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African Americans for Hillary Clinton Event disrupted by Song, Chants of “Black Lives Matter”

October 31, 2015 GLORIA TATUM Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — On yesterday, Friday, October 30, 2015, thousands gathered at Clark Atlanta University’s Epps Gymnasium to hear Presidential candidate, and former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton speak, as she rolled out her African Americans for Hillary campaign at the historic Black college. Clinton took the stage and acknowledged and thanked prominent Civil Rights Movement leaders from the […]

Nunn Campaign Sees News Media as the Enemy, Memo Reveals

August 5, 2014 BARBARA PAYNE One comment

With additional reporting and analysis by Matthew Charles Cardinale, News Editor (APN) ATLANTA — A confidential internal memo to the Michelle Nunn for U.S. Senate campaign, leaked to the National Review, has revealed some of the Nunn campaign’s research into Nunn’s own weaknesses, as well as how the Nunn campaign viewed the media. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/383894/michelle-nunns-campaign-plan-eliana-johnson/page/0/1 […]

US Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) Furious Over Obama’s Implementation of Patriot Act

July 17, 2013 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(IPS) Despite Push by Obama, Minimum Wage Hike Stagnating

May 29, 2013 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website here: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/despite-push-by-obama-minimum-wage-hike-plan-stagnating/ ATLANTA, Georgia, May 29 2013 (IPS) – During his State of the Union address earlier this year, U.S. President Barack Obama spoke about the need to increase the federal minimum wage, which Congress has not voted to raise since 2007. But while several legislative proposals have been introduced to raise […]

(IPS) CISPA Fails in US Senate, but Online Privacy Concerns Live On

May 4, 2013 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/04/cyber-bill-fails-in-u-s-senate-but-online-privacy-concerns-live-on/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 30 2013 (IPS) – For the second year in a row, activists have successfully defeated a proposal to allow Internet companies to provide customers’ private information to government agencies and each other without risking violation of privacy laws and agreements. The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act […]

(IPS) US Activists Outraged Over So-Called Monsanto Protection Act

April 30, 2013 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/04/u-s-activists-outraged-over-so-called-monsanto-protection-act/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 28 2013 (IPS) – Food safety advocates are outraged over revelations that U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama approved an act that includes a provision purporting to strip federal courts of the ability to prevent the spread of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The provision in the Consolidated […]

Obama, Rep. Barrow Win Reelection; Hill Defeats Sen. Stoner

November 11, 2012 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Among Tuesday’s election results, President Barack Obama won reelection; US Rep. John Barrow (D-GA) won reelection; and Hunter Hill, a Republican, defeated State Sen. Doug Stoner, a moderate Democrat. This article reviews a number of important election outcomes from the November 06, 2012 General Election, including at the federal, state, and local levels. US PRESIDENTIAL RACE AND […]

Mayor Reed Knocks Bain on NBC, Hired Bain Workers, Used Bain Tactics (UPDATE 1)

June 3, 2012 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Mayor Kasim Reed, as part of his apparent ambitions to join the Administration of President Barack Obama, appeared on NBC’s national television program, Meet the Press, as a surrogate for the Obama Campaign. During his visit, he made it a point to go after former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee for President, for Romney’s […]

Foreclosure Prevention Aid Slow to Reach Georgians

May 12, 2012 GLORIA TATUM Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — The State of Georgia has received over 339 million dollars from the Hardest Hit Fund (HHF) program and that money is intended to assist Georgians facing foreclosure. However, these funds have been slow to reach Georgians and some advocates and elected officials are concerned about additional qualifications added by the State which may continue to make it […]

Atlanta Renews MOST; Obama, Gingrich Win Georgia (UPDATE 1)

March 6, 2012 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — City of Atlanta voters overwhelmingly supported the renewal of Atlanta’s eighth penny of sales tax, during today’s Primary Election vote. 85.4 percent of Atlanta voters in Fulton County supported the MOST, with 14.6 percent opposed. [DeKalb’s Atlanta numbers were not immediately available.] Meanwhile, Georgians participating in the Democratic Primary selected President Barack Obama as their Presidential […]

(IPS) Obama’s 2013 Budget Slashes Aid for Working Families

February 29, 2012 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106894 ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb 29, 2012 (IPS) – The federal budget for fiscal year 2013 proposed by President Barack Obama severely cuts aid for working families by targeting at least two programmes, the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) and Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA), that aid the nation’s most vulnerable working […]

(IPS) Defense Act Provides for Indefinite Detention of US Citizens

December 30, 2011 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service Website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106339 ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 30, 2011 (IPS) – Civil liberties groups and many citizen activists are outraged over language in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011 (NDAA) that appears to lay the legal groundwork for indefinite detention of U.S. citizens without trial. David Gespass, president of the National Lawyers Guild, […]

200 Protest in Midtown over US Occupations of Iraq, Afghanistan

March 20, 2011 GLORIA TATUM Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Yesterday, on the 8th anniversary of the criminal US “shock and awe” attack on Iraq, 160 Atlantans marched in Midtown to bring awareness that the US still has troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that these continued occupations will cost Georgia taxpayers five billion dollars in 2011. “Bring the Troops and War Dollars Home!” “Money for Jobs […]

(IPS) US Voters Increasingly Alienated by Two Major Parties

February 26, 2011 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/02/u-s-voters-increasingly-alienated-by-two-major-parties/ ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb 27 2012 (IPS) – A new book shows there are now more U.S. voters who identify as independent than as Democrats or Republicans, despite the fact that the two major parties maintain their virtual stranglehold on U.S. politics and, so far, on the 2012 presidential election process. […]

President Obama Proposes Cutting LIHEAP Funds for Millions

February 10, 2011 MATTHEW CHARLES Leave a comment

According to a report in the National Journal, President Obama has proposed cutting LIHEAP, or low-income energy assistance funds, by about 2.5 billion dollars, likely cutting about three million households off from receiving this assistance. Several US Senators have already spoken out against the proposal, including John Kerry (D-MA) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), according to the report. As previously noted […]