(APN) ATLANTA — Singer Janelle Monae and other members of Wondaland performed in front of a large crowd on Monday, August 31, 2015 as part of a rally organized by Stop Mass Incarceration Network and the Revolution Club (Revolutionary Communist Party, also known as RCP or RevCom). At each stop of Janelle Monae and Wondaland’s The Eephus Tour […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — After two days of hearings, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee of the Georgia House of Representatives voted 8 to 4 in favor of HB 875. The bill, if enacted, would allow people with gun permits to carry weapons in bars, churches, schools, and some government buildings. Next it will go to […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Today, February 03, 2014, the Moral Monday Georgia movement once again stood on the steps of the Georgia State Capitol, this time to repeal Georgia’s Stand Your Ground (SYG) law. Florida’s Stand Your Ground law–which is similar to the one in Georgia–made national headlines in 2013, after George Zimmerman was acquitted of the murder […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Anger has led to mobilization, introspection, and a renewed interest in Stand Your Ground laws here in Georgia, following the July 13, 2013 verdict in the criminal trial of George Zimmerman, who is responsible for the death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teenager who had gone to the store for a bag of Skittles candy and […]
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