What We’re Reading – Thursday, 04/09/2015
State Rep. LaDawn Jones Says She Won’t Run for Reelection in 2016
Georgia Unfiltered
http://www.georgiaunfiltered.com/2015/03/state-rep-ladawn-jones-says-she-wont.html
Tesla Set To Unveil Home Battery That Can Store Electricity
Construction Dive
Transgender Woman Cites Attack & Abuse in Men’s Prison
New York Times
Georgia Settles In Food Stamp Lawsuit
Times-Herald
http://www.times-herald.com/local/20150405-food-stamp-lawsuit-settlement-31-inch
Mayor 1% Takes Chicago but the Grassroots Effort Still Remains
Common Dreams
Tricknology 101: The destruction of public housing in Atlanta and Chicago exposes Capitalism’s violent logic.
Jacobin
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/10/tricknology-101/
America is criminalizing Black teachers: Atlanta’s cheating scandal and the racist underbelly of education reform
Salon
The Wheels of the Prison Bus Go Round and Round a/k/a APS cheating scandal
Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jillian-carter-ford/the-wheels-of-the-prison-_b_7026558.html
The Georgia General Assembly Gave Little Relief to the Poor and Uninsured in the Legislative 2015 Session
The Florida Times Union