Atlanta Progressive News

(APN) ATLANTA — After a vigorous debate, the City Council of Atlanta voted to send the resolution by Council Member Michael Julian Bond–seeking to ask the court to drop the charges against the “Eagle 8″–to the Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee. The vote to refer the resolution to committee was 13-2 in favor. Council Members Felicia Moore (District 9) […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Councilman Michael Julian Bond (Post 1-at-large), who was sworn in today and previously served on Council, plans to introduce a resolution at today’s first Full Council meeting seeking to ask the court to review dropping the charges against the staff and dancers at the Atlanta Eagle, and also seeks to offer an apology from the City Council. […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Xanna Don’t, the new Editor of the Atlanta Free Press, Atlanta’s controversial new GLBT publication, wrote a three page editorial responding to last week’s scandal concerning AFP. The editorial appeared in the third and latest print issue of the magazine. Previously, Atlanta Progressive News reported that Zack Hudson, the then-Editor of AFP, had been terminated from Southern […]

This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49847. ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 29 (IPS) – National progressive groups are gearing up for the 2010 Congressional elections by targeting centrist Democrats in the U.S. Congress and supporting their more left-leaning opponents. The two major parties, the Democrats and Republicans, portray themselves as starkly different. However, by international standards, the two […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The first issue of Atlanta Free Press was distributed throughout Atlanta’s GLBT community on December 10, 2009. AFP is the first GLBT print news publication to emerge after the closure of Southern Voice [and David Magazine] a month ago. As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, former Southern Voice editors and staffers have launched an effort to […]

This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49805. ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 23 (IPS) – The number of housing units affordable to extremely low-income (ELI) families in the U.S. has declined over the last year, even as the number of families needing those units has increased, according to a new report by the National Low-Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC). NLIHC […]

(APN) ATLANTA — After being caught lying to Atlanta Progressive News, Zack Hudson has officially resigned as Editor of Atlanta Free Press. Xanna Don’t has been named Interim Editor; previously she had served as Contributing Editor and had told APN that she would not work with Hudson after learning about his dishonesty. Meanwhile, Co-owner Chip Kelley has assumed responsibility for […]

(APN) ATLANTA — One of the co-owners of Atlanta Free Press, Matt Neumann, admitted on the blog comments section of Project Q Atlanta that Zack Hudson, Editor of AFP, lied to Atlanta Progressive News in a previous article. Previously, APN reported that Hudson had been terminated from Southern Voice magazine for allegedly fabricating quotes and sources in two articles. When […]

(APN) ATLANTA — On Wednesday, December 09, 2009, City Councilwoman Mary Norwood conceded the Mayoral Run-off Election to former State Sen. Kasim Reed. After a recount was held, the vote margin between Norwood and Reed only changed by 1 vote. Reed won by 714 votes, or less than 1%. According to the recount results, Reed won 42,549 votes, while Norwood […]

Photographs by Matthew Cardinale and Alice Gordon, Atlanta Progressive News (APN) DECATUR — Jason Carter, grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, has launched a campaign for the seat of State Sen. David Adelman, who has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as Ambassador to Singapore. Adelman has not resigned his seat yet and he must be confirmed by […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Mary Norwood has requested a recount in the Mayoral Run-off Election in which Kasim Reed is currently leading by 715 votes, less than 1%. Previously, APN reported Reed’s vote lead was a bit lower, but that was before all the provisional ballots were counted. The recount will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, December 09, 2009. Once the results […]

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49483. ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov 30 (IPS) – Since a federal judge ruled earlier this month that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was responsible for the devastating 2005 levee breach at the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) in Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina, some legal scholars believe that millions – or […]

(APN) ATLANTA — In celebration of the four-year anniversary of the founding of Atlanta Progressive News, which occurred on November 23, 2009, News Editor and Founder Matthew Cardinale released the following statement: #### We did it! Four years of Atlanta Progressive News: November 23, 2005, to November 23, 2009. Someone could have actually started and completed an entire Bachelor’s degree […]