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PART 3: Atlanta Airport Concessions Move Forward despite FAA Letter

(APN) ATLANTA -- The City Council of Atlanta voted on April 30, 2012, to move forward with new concessions contracts, instead of delaying them ninety days, despite revelations that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has determined that ...

Former State Rep. Mable Thomas Running for Ashe's Former Seat

(APN) ATLANTA -- Former State Rep. "Able" Mable Thomas, who previously served in the State House of Representatives, will be running for the seat of former State Rep. Kathy Ashe (D-Atlanta), the candidate told Atlanta Progressive News.Due to r...

Foreclosure Prevention Aid Slow to Reach Georgians

(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 ...

Atlanta’s Secret Vote Lawsuit Back in Superior Court

(APN) ATLANTA -- Following a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of Georgia on February 06, 2012, the secret vote lawsuit filed by the News Editor of Atlanta Progressive News--the present writer--against the City of Atlanta has returned to Fu...

3am Home Eviction in DeKalb Sparks Outrage

By Scott Brown, Special to the Atlanta Progressive News(APN) DEKALB COUNTY -- In the early morning hours of Wednesday, May 02, 2012, over twenty deputies from the Dekalb County Sheriff's Department, under orders from Sheriff Thomas Brown, drill...

CBS Richmond Examines AHA’s Demolition Model

(APN) ATLANTA -- A CBS affiliate based in Richmond, Virginia, visited Atlanta in March 2012 after Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones has said he wants the city to emulate Atlanta’s model of mass public housing demolitions and mass evictions of reside...

Activists See Gold Dome Support for Marijuana Reform

(APN) ATLANTA -- On April 20, 2012, several organizations that advocate for marijuana policy reform held their annual 420 rally at the Georgia Capitol.Co-sponsors of the event included Group Civil Disobedience (Non-violent); Georgia for Canna...

APN Chat with Michael Johnson, Congressional Candidate

(APN) ATLANTA -- Former Fulton County Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson is challenging US Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) in the Democratic Primary this year for the fifth Congressional District of Georgia.In 2010, Lewis faced no opposition except Fenn ...

(IPS) Citizens Reclaim Energy Cooperatives

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107625. ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 30, 2012 (IPS) - As the United Nations and countries around the world look at cooperatives as an alternative econ...

(IPS) In Debt Debate, Most US Voters Prefer Tax Fairness to Cuts

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107590 ATLANTA, April 26, 2012 (IPS) - A giant digital "clock" on Sixth Avenue in New York keeps track of a number, currently at 15.6 trillion ...

(IPS) Legal Challenges Counter Plans for New Nuclear Reactors

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107557. ATLANTA, Georgia, April 24, 2012 (IPS) - Until this past February, the last time new nuclear power construction was approved in the...

AHA Commissioner Wayne Jones, 1935-2012, Presente!

(APN) ATLANTA -- Wayne Jones, 77, Member of the Board of Commissioners of the Atlanta Housing Authority, who served as a resident representative since 2010, died on Friday, April 20, 2012, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.Jones was nomina...

McKinney Campaign Announcement Expected Soon

(APN) ATLANTA -- Former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) is expected to soon issue a formal announcement that she is running for her old seat in the Georgia’s fourth Congressional District, to challenge US Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) in the Genera...

APS Board Votes to Close Seven Schools, Preserve Three More

By Marko Robinson, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) ATLANTA -- On April 10, 2012, the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education unanimously voted at a meeting held at Jackson High School, to close seven out of ten schools that at t...

APN Celebrates One Thousand News Articles

(APN) ATLANTA -- Upon the recent publication by Atlanta Progressive News of its one thousandth, original full-length news article, APN's News Editor, Matthew Cardinale, released the following statement:####Dear APN Readers,I'm writing to share wit...

Coan Middle School Spared in APS Closures Battle

By Marko Robinson, Special to the Atlanta Progressive News, with additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale, News Editor.  Photograph by Marko Robinson. (APN) ATLANTA -- Parents scored a recent victory when Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent E...

AG Olens Ignored State EPD in Clean Air Challenge

(APN) ATLANTA -- Sam Olens, the Attorney General of the State of Georgia, sought but ultimately ignored the advice of Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division (EPD), in a legal challenge of new rules issued by the US Environmental Protection Ag...

