By Courtney Hanson, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) DECATUR — The Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition hosted Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange and author of the recent book Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control, in Atlanta on Monday, September 17, 2012. Benjamin, who was in Atlanta for no more than five hours, spoke to […]
Read moreBy Scott Brown, Special to the Atlanta Progressive News (APN) DEKALB COUNTY — In the early morning hours of Wednesday, May 02, 2012, over twenty deputies from the Dekalb County Sheriff’s Department, under orders from Sheriff Thomas Brown, drilled the locks and kicked in the doors of the Christine Frazer’s home with guns drawn in order to evict four generations […]
Read moreBy Robert Derenthal, Occupy Atlanta With a staggering number of homes being foreclosed upon this year and the millions of families facing homelessness, one would hope a grassroots resistance against the epidemic of foreclosures would spring up. Well, the resistance is rising. Occupy Atlanta is about to enter into its fifth month of defending families from morally reprehensible and […]
Read moreBy Scott Brown, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News; Photograph by Gloria Tatum, Senior Staff Writer (APN) ATLANTA — Last week, former US Army Lieutenant Dan Choi visited Occupy Atlanta on behalf of the progressive blogging site Firedoglake, after the blog selected Occupy Atlanta as one of five national occupations to be awarded with a military-grade command post tent for their […]
Read moreBy Stephen Wing, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) ATLANTA — Facing an uncertain future, people across the country seem to instinctively grasp two things: They want a greater sense of community in their lives and they want to grow their own food. These two impulses are coming together in the phenomenal spread of community gardening. In towns, […]
Read moreBy Arit Essien, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News, with additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — In a noon press conference today, State Rep. Rashad Taylor, who has worked extensively with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, told reporters, “I am a gay man.” Rep. Taylor stood next to his mother, and was surrounded by supporters and fellow legislators as […]
Read moreBy Brian S. Sherman, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) ATLANTA — More than six hundred unionists and pro-labor activists participated in the We Are One march and rally on Monday, April 04, 2011, in Atlanta. The event was organized by leaders of the Georgia American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO). The theme was commemoration of the […]
Read moreAtlanta Ophthalmology Milan Eye Center #### By Joe Williams The following remarks were made by Mr. Williams regarding Suspicionless Roadblocks before the Public Safety/Legal Administration Committee Meeting of the City Council of Atlanta; on Tuesday, February 01, 2011, 3pm; City Hall, Committee Room 2. I come before this safety committee in defense of my 4th Amendment Constitutional rights to promote abolishing […]
Read moreBy Sarah Beth Gehl, Deputy Director, Georgia Budget and Policy Institute #### The Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness took a swing at fixing Georgia’s outdated tax system and hit a triple. The Council’s recommendations would help align Georgia revenues with the 21st century economy and meet the current and future needs of Georgians – very important for our state’s […]
Read moreBy Faye Coffield, in response to the Supreme Court of the US’s refusal to rehear Coffield’s ballot access challenge against the State of Georgia for its five percent petition requirement for non-statewide races. #### As a Black woman born in the mid portion of the last century in the United States I recognize the importance of all citizens or persons, […]
Read moreBy State Sens. Robert Brown and Jeff Mullis #### The geography of Georgia has always presented its residents and visitors with an abundance of resources: from the mountains in the north, to the commercial centers in Atlanta, to the coastal plain of the southeast, and throughout the acres and acres of rich farmland in between. As the largest state east of […]
Read moreBy Tom Ferguson. Remarks presented to the Georgia Public Service Commission in recent opposition to the rate increase. #### There are many reasons to oppose pouring scarce public resources into nuclear projects: 1. the high cost of nuclear reactors, the long lead time to operation and the unacceptably high water usage and thermal pollution. 2. the fact that […]
Read moreBy Dr. Shameka McElhaney #### Despite the passage of health care reform, the challenge here in Georgia is balancing rising health care costs while trying to improve the health of our citizens. True comprehensive health care reform will always allow physicians to treat patients in a way that provides consistency and safety. Every day, my goal is to give personal attention […]
Read moreBy Sarah Beth Gehl, Georgia Budget and Policy Institute #### One of the most obvious questions whenever taxes are discussed is “Who pays?” It’s especially important to ask that now, as Georgia leaders consider changes to the state’s tax system. There’s talk of moving away from the current balanced reliance on personal income, corporate income, and sales tax to […]
Read moreBy Cheryl Rosenblum and Matthew Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — On October 15, 2010, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of foreclosed homeowners in Fulton County who had their mortgage title transferred to MERS, an entity that is alleged to routinely engage in the fraudulent recording of deeds, in Fulton County Superior Court. The case is called […]
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