends Service Committee, click here. Below is the full statement Dr. Crawford Lewis, superintendent of DeKalb schools, made Monday before […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — A coalition of anti-war activists, students, and parents on Monday, June 01, 2009, applauded the DeKalb County Board of Education for delaying its plans to open the DeKalb Marine Corps Institute. Last week, the Board issued a brief statement saying, “there has been a change to our plan of launching the first of its kind DeKalb […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA – About two-dozen activists rallied in front of Grady Memorial Hospital last Wednesday to bring attention to the need for healthcare reform that includes the implementation of a single payer system. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, made Atlanta the first stop on his six city, five-day tour across the nation to promote […]
Read morePress release from the EPA: #### (ATLANTA – June 1, 2009) On Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will announce $1 million in funding to the City of Atlanta, Ga., to support the clean up of sites known as brownfields along the Atlanta BeltLine and other redevelopment corridors. The funds will be used to turn […]
Read moreAlex Wan, a businessman in Council District 6, will be running against Steve Brodie, for the seat being vacated by Anne Fauver, who is retiring. Both Wan and Brodie seem pretty corporate to me, although there are some pretty concerning things about Brodie (for instance, supporting a panhandling ordinance in Midtown). I’ll try to find of who is the less […]
Read moreSo, last week we reported on this blog that a man named Steven had allegedly called US Rep. Hank Johnson’s (D-GA) and made statements that McKinney and someone she was traveling with in Canada might be in danger. This was according to an email from Cynthia relaying a conversation her father had with someone from Johnson’s office. Steven returned APN’s […]
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