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  (APN) NORTH ANNA, VIRGINIA — Two Atlanta anti-nuclear activists were among six people arrested at a sit-in at the Visitor’s Center of the North Anna nuclear power plant in Louisa, Virginia, on August 08, 2008. Darci Rodenhi, Program Coordinator for Atlanta Women’s Action for New Directions, and Glenn Carroll, Coordinator of Nuclear Watch South, were among the six arrested […]

This article first appeared on Inter-Press Service at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44559 CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov 3 (IPS) – Several U.S. citizens reported watching their votes flip on electronic voting machines in different states during the early voting period, highlighting the continued vulnerability of “e-voting” systems, which about 50 million U.S. citizens will use on Tuesday, despite problems since as early as 2004. […]

This article first appeared on the Inter Press-Service at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44422 ATLANTA, Oct 23 (IPS) – The credit crunch is limiting college access for some students in the United States by making it more difficult for them or their parents to obtain student loans to finance the steep cost of a four-year education. Sophomore Armando Huipe, 19, found himself with a […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Green Presidential candidate and former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) made a campaign stop in Atlanta at an event hosted by DeKalb County Green Party and the International Action Center, on Saturday, October 18, 2008. About 50 supporters gathered at the Little Five Points Community Center for the low-key event which had been announced only a few […]

  (APN) ATLANTA – US Reps. Hank Johnson (D-GA) and John Barrow (D-GA) maintained their opposition to the economic bailout bill, which among other things would buy mortgage-backed securities from banks for $700 billion, during two rounds of voting.   However, US Reps. John Lewis (D-GA) and David Scott (D-GA) changed positions, from nay on the first bill and yea […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Faye Coffield, a former police officer and private investigator for former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), is challenging US Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) for his seat in the upcoming General Election in November 2008. However, she was unable to gather the 15,000 petition signatures of registered voters in Georgia that is required to get on the ballot, […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Two anti-death penalty activists, Rev. Marvin Morgan, First Congregational Church, and Steve Woodhall, were arrested today at the Governor’s Office, after refusing to leave the office until speaking with the governor about tomorrow’s impending execution of Troy Davis. Woodhall has been fasting since Thursday for Davis, only drinking water, as part of a one-man vigil outside of […]

(APN) ATLANTA — A third former AHA employee or contractor approached Atlanta Progressive News in May 2008 with concerns about what relocation opportunities existed for residents being evicted by Atlanta Housing Authority as part of its public housing demolition initiative. [The first whistleblower, Anthony Bostic, told APN last year how AHA was underpaying families on their utility allowances and that […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta peace activists are celebrating this week because they have succeeded in convincing US Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) to remove his name as a co-sponsor of H. Con Res 362, a bill which expresses the sense of the Congress regarding new sanctions on Iran. “He responded to his constituents and it renewed a tiny bit of my […]

(APN) ATLANTA — US Reps. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Maxine Waters (D-CA) have written a letter to the new Secretary, Steve Preston, of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requesting the agency cease approving demolition and disposition applications from housing authorities across the country. Atlanta Progressive News and local advocates, including resident leaders, have been raising concerns […]

(APN) ATLANTA — A resolution before US Congress that would decriminalize marijuana possession and use for responsible adults now has six co-sponsors, including crucial support from members of the Congressional Black Caucus, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. US Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), sponsor of HR 5843, held a press conference July 30, 2008, in Washington, D.C., with fellow lawmakers and […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Political blogger Andre Walker wrote dozens of blog items in favor of US Rep. David Scott (D-GA) this year but did not disclose to readers he was on Scott’s payroll. Walker runs a blog called Georgia Politics Unfiltered and also is a blogger at Peach Pundit. Previously, Walker had faced scrutiny in the local blogger community for […]

With additional reporting by Jonathan Springston. (APN) COLLEGE PARK — Progressive challengers did not fare well against Centrist Congressional Democrats, US Reps. David Scott (D-GA), John Barrow (D-GA), and Jim Marshall (D-GA), in the recent 2008 Primary Election in Georgia. However, two of the challengers, State Sen. Regina Thomas and former State Sen. Donzella James, are respectively planning to face […]