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How the Clayton County MARTA Vote Was Won (UPDATE 1)

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(APN) ATLANTA — Over thirty organizations came together to make sure Clayton County residents did not miss a historic opportunity for mass transit that would allow workers there the mobility necessary to get jobs, and would bring economic development to Clayton County. As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, Clayton County has been without transit since 2010, when the C-TRAN […]

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Two Arrested at Stewart Detention Center, One at Fort Benning

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(APN) FORT BENNING, Georgia — On Friday, November 18, 2011, Chris Spicer from Chicago, Illinois, was arrested at Stewart Detention Center for crossing the police barricade in an act of civil disobedience. Spicer recently finished serving a six-month sentence for crossing the line, literally, at the 2010 Vigil to Close the School of the Americans. Wayne Ammons, Chief Magistrate Judge […]

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