Cynthia McKinney Running For US House on Green Party Ticket

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) is planning to run for Georgia's 4th US Congressional seat as a member of the Green Party, the candidate told Atlanta Progressive News. McKinney is planning to attempt to gather all of some...

(IPS) Forming Coalitions, Tea Party Continues to Brew

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107266. ATLANTA, Georgia, March 30, 2012 (IPS) - In the three years since its inception, the Tea Party has cemented its place in U.S. politics, ...

Occupy Atlanta, Tea Party Patriots Defeat SB 469

(APN) ATLANTA -- Thursday, March 29, 2012, the last day of the General Assembly, began for Occupy Atlanta, unions, religious leaders, leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, community activists, and the Tea Party at 9:30am with a prayer vigil outsid...

Occupy Atlanta Claims Partial Victory in AT&T Protest

(APN) ATLANTA -- Today, Monday, March 26, 2012, Occupy Atlanta, Communication Workers of America (CWA) Local 3204, and Atlanta Jobs with Justice announced a historic victory in preventing over 250 layoffs at AT&T.  The coalition claims that th...

Atlanta Council Rejects Undermining Ethics Board’s Independence

(APN) ATLANTA -- On Monday, March 19, 2012, in a 12 to 1 vote, the City Council of Atlanta rejected a proposal by Councilman Lamar Willis (Post 3-at-large) that would have reduced the independence of the City of Atlanta’s Board of Ethics.Meanwhile...

Citizens Rally, Speak Out against SB 469

(APN) ATLANTA -- On Saturday, March 17, 2012, over forty organizations and two thousand citizens gathered at the State Capitol to "kill the bill." SB 469--which as previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, would make protesting on private p...

(IPS) Urban Chicken-Keeping Movement Spreads Its Wings

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107097 ATLANTA, Georgia, Mar 16, 2012 (IPS) - With increasing concerns about the economy and environmental sustainability on the minds of man...

Part 2: City Misportrayed AG’s Advice on Airport Records

(APN) ATLANTA -- The City of Atlanta Department of Law misrepresented to City Council Members the advice provided to them by the office of the Attorney General of Georgia related to airport concessions bidding records and the Georgia Open Records ...

Major Changes at Creative Loafing, Atlanta Daily World

(APN) ATLANTA -- The media landscape continues to shift as Creative Loafing Atlanta magazine continues to slice its news staff by letting people go, and as the Atlanta Daily World newspaper is sold to a national chain of historically Black newspap...

Fulton Judge Refuses to Halt Airport Contracts

(APN) ATLANTA -- In a ruling, dated Monday, March 12, 2012, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Wright ruled that her court did not have jurisdiction to issue a temporary injunction on behalf of four protesting bidders for concessions at At...

Benfield to Leave Legislature, Was Paired with Incumbent

By Shane Patrick Cunningham, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News.  (APN) ATLANTA -- State Rep. Stephanie Stuckey Benfield (D-Decatur) announced on February 22, 2012, that she would not be running for reelection this year and that she would beg...

Pending Parks Legislation Would Impact Occupy Atlanta

(APN) ATLANTA -- Three proposed city ordinances, currently up for consideration this Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at the Community Development/Human Resources (CD/HR) Committee, would add new restrictions to what citizens can do in public parks.Some o...

Two Years Later, Atlanta Council Discloses Secret Vote

(APN) ATLANTA -- On Monday, March 05, 2012, the City Council of Atlanta unanimously approved a resolution to amend the minutes of the February 2010 Council Retreat, to reflect the names of those Council Members voting for or against a proposal rel...

Georgia Legislature Crossover Day, An Overview

With additional reporting by Gloria Tatum. (APN) ATLANTA -- Yesterday, March 07, 2012, was Crossover Day for the Georgia General Assembly, the final day for legislation pass either the House or the Senate to be able to pass both chambers this year...

Georgians Rally for “Quitman Ten Plus Two”

(APN) QUITMAN -- On Saturday, February 25, 2012, over five hundred Georgia citizens marched in support of the Quitman Ten Plus Two.  As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, the twelve have been accused of voter fraud in a local Board o...

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

  (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 oppo...

APN Endorsements: No on MOST, No on Primary Choices

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Progressive News Board of Directors has made the following endorsements in today's March 06, 2012, election: MUNICIPAL OPTION SALES TAX (MOST) - NO Sales tax is one of the most regressive types of taxes, meaning that i...

