(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta’s only independent, non-profit community radio station is again in danger of leaving the airwaves. For over forty years, Radio Free Georgia, WRFG 89.3 FM, has lifted up marginalized voices through public affairs, news, and music programming that now reaches thirteen Metro Atlanta counties from its station in Atlanta’s Little Five Points Community Center. Now […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The issues surrounding the recent election for Members of the Board of Directors of grocery cooperative Sevananda remain unresolved, months after Sevananda sued three of its members: Felton Eaddy, Abdullah Muqtasid, and Brian Sherman; and Sherman countersued. The promise of cooperative enterprise, as an alternative to the top-down corporate model, is one of shared profits, shared responsibility, […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106601 ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan 31, 2012 (IPS) – With more and more communities in the U.S. South turning to cooperatives as a way to produce and consume food in a sustainable manner, several cooperatives are hoping to expand on what they view as more than just a “shopping experience” but […]
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