Atlanta Progressive News

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=1547 ATLANTA, Georgia, Jun 6 (IPS) – Activists plan to protest a federal appeals court ruling Wednesday to uphold the convictions of five Cuban intelligence agents accused of spying in the United States. However, the three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals also vacated three sentences — two […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Over 400 people gathered Saturday, May 24, 2008, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Great Speckled Bird, Atlanta’s famous underground newspaper that took on Atlanta’s elite and the US power structure from 1968 to 1976. The event also highlighted the importance of independent media in today’s society. Proceeds from the event went to Atlanta Progressive News […]

With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — US Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) won the Kentucky Primary by a wide margin on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, while US Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) won big in Oregon. Obama’s Campaign is celebrating that it now has a majority of total possible pledged delegates with more than 1,627 out of a possible […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) held a rally Saturday, May 17, 2008, at the State Capitol demanding justice for a Georgia man sitting on death row they say is innocent. Troy Anthony Davis has been on death row since 1991 after a Savannah jury convicted him of […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA) officially transferred operations of the Grady Health System to the new 501(c)(3), the Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation (GMHC), on Monday, May 19, 2008. The lease will commence on May 20, 2008, and all Grady employees will transfer under the control of the GMHC with their current jobs and salaries and the GMHC […]

With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — US Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) won Indiana, while US Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) won North Carolina on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Then, Clinton also won West Virginia the following week, on Tuesday, May 13. INDIANA AND NORTH CAROLINA The Indiana and North Carolina results did not deliver the knockout punch or […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Chairman of the Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation (GMHC), A.D. “Pete” Correll, announced Monday, May 5, 2008, a new target date for the commencement of the lease and transfer agreement between the nonprofit and the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA). Correll expects the lease and transfer to commence on May 20, 2008, at which point the GMHC would […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Georgia filed a class action lawsuit March 11, 2008, against the Atlanta Independent School System (AISS), Community Education Partners, Inc. (CEP), the Atlanta Board of Education, and Atlanta Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall for violating students’ rights to an adequate public education and their right to be free from […]

(APN) ATLANTA — US Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) introduced two bills in the US House on April 17, 2008, that address federal penalties for possession of marijuana and the use of medical marijuana, respectively. HR 5843, cosponsored by Reps. Ron Paul (R-TX) and William Lacy Clay (D-MO), would eliminate all federal penalties, including arrest, jail time, and civil fines, prohibiting […]

With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — US Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) defeated US Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) in the Pennsylvania Democratic Primary Election on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, ending a long, bitter, and expensive campaign for the most populous state left on the nominating calendar. With no contests in the last six weeks, both candidates put all […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court on April 14, 2008, denied Troy Anthony Davis’s motion for reconsideration of its March 17, 2008, ruling. Justices ruled last month Davis should not receive a new trial based on new evidence presented in November 2007. Attorneys for Davis argue the new evidence proves his innocence, as previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News. […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Georgia General Assembly finished the 40-day 2008 Legislative Session on April 4, 2008. There were mixed results for some of the bills Atlanta Progressive News has been following this year, concerning Grady Memorial Hospital, eyewitness identification reform, and transportation. Here is a look at how those measures did. TRAUMA NETWORK FUNDING Before the Assembly convened, Speaker […]

  (APN) ATLANTA — The Chairs of the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA) and the Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation (GMHC) signed the “lease and transfer agreement”–from the FDHA, a governmental body, to the GMHC, a private, non-profit corporation–as well as the funding agreements, on Monday, April 07, 2008. State Rep. Pam Stephenson and A.D. “Pete” Correll, Chairs of the respective Boards, […]

This article contains additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale, News Editor (APN) ATLANTA — Advocates for public transportation and the environment are lobbying Georgia lawmakers to adopt two resolutions that could provide more state funding for public transit projects throughout Metro Atlanta and the State, and lead to the reinstatement of Tax Allocation Districts (TADs) after a recent Constitutional challenge. TRANSIT […]

(APN) ATLANTA — When a Chatham County, Georgia, jury handed down a death sentence for Troy Anthony Davis in 1991, the only evidence they had to go on was eyewitness testimony. The prosecution never presented any physical evidence implicating Davis in the 1989 murder of Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail in a Burger King parking lot. Since Davis’s conviction, […]