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DeKalb Commissioner Jester Calls for CEO May to Resign

October 13, 2015 APN NEWS 2 comments

(APN) DECATUR — DeKalb County Commissioner Nancy Jester (District 1) has called for the resignation of Interim CEO Lee May, in the wake of the Bowers-Hyde corruption report released at the end of September 2015. http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/10/10/DeKalb-county-report-finds-widespread-corruption-seeks-mays-resignation/ During a press conference today, Tuesday, October 13, 2015, Jester stated there is no other way to regain public confidence. “Corruption […]

Atlanta Workers Testify to “People’s Wage Board,” Modeled on New York

October 10, 2015 APN NEWS One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — An Atlanta People’s Wage Board–styled upon an official recent Wage Board in New York–heard testimony from sixteen low wage workers over the course of two hours on Wednesday, October 07, 2015. In May 2015, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York ordered the empaneling of a Wage Board to investigate and make recommendations on an increase in […]

DeKalb County Report Finds Widespread Corruption, Seeks May’s Resignation

October 10, 2015 APN NEWS Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — A scathing report on DeKalb County corruption calls for the resignation of Interim CEO Lee May, recovery of funds, and the immediate suspension of all purchase cards (P-cards). It is hard to pick the most outrageous place to start: tens of thousands of dollars to government employees and their businesses; personal loans made to Interim CEO […]

Four Arrested So Far as Atlantans Protest Trans-Pacific Partnership Meeting

October 2, 2015 APN NEWS 3 comments

Photographs by Steve Eberhardt. (APN) ATLANTA — Protests against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) continue in Atlanta, as negotiators from twelve countries work to finalize this latest, controversial proposal for an international free trade agreement. Advocates from civil society organizations concerned with labor, the environment, health care, food, and other issues are worried about a new, free trade agreement […]

City of Atlanta Adopts Climate Action Plan

October 2, 2015 APN NEWS 6 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — The City Council of Atlanta adopted the City of Atlanta Climate Action Plan at the Monday, September 21, 2015, Full Council Meeting by a vote of 12 to 0 as part of the consent agenda. Sponsor Kwanza Hall (District 2), and Councilmembers Ivory Lee Young (District 3) and Cleta Winslow (District 4) were absent from the […]

Democratic Group Attracting Big Name Speakers to Atlanta

October 1, 2015 APN NEWS One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Inspire 45, the young professionals arm of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), is launching from Atlanta this week. “It’s [the DNC’s] way of showing us they take us seriously, and they are really going to invest in the State of Georgia, and Atlanta, for future national elections,” TJ Copeland, past president of the Young Democrats of […]

Al Bartell to Challenge Atlanta Councilman Michael Julian Bond in 2017

September 26, 2015 APN NEWS 3 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — Perennial candidate Al Bartell has announced he will be running for the Atlanta City Council Post 1 at-large seat, currently held by Michael Julian Bond. Bartell has previously run for City Council President in 2009, but says he had to drop out of the race due to medical issues he was experiencing. He also previously ran […]

Peoplestown Residents Plea to Atlanta Council for Help

September 25, 2015 APN NEWS 4 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — “This is my home,” Tanya Washington, Peoplestown-Summerhill resident, told the Atlanta City Council during the public comment portion of the Monday, September 21, 2015 Full Council Meeting. Washington, along with 27 other residents, are the target of plans by the City of Atlanta to demolish their homes and replace them with a series of “Japanese garden” […]

Metro Atlanta DSA Hosts Forum on Climate Change

September 24, 2015 APN NEWS One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — “Climate Change and Alternatives to Capitalism” filled the downstairs meeting room of the Decatur Library, with about thirty attendees, on Sunday, September 13, 2015. The Metro Atlanta Democratic Socialists of America hosted the event. The conversation centered on two documents – Laudato Si, Pope Francis’s Encyclical on the environment; and This Changes Everything by Naomi […]

Atlanta’s Midtown to Get Rainbow Crosswalks, but Only Temporarily

September 24, 2015 APN NEWS 3 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — The temporary installation of Atlanta Rainbow Crosswalks passed the Atlanta City Council at the Full Council meeting on Monday, September 21, 2015; and they are set to be installed in time for Atlanta’s gay pride weekend for 2015. Much to the dismay of supporters, however, the language of the resolution was changed to make the art […]

Mattie Jackson, Neighbors Vow to Stay, as UDC Adopts Findings

September 16, 2015 APN NEWS Leave a comment

With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — On Wednesday, September 09, 2015 the Department of Watershed Management petitioned the Urban Design Commission for the demolition of homes, including seven they do not currently own or have under contract. Over thirty members of the public, including four current residents, showed up and voiced their opposition to […]

RCP, BLM: Can’t we all just get along?

September 11, 2015 APN NEWS One comment

By Dougie “The Abolitionist” Hanson I was really disappointed to read the Atlanta Progressive News article disrespecting my good friends with the Atlanta RCP (Revolutionary Communist Party). http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/09/01/rcp-black-activists-feud-on-twitter-as-janelle-monae-performs-in-atlanta/ I’m a Democratic Socialist, but I know many of them personally. I developed great respect for them because they were fighting back against Police Brutality & Mass Incarceration when […]

Police Brutality Concerns Brought to DeKalb Commission

September 9, 2015 APN NEWS Leave a comment

(APN) DECATUR — Members of The Coalition of Justice and Police Accountability spoke for nearly thirty minutes about recent police shootings, and a desire for increased accountability, during the public comments section of the Tuesday, September 08, 2015 DeKalb County Board of Commissioners Meeting. “I feel the DeKalb County Commission is reinforcing this culture of impunity, there is an […]

Activists, Mother Demand Video in Alexia Christian Police Killing

September 4, 2015 APN NEWS Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — “No justice, no peace! No tape-hiding police!” came the chant outside a west Atlanta IHOP restaurant on the morning of Tuesday, September 1, 2015. In April 2015, two Atlanta Police Department (APD) officers shot and killed Alexia Christian in highly questionable circumstances. APN has previously reported on the police killing in depth: http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/05/15/atlanta-citizens-review-board-gets-on-activists-last-nerve/ […]

Transgender Activists Take Issue with MARTA, APD; Say Black Trans Lives Matter

September 3, 2015 APN NEWS Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Atlantans joined with activists in other U.S. cities for Trans Liberation Tuesday on August 25, 2015, with nearly one hundred supporters gathering at Underground Atlanta for the event. Organizers of the event spoke with Atlanta Progressive News about problems with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) and the Atlanta Police Department (APD) the transgender community […]

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