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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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Jorge Lawton, 1945 – 2014, !Presente!

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By Anna Simonton, Staff Writer.     (APN) ATLANTA — Jorge Lawton, a tireless Atlanta activist and key player in Latin American  progressive politics throughout his storied career as an interpreter, scholar, journalist, and high-level political analyst and advisor, died on Sunday, September 21, 2014, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.   Diagnosed with multiple myeloma five years ago, Lawton told […]

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