With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — Over a thousand pro-Israeli protesters held a demonstration on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at the Selig Center at 1440 Spring Street. The Selig Center is an event space, museum, and office space for the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta. This rally was called, “Atlanta Stands with Israel,” […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The number of Urgent Care Centers has been increasing in Atlanta over the past several years, as new options, posing alternatives to primary care, are becoming available for Atlanta consumers. Dr. Anthony Ferrara, a pioneer specializing in the field of emergency medicine and the business of Urgent Care, and part owner of several Atlanta Urgent Care […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The population of Atlanta’s Buckhead community is quickly growing, and numerous housing and retail projects are coming online to meet the demand; however, for some homeowners and small business owners, traffic is becoming a bit of a nightmare. “The census from 2000 to 2010 in Buckhead increased almost 12,000 people… The apartments being built are as […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, December 09, 2013, activist David Cobb of the Move to Amend campaign, visited Atlanta to speak about corporate personhood again at Manuel’s Tavern. Last year, Atlanta Progressive News also interviewed Cobb when he visited Atlanta around the same time to promote a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the U.S., which would ban […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — On Friday, October 11, 2013 animal rights activists held another protest outside the Georgia Aquarium to express outrage at Atlanta Pride, Atlanta’s gay pride festival, holding their annual kick-off party once again at the Aquarium. Meanwhile, activists are fighting in the courts to prevent eighteen beluga whales from becoming the next victims or casualties of the […]
Read moreAtlanta Progressive News footage of Bobbie Paul’s retirement party. Paul retires after ten years as Executive Director of Georgia WAND.
Read more(APN) DECATUR — Georgia Women’s Action for New Directions honored Bobbie Paul, outgoing Executive Director, for her hard work and dedication to some of the most pressing issues of our generation–nuclear disarmament and opposition to nuclear power–on Thursday, August 22, 2013, in Old Courthouse on the Square, in Decatur, Georgia. Hundreds of activists and friends showed up to honor […]
Read moreBy Cheyenne X, Staff Writer, and Gloria Tatum, Senior Staff Writer (APN) ATLANTA — On Saturday, May 25, activists around the world united to March Against Monsanto, the company that, among other things, is pushing its genetically modified food products on US consumers, while threatening the global food supply. Unbeknownst to many in the US, genetically […]
Read moreAs part of the global day of action against Monsanto, Atlantans held an anti-Monsanto rally at Piedmont Park. Original video by Cheyenne X, Staff Writer for Atlanta Progressive News.
Read moreWith additional reporting by Gloria Tatum, Kevin Moran, and Matthew Charles Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — State Rep. Pat Gardner (D-Atlanta) says she is hopeful that Gov. Nathan Deal, a Republican, will change his mind over whether to expand Medicaid in Georgia pursuant to the Affordable Care Act of 2010. Currently the U.S. states are split completely in half on the […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — For the last four weeks, the music video for a new dance called the MARTA Slide has been going viral on Youtube. The MARTA Slide is now showing on the MARTA website as well as, without sound, on MARTA trains. The video is available on Youtube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9cFVdWQiaw The video shows as Star, the mascot for the […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — On Saturday, December 08, 2012, the Georgia chapter of Move to Amend hosted a community forum on Creating Democracy and Challenging Corporate Rule, at Manuel’s Tavern in Atlanta. The focus of the event was the need for an amendment to the Constitution of the US in response to the controversial Citizens United v. FEC ruling of the […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at the Variety Playhouse, Bill McKibben, President and Co-Founder of 350.org, spoke to a sold-out audience of several hundred Metro Atlantans about the global social problem of climate change. 350.org is an international organization with staff members in the US, Brazil, Burundi, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, and Ukraine. According to […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Just over a year since the Board of Commissioners of Fulton County rejected pay-to-play reform, and just a few months since Mayor Kasim Reed bashed the notion of pay-to-play reform during remarks before the City Council of Atlanta, Common Cause Georgia and its ethics reform partners have made great strides in gaining support for pay-to-play reform, both […]
Read moreWith additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale, News Editor. (APN) ATLANTA — Steve Oppenheimer, Democratic nominee Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) District 3, will be on the General Election ballot this coming November 06, 2012. He faces incumbent Chuck Eaton, a Republican; and Brad Ploeger, a Libertarian. The present article reviews APN’s interview with Oppenheimer. APN has already interviewed […]
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