First-world health care: A Canadian responds to right-wing bashing of Canada’s single-payer, Medicare for All system. (I heard a Canadian speaker say recently that Canadians travel in the US with some anxiety. They know that if they have a medical emergency while traveling in the US, they might wind up with a bill of tens or hundreds of thousands of […]
Read moreThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced Thursday that it is dropping Community Education Partners, Inc. (CEP) from its federal lawsuit after the Atlanta Independent School System (AISS) declined this week to renew a $7 million contract with the private company to run its school. Atlanta’s Forrest Hill Academy, pictured here Fall 2008. – Photo by Jonathan Springston, Senior Staff […]
Read moreAtlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin and Atlanta Police Chief Richard Pennington held a joint press conference Thursday to discuss public safety. Below is Franklin’s full statement from that event. Read it and share your thoughts below. #### There is no question that crime is on the minds of many Atlantans, and as Mayor it is important for me to take time to […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47920 ATLANTA, Jul 31 (IPS) – As more and more states are turning against coal power facilities in the U.S., advocates have been using the legal system to halt new pending plants. In Georgia, a major case is testing the implications of the 2007 ruling by the Supreme Court in Massachusetts […]
Read moreGeorgia Gov. Sonny Perdue announced Thursday he sent a letter to the governors of Alabama (Bob Riley) and Florida (Charlie Crist) to join him in resuming water negotiations. Perdue offered to hold a meeting in Atlanta or “another mutually agreed-upon location” and listed 40 possible meeting dates between August 12 and November 5. The letter leads with this: Water issues […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — A top candidate for Mayor of Atlanta, State Sen. Kasim Reed, unveiled a comprehensive public safety blueprint Wednesday, July 29, 2009, days after the murder of a former boxer and the carjacking of City Councilman Ceasar Mitchell, both which rocked the city. Reed rolled out his plan, “Securing Atlanta: A Blueprint for Restoring Public Safety in Atlanta,” […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47888 NEW ORLEANS, Jul. 30 (IPS) – Today, the population of New Orleans is still about 175,000 people fewer than it was before Hurricane Katrina hit four years ago next month. Along with concerns about jobs and housing costs, the city’s vulnerability to flooding has weighed heavily on the minds […]
Read moreSo why are 46,000,000 people uninsured and millions more under-insured? Because our healthcare nonsystem is run by profiteering, parasitic, blood-sucking insurance companies whose main goal is ALWAYS to maximize profit for their shareholders and Wall Street, not provide healthcare. They maximize profits by DENYING health insurance to those who need it the most and DUMPING their own policyholders when their […]
Read moreMARTA will receive $685,980 for security officers and equipment through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s (ARRA) Transit Security Grant Program. “Securing our mass transit systems requires well-trained personnel on the ground to protect against those who seek to cause harm,” Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said Wednesday. “This Recovery Act money will create critical law enforcement jobs that […]
Read moreState Sen. Kasim Reed, a candidate for Atlanta mayor, will unveil his comprehensive public safety blueprint later today at the Chevron station on Whitehall Street where former professional boxer Vernon Forrest was killed this weekend. This is what Reed had to say Monday about Forrest’s death: There’s a crisis in this city and no one knows that better than the […]
Read moreThe Atlanta, Fulton County, DeKalb County, and other Georgia police departments will be able to hire more officers thanks to the release Tuesday of millions in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds. Georgia will be able to hire 184 law enforcement officers with $31 million, which will cover 100 percent of salary and benefits for these officer for three years. […]
Read moreA physician who served as President Obama’s primary doctor for 22 years will appear at a Healthcare NOW! event this week in Washington as part of the group’s “D.C. Lobby Day and Rally.” Dr. David Scheiner, who served as Obama’s primary physician from 1987 to 2009, will join public health groups on Thursday to tell the president and Congress that […]
Read moreGrady Health System CEO Michael Young on Tuesday said the facility must pay Georgia $20 million in Medicaid overpayments made to the system in 2004 and 2005, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reports. From The AJC report: Grady CEO Michael Young said the hospital is paying for desperate decisions made by his predecessors. He said Grady officials in 2004 and 2005 aggressively […]
Read moreDoug Heckman, Norcross resident and 2008 Democratic candidate for Georgia’s 7th congressional district, announced Tuesday that he has volunteered to return to Iraq with the U.S. Army. “I came back from Iraq in 2007 determined to bring a problem solving philosophy to our government. We have kicked the can down the road on so many issues and I was determined […]
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