City Seeks One Cent Sales Tax Renewal, but Missing Water Deadlines

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Today, Tuesday, March 06, 2012, Atlanta voters will consider the second renewal of the Municipal Option Sales Tax (MOST), a one penny sales tax--Atlanta’s eighth penny--which funds water and sewer infrastructure improvements. As...

SB 469 Would Make Civil Disobedience a Felony in Georgia

(APN) ATLANTA -- SB 469, an anti-union and anti-protest bill, would turn nonviolent civil disobedience into a felony punishable by imprisonment for one year and a fine of ten thousand dollars for organizations and one thousand dollars for individu...

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

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 wo...

(IPS) US Voters Increasingly Alienated by Two Major Parties

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 ide...

PART ONE: Airport Concessions Protests Move Forward

(APN) ATLANTA -- Four companies that bid for food and beverage concessions contracts at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport are moving forward with their protests after the City of Atlanta denied their initial appeals, Atlanta Progr...

Bill Would Promote Solar Power in Georgia by Breaking Utility’s Monopoly

(APN) ATLANTA -- Senate Bill 401 is a new, bipartisan bill introduced in Georgia’s State Senate would encourage private investment in solar power, stimulate the economic growth of Georgia, and enhance the continued diversification of the energy re...

ANALYSIS: Olens's Sunshine Revisions a Mixed Bag

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Subcommittee Two of the Georgia House Judiciary (Civil) Commmittee, chaired by State Rep. Mike Jacobs (R-DeKalb), will be considering HB 397 today, Wednesday, February 22, 2012, HB 397, legislation to drastically revise Georgia'...

(IPS) US States Grapple with Exploding Prison Populations

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106837 ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb 21, 2012 (IPS) - Budget constraints combined with exploding prison populations are prompting a number of U.S. st...

Georgia Third Party Ballot Access Bill Passes House Committee

  (APN) ATLANTA -- HB 949, a bill that would slightly reduce the number of petition signatures required by an independent or third party candidate running for office in Georgia, has passed the Georgia House Committee on Governmental Affairs. While...

Advocates, Experts Blast Welfare Drug Testing Bill at Hearing

  (APN) ATLANTA -- At a legislative hearing on Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at the Georgia Capitol, State Rep. Jason Spencer (R- Woodbine), one of the co-sponsors of HB 668--which would require people who receive temporary assistance for needy fa...

BREAKING: Stay Granted in Task Force for Homeless Eviction

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless appealed an eviction ordered on Thursday, February 09, 2012, by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall.  The appeal was filed with the Court of Appeals of Georgia, according ...

Thirteen Arrested in AT&T Protest held by Occupy Atlanta

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Thirteen people were arrested inside the lobby of the AT&T building at 675 West Peachtree Street today, Monday, February 13, 2012.  The group said they would sit in the lobby until AT&T promised to not layoff 740 union w...

Georgia Considers Reforms to Reduce Prison Population, Costs

  With additional reporting on the Special Council’s recommendations by Matthew Cardinale.(APN) ATLANTA -- This year, the Georgia Legislature is expected to begin considering a package of reforms intended to reduce the state’s prison population as...

Keisha Waites, Perseverance Prevail in Special Election

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Keisha Sean Waites, 39, who has sought public office and come quite close to winning several times, finally pulled off a victory on Tuesday, February 07, 2012.  Waites, who has now sought office nine times, began running for off...

Supreme Court Bans Secret Votes across State of Georgia

  (APN) ATLANTA -- On Monday, February 06, 2012, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued its ruling in the case Cardinale v. City of Atlanta et al., ruling that the Georgia Open Meetings Act indeed requires the listing of the names of those voting aga...

Task Force for Homeless Eviction Granted, Appeal Expected

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall issued a verbal order--with written ruling forthcoming--on Friday, February 03, 2012, first, evicting Anita and Jim Beaty, Executive Director and Board President of the Metro Atla...

(IPS) HUD Changes Demolition Rules after Abuses by AHA, Others

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106648 ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb 3, 2012 (IPS) - Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the publication of a...

(IPS) Building Communities Around Sustainable Food

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106601 ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan 31, 2012 (IPS) - With more and more communities in the U.S. South turning to cooperatives as a way to produce and co...

