Matthew Charles Cardinale is the News Editor and Founder of Atlanta Progressive News. (APN) ATLANTA — Lately I have had to reorganize my life to make room for the ecological advocacy that Mother Earth requires, really that we require as a civilization to survive, in the coming few years. For me, with a background in law and policy, my […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — City of Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was on-hand in Washington, D.C., as the Senate Democrats held a critical hearing that is a step toward taking emergency action on climate change at the federal level on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Republican Senators, while invited, declined participation in the hearing. The hearing, by U.S. Senate Democrats’ […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Two activists were arrested at a “Never Again” action at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Field Office in Atlanta on Monday, July 15, 2019. Calvin Runnels, a Rhodes Scholar from Georgia Tech and an openly transgender male, was arrested at the ICE protest as a hundred people blocked the ICE driveway. After his release […]
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Official photograph of Judge Guido Calebresi. (APN) ATLANTA — There has been an extraordinary turn of events in the federal lawsuit to reschedule cannabis (“marijuana”) from a Schedule 1 drug, the most dangerous classification of drugs, which also includes heroin and LSD. As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, in 2017, a federal lawsuit, Washington et al. v. Sessions […]
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With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — On May 20, 2019, the Atlanta City Council voted to approve 19-R-3622, creating a Task Force to consider closing the Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC) at 254 Peachtree Street SW, in a vote of eleven to one. The Task Force is called the Task Force to Lead a […]
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Photograph includes images from Quarry Yards marketing materials, pursuant to Fair Use doctrine for educational purposes. (APN) ATLANTA — Quarry Yards, a planned upscale development in Atlanta’s historic Grove Park neighborhood, may have violated Fair Housing laws by publishing marketing materials that appear to exclude legacy residents who are mostly Black and low-income. “CREATED FOR A NEW ATLANTA” […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — There are nine candidates in the September 17, 2019 Special Election to replace Fulton County Commissioner Emma Darnell (District 6), who passed away in May 2019. Qualifying began on June 24 and ended on June 28, 2019. “While it will be impossible to replace the late Commissioner Darnell, it is important to hold the election […]
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