(APN) ATLANTA–“There is a conspiracy among mayors since they hear the Mayor of Atlanta has outlawed panhandling,” Michael Stoops, Executive Director of the National Coalition of the Homeless (NCH), said in a press conference, January 11, 2006. “The Atlanta ordinance says this is how Atlanta is solving Atlanta’s homeless problem. You’re not aloud to say anything. You’re not allowed to […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA–All Black members of the Georgia General Assembly, the leadership of the House Minority Caucus, US Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), and some members of the King family have boycotted a statewide MLK event in protest of the Georgia House’s passage of a controversial photo ID bill, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. The bill was reintroduced the first day of […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA–“Don’t they have anything to do? I am just a mom of a teenage son. I just don’t want my son or anyone else go to a stupid war,” Susan Keith told Atlanta Progressive News. Last week, Keith learned the Pentagon has been spying on her protests against public schools participating in military recruitment. “I think it is a […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA – US Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and Russ Feingold (D-WI), and US Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), did not preclude the possibility of Bush’s impeachment, when asked about the topic in interviews this weekend. Senator Kennedy declined to rule out Bush’s impeachment when asked about the subject on ABC’s program, “This Week,” according to NewsMax.com, a conservative publication. Sen. […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA – 200 progressive activists from Georgia gathered here today for the first Georgia Progressive Summit (GPS). The historic summit was held at the Georgia State University Student Center and is lasting from Friday, January 6, 2006, through Sunday, January 8, 2006. Georgia For Democracy, a progressive coalition which formed around the Howard Dean Presidential Campaign in 2004, organized […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA – A total of eight US House members have co-sponsored Resolution 635 to create a select committee to investigate the grounds for impeaching President Bush, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. The co-sponsors are Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA), Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX), Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ), Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), Rep. […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) has taken the national lead on suggesting that George Bush’s secret authorization of domestic wiretapping may be an impeachable offense. Lewis is the first member of US Congress to directly suggest the President may need to be impeached. In a similar move, US Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) sent an email on December 19, 2005, […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Susan Keith noticed when her son, Martin, 16, a student at Decatur High School, received 8-10 mailings in the span of nine months from military recruiters. The mailings were full color glossy pieces promising free dog tags or sunglasses if he sent in a reply card.When she found out that Decatur High, along with every other high […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA – At least five US Senators and 13 US House Representatives have called for an investigation into the growing scandal involving political appointees at the US Department of Justice (USDOJ), according to letters obtained by Atlanta Progressive News (APN). The Senators include Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Patrick Leahy (D-WI), Barack Obama (D-IL), and Arlen Specter (R-PA). […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — (Update and Correction, 12/12/05: APN has spoken with Mr. Ricks and he says the charges were not dropped, even though an initial APN transcript of Ricks’s TDC documentary said the charges were dropped. APN will publish its exclusive media interview with Mr. Ricks in the coming days.) Willie Ricks, aka Mukasa Dada, says he was brutally mistreated […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — 45 activists rallied today at Lenox Mall in Atlanta, Georgia, to remember Rosa Parks and protest poverty, racism, and war. The rally began at 11:30 am and ended at 1 pm. Protesters held banners reading, “Shut the War Down,” “End Poverty, Racism, and War,” and “Fund Hurricane Relief! Not the War in Iraq!” The honking of horns, […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA – U.S. Rep. David Scott (D-GA) and the Democratic Caucus on the US House Committee on Government Reform have called for a Congressional Hearing into whether the U.S. Department of Justice improperly approved Georgia’s Voter ID Law, according to letters obtained by Atlanta Progressive News. The Caucus wants a Hearing because it wants to know about the process […]
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