(IPS) Plan for Popular Presidential Vote Quietly Advances

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106564. ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan 26, 2012 (IPS) - Unlike many of the younger democracies around the world, the United States still does not elect it...

Black Leaders Mobilize to Help the Quitman Ten

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Black leaders and elected officials held a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol  on Monday, January 23, 2012, to discuss their concern regarding the Quitman Ten, a group of Black elected officials and voters from Quitma...

APN Chat with HD60 Candidates, Middlebrooks and Waites

  (APN) ATLANTA -- With the Special Election in State House District 60 coming up on DATE, Atlanta Progressive News reached out to all three candidates for an interview on the issues.  Theresa Middlebrooks completed a phone interview and Keisha Wa...

Decatur Opposes Walmart as South Atlanta Begs for One

  (APN) DECATUR -- Good Growth Dekalb (GGD), a neighborhood group, has organized a series of Occupy Walmart protests scheduled for January 20 and 27, 2012, and February 03 and 10.  Many local residents are opposed to the proposed Walmart that will...

Ceasar Mitchell: Council "Made a Mockery" of Themselves

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Shortly after the Committee of the Whole of the City Council of Atlanta went into Executive Session on January 03, 2012, during the debate over concessions contracts at Atlanta's Hartsfield- Jackson International Airport, Counci...

APS Board's New Ethics Commission Has Three Pending Cases

  (APN) ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education has restructured its Ethics Commission, which is tasked with investigating ethics complaints made against Board Members, and the newly re-formed Commission is currently preparing to ...

Waites, Others Run for Vacant State House Seat in Special Election

  Waites Runs for Vacant House Seat in Special Election   (APN) ATLANTA -- Keisha Waites, who recently ran for the Fulton County Board of Commissioners District 6 seat in 2010, is running for an empty State House seat in District 60.  The election...

Shell Bluff Residents Speak Out on Nuclear Reactors

  (APN) SHELL BLUFF, GEORGIA -- On January 07, 2012, a bus carrying members of Georgia Women's Action for New Directions (GA WAND), Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda, Nuclear Watch South, Grandmothers for Peace, and other concerned citizen...

Effingham County Takes Secret Vote, Atlanta Case Invoked

  (APN) ATLANTA -- The City of Atlanta's secret vote of February 2010 is having repurcussions across the State of State, just as the News Editor of Atlanta Progressive News, the present writer, warned would happen in oral  arguments before the Sup...

BREAKING: Atlanta Violated Charter with Closed Airport Bid Process

  (APN) ATLANTA -- The Fulton County Taxpayers Foundation is preparing to challenge the City of Atlanta's bid selection process and the final bid selections--approved on Tuesday, January 03, 2011, by the City Council--in court, Atlanta Progressive...

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

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 Defens...

Atlanta Procurement Code Questioned in Travelex Ruling

  (APN) ATLANTA -- In a December 15, 2011, ruling, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Wright put the City of Atlanta on notice that there are problems with the City’s procurement code which make it impossible for bidders who lose contracts...

Moore, Bond Take Issue with Secret Airport Bid Scores

  (APN) ATLANTA -- At the Wednesday, December 14, 2011, meeting of the Transportation Committee of the City Council of Atlanta, Councilwoman Felicia Moore (District 9) took issue with yet  even more secretive information related to the new concess...

Georgia to Receive More LIHEAP Funds for 2012

  (APN) ATLANTA -- The State of Georgia is set to receive an additional disbursement of funding for the low-income energy assistance program, LIHEAP, now that US Congress has decided on a final budget for FY 2012. The US Department of Health and H...

(IPS) US Limits Mercury Pollution as Big Coal Retreats

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106301. ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 23, 2011 (IPS) - Environmental advocates praised a recent new rule limiting pollution of mercury and other air toxi...

Reed Rewards Donors, Guards Secrecy in Airport Contracts

  (APN) ATLANTA -- A number of high-profile campaign contributors to Mayor Kasim Reed have received airport contracts, raising concerns about possible pay-to-play, even while Reed's Administration guards all aspects of the bidding process with gre...

US House Bans Synthetic Marijuana after Heated Debate

(APN) ATLANTA -- The US House of Representatives has voted to ban what appear to be a wide array of synethic cannabinoid strains, some which may have been used in herbal incense products in stores in Atlanta and across the US.As previously re...

(IPS) Federal Court Grants Legal Victory to Transgender People

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106224 ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 14, 2011 (IPS) - When Vandy Beth Glenn, a transgender woman formerly known as Mr. Glenn Morrison, told her superv...

(IPS) Homeless Play Key Role in Occupy Movement

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106188. ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 12, 2011 (IPS) - Homeless people make up a significant proportion of participants in the Occupy Movement in citi...

Former State Sen. Robert Brown, 1950-2011, !Presente!

(APN) ATLANTA -- Former State Sen. Robert Brown, 61, who had served as Georgia State Senate Minority Leader until earlier this year, was found dead this week in an apparent suicide.Brown graduated from Mercer University in Macon, and went on to...

PSC Approves Ten Million in Emergency Heating Aid from USF

  (APN) ATLANTA -- The Georgia Public Service Commission has approved ten million dollars from the Universal Service Fund, to help cover the heating costs of certain low-income people, particularly as US Congress has not yet finalized a 2012 budge...

Video of Student Arrest at Emory Library Troubles Some Activists

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Some progressive activists are concerned about a video recently posted to Youtube that shows Emory University police arresting an Emory PhD student, Joe Diaz. The video, which Atlanta Progressive News reviewed earlier today, is ...

Moore to Chair Finance Committee, Bond to Chair Public Safety

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Two years into the four-year Council term which began in 2010 and will end in 2013, Council President Ceasar Mitchell has announced a few significant changes to the membership and leadership of Atlanta's seven Council committees...

Amos Wins APS BOE Run-off, Raffensperger in Johns Creek

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Byron Amos, the parent and community activist whose work promoting rap artists for UGK Records caused controversy in the community, has been elected to serve as the District 2 representative for the Atlanta Public Schools Board ...

FCC Panel in Atlanta Examines the Future of Media

(APN) ATLANTA -- US Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioners Michael J. Copps and Mignon Clyburn, hosted a forum at Georgia Tech on Information Needs of Atlanta, on December 01, 2011.   About two hundred pe...

Help for Low-Income Atlantans Hangs in Balance as Congress Stalls

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Inaction by the US Congress to make funding decisions regarding programs critical to Atlanta's low-income families--particularly LIHEAP and CSBG--means that even more families than usual this year are facing lack of heating and/...

Atlanta Likely to Fund People TV for Another Year

  (APN) ATLANTA -- The City Council of Atlanta appears likely to approve a funding measure to extend the life of People TV, an Atlanta public access channel, for one year. The Finance/Executive Committee unanimously approved the funding last week,...

AJC Continues Whitewashing Existence of Other Media

  (APN) ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper appears to be engaging in a strategy of whitewashing the existence of other news outlets, except when it serves their purposes to mention them. Previously, Atlanta Progressive News reve...

Martina Correia, 1967-2011, !Presente!

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Martina Correia, the sister of Troy Davis who was his strongest advocate, has succumbed to breast cancer.  She had been diagnosed with breast cancer seven years ago and given six months to live at that time, but she fought to st...

Angela Brown Attack Mailer Distorts APN Interview

(APN) ATLANTA -- A mailer attacking Angela Brown, candidate for Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education District 2, was received by voters throughout District 2 in recent days.  It states "She says she wants Atlanta school children to cross dres...

(IPS) State Sen. Albers Discusses Welfare Drug Test Legislation

A shorter version of this article appeared first on Inter-Press Service's website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106044. ATLANTA, Georgia, U.S., Nov 30, 2011 (IPS) - At least 36 states across the U.S. are proposing laws that would require ...

(IPS) World's Tallest Solar Tower Set for Arizona

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website here: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105977. ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov 27, 2011 (IPS) - In the western desert state of Arizona, a company called EnviroMission is planning to build ...

AP1000 Design for New Vogtle Reactors a Problem for Georgia Power

  (APN) ATLANTA – The AP1000 Oversight Group, the North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network (NC WARN), and Friends of the Earth filed a petition November 10, 2011, to require the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to resolve design ...

APN Celebrates Six Years of Publication

  Hey everybody.  It’s me - Matthew Charles Cardinale - News Editor and President of the Atlanta Progressive News.I have great news - yesterday, November 23, 2011, we celebrated our sixth year of publication, which means we are now in our seventh ...

Two Arrested at Stewart Detention Center, One at Fort Benning

  (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 si...

41 Days to Black for People TV; Council Slow to Act

  41 Days to Black for People TV; Council Slow to Act By Matthew Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA -- People TV will end its programming on December 31, 2011, if the City Council and Mayor of Atlanta do not take action. As previously reported by Atlanta Pro...

Felicia Moore Draws Early Challenger for 2013

(APN) ATLANTA -- Pastor Stanley Calloway, 45, is planning to challenge Councilwoman Felicia Moore for her District 9 seat in 2013, the candidate told Atlanta Progressive News. "My contemplations are over.  I'm gonna run," he said. Calloway is the ...

Outwrite Books to Leave 10th and Piedmont Location

    (APN) ATLANTA -- Outwrite bookstore, Midtown Atlanta's iconic gay bookstore, will be leaving its  10th and Piedmont location within the next few weeks, signaling a key milestone in Midtown's second-wave gentrification process.  The store opene...

Georgia Legislators Seek to Drug Test Welfare Recipients

  With additional legal reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA -- Yesterday, November 15, 2011, State Rep. Jason Spencer (R - Woodbine) and State Sen. John Albers (R-Roswell) introduced, or pre-filed, legislation requiring drug tests for a...

Rally to End Marijuana Prohibition Held at Georgia Capitol

(APN) ATLANTA -- About one hundred opponents of marijuana prohibition rallied at the State Capitol on Saturday, November 12, 2011, to help educate the public and to dispel old, worn out myths and misinformation about marijuana.   Organizations rep...

Alleged Homophobic Fraudulent Robocalls in Milton Election

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Alan Tart, the City Councilman in Milton whose election in 2007 was seen as remarkable-- given that Tart is an openly homosexual man living in Georgia's most Republican city--says two robocalls may have led to his recent loss to...

Sunday Sales, E-SPLOST IV Pass; Amos, Brown in APS Run-off

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Sunday alcohol sales passed overwhelmingly in cities across Fulton County, including Atlanta, Alpharetta, East Point, Hapeville, Johns Creek, Milton, Roswell, Sandy Springs, and Union City. Atlantans approved Sunday alcohol sale...

APD Officers Run Motorcycle into Protesters, Charge Horse at Senior

  With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA -- Over one hundred Atlanta Police were out in full force again on the night of Saturday, November 05, 2011, after Occupy Atlanta reoccupied Woodruff Park [also known as Troy Davis pa...

Khaatim El, David Dorsey Fund Brown's APS Campaign

  (APN) ATLANTA -- In the five-person race to elect a replacement for former Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education Chairman Khaatim El (District 2), El has indicated which candidate he is supporting, with his dollars: Angela Brown's October 20...

(IPS) Occupy Movement Divides Civil Rights Activists

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105667   ATLANTA, Oct 31, 2011 (IPS) - While some veterans of the Civil Rights Movement have joined forces with the Occupy Movement, other ci...

Caldicott Discusses Nuclear Power's Health Effects during Atlanta Visit

  (APN) ATLANTA -- On October 02, 2011, Georgia Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) hosted the world's leading anti-nuclear activist, Dr. Helen Caldicott, at the 7 Stages theatre in Atlanta's Little Five Points community.</p>     Caldic...

Broadbent Inconsistent in Fulton, Milton Statements

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Steve Broadbent, who was the Republican nominee for Chairman of Fulton County in 2010, has made statements in his campaign for Johns Creek City Council which are inconsistent with statements he made in 2010 regarding Fulton Coun...

52 Occupy Atlanta Protesters Arrested

  With additional reporting, including information requests to APD, by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA -- After three previous threats of evictions from the Mayor's office and a continued build-up of police present around Woodruff Park--unoffical...

(IPS) ANALYSIS: Why Innocence Didn't Matter for Troy Davis

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105613. ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 26, 2011 (IPS) - "Innocence matters" is one of the slogans used by activists opposing the U.S. state of Georgia's e...

Recall Effort Underway after Mayor Reed's Response to Occupy Atlanta

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Joe Beasley, a veteran activist of the Civil Rights Movement, is organizing an effort to recall Mayor Kasim Reed, after several heated exchanges yesterday between Reed and the Occupy Atlanta Movement. Since declaring his intent ...

Schwall Reverses Own Eviction Order, after Task Force Appeals

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