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Atlanta Council Approves Trust Fund for Turner Field Communities

April 22, 2017 MATTHEW CHARLES 2 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, April 17, 2017, the City Council of Atlanta approved in a vote of nine to three, an ordinance by Councilman Michael Julian Bond (Post 1-at-large) to create a Trust Fund to benefit the communities surrounding the former Turner Field, including Summerhill, Mechanicsville, Peoplestown, Pittsburgh, and part of Grant Park. http://atlantacityga.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?MeetingID=1933&ID=11620 Voting in favor […]

Fort, Hall Pledge to Implement Decriminalization, if Passed by Council

April 18, 2017 MATTHEW CHARLES One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Two candidates for Mayor of Atlanta in this November 2017 Municipal Election–State Sen. Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta) and Councilman Kwanza Hall (District 2)–pledged that as Mayor, they would take steps to implement the decriminalization of cannabis (or “marijuana”) possession, if the Atlanta City Council were to pass the ordinance it is currently considering. An ordinance by Councilman […]

Atlanta May Be the Next City to Decriminalize Cannabis Possession

April 2, 2017 GLORIA TATUM One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta appears set to follow the example set by Clarkston, Georgia, which in 2016 reduced the possible penalties for possession of one ounce of cannabis (“marijuana”). At the last meeting of the Atlanta City Council’s Public Safety/Legal Administration Committee, the Committee voted to recommend approval of an ordinance by Councilman Kwanza Hall (District 2), 17-O-1152, to […]

Atlanta’s People TV Again in Limbo, as Mayor Pushes RFP

March 21, 2017 AUSTIN STEWART 9 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta’s cable Channel 24, a public access station known as People TV, will lose the fifteen thousand dollars a month funding from the City of Atlanta on June 31, 2017, and is in danger of ceasing operations at that time. People TV has been one of the few progressive media in Atlanta for decades, and has […]

Woman Fighting Eminent Domain Case to Run for City Council

March 7, 2017 MATTHEW CHARLES 5 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — Tanya Washington, 46, is running for Atlanta City Council District 1, after years of fighting with the City of Atlanta to keep her home in Peoplestown, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. As previously reported by APN, the City of Atlanta has been trying to take a residential block of homes in Atlanta’s Peoplestown neighborhood to create […]

Atlantans Protest in Response to ICE Raids on Immigrants

February 19, 2017 GLORIA TATUM 4 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — On Thursday, February 16, 2017, hundreds rallied at the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) headquarters in downtown Atlanta to send a message to President Donald Trump and his administration that immigrants have a right to remain, will not be silent, and are going to resist every step of the way. The day was declared “A Day […]

Atlanta Council Debates Cannabis Decriminalization; Work Session Scheduled for Next Week (UPDATE 1)

February 14, 2017 MATTHEW CHARLES One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — The Tuesday, February 14, 2017 Meeting of the Public Safety/Legal Administration Committee was one of the wildest Committee Meetings of the Atlanta City Council in recent memory, as Committee Members discussed a proposed amendment by Ivory Young (District 3) to decriminalize cannabis (“marijuana”) in the City of Atlanta. The Committee decided not to vote on Young’s […]

Hundreds Protest over DeAundre Phillips APD Killing, Withholding of Tape and Officer Name

February 13, 2017 GLORIA TATUM 5 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — Frustration and anger spilled into the streets of Atlanta’s Bankhead neighborhood on Sunday, February 12, 2017, as residents grapple with yet another questionable killing of an unarmed, young Black man by police. DeAundre Phillips, 24, a father of a five year-old daughter, was sleeping in a car on January 26, 2017, minutes before a plain-clothed Atlanta […]

Moore, Martin Express Support for CBA for Turner Field

February 7, 2017 MATTHEW CHARLES One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — At the Monday, February 06, 2017 Full Council Meeting of the City Council of Atlanta, Councilmembers Felicia Moore (District 9) and CT Martin (District 10) expressed their support for a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) for the Turner Field redevelopment. Moore and Martin–who are both running for Council President in this year’s municipal elections–made comments following over […]

Atlantans Protest at Airport over Trump Orders Banning Muslims

January 30, 2017 GLORIA TATUM One comment

Photograph courtesy of Judy Conder. (APN) COLLEGE PARK, Georgia — On Sunday, January 29, 2017, Atlantans joined massive nationwide protests that exploded in over thirty U.S. cities in response to President Donald Trump’s latest Executive Orders banning all Muslims citizens from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen from entering the United States for ninety days. Syrian […]

Activists Blocked from Home of Mayor “Extreme Greed”

December 6, 2016 GLORIA TATUM 3 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — On Sunday, December 04, 2016, the Street Groomers, a Black-led organization that feeds hungry people, keeps the streets safe, and cleans up neglected Black neighborhoods, planned to take the community problems of hunger, homelessness, and gentrification to Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s house. However, when the group got to the Publix shopping center close to Mayor Reed’s […]

Mayor Reed Thankful for Eminent Domain; Peoplestown Residents Fight Back

November 24, 2016 GLORIA TATUM One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, November 21, 2016, the Housing Justice League, along with twenty residents from Atlanta’s Peoplestown community, tried to hand deliver a petition with over 6,000 signatures to Mayor Kasim Reed, asking him to stop the eminent domain proceedings that would displace several long-time residents of Peoplestown. Instead of accepting the petition, though, Mayor Reed chose […]

Encampment at Atlanta City Hall Addresses Gentrification

November 11, 2016 GLORIA TATUM 5 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, November 07, 2016, ATLisReady, a coalition of dozens of organizations, distributed a position paper to the City Council of Atlanta and Mayor Kasim Reed on the problems of, and solutions to, Atlanta’s Equity Crisis. Then, they set up a Tent City outside of City Hall, and they stayed through Tuesday morning. The City too […]

MARTA Project List Not Certain in Sales Tax Referendum

November 3, 2016 AUSTIN STEWART 2 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — On the November 08, 2016 General Election ballot, voters in the City of Atlanta are being asked whether to support or to oppose a half-penny sales tax to support MARTA. However, Atlanta Progressive News has learned that, rather than a specific list of projects, the referendum poses a large menu of possibilities for transportation improvements. […]

Emory University Pursuing Atlanta Annexation

August 27, 2016 GLORIA TATUM 3 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — Emory University has announced plans to pursue annexation of its campus into the City of Atlanta. Emory is currently part of unincorporated DeKalb County. “Emory already promotes its location as Atlanta, is known internationally as being located in Atlanta, and has an Atlanta address and zip code,” the university said in a press release. “The […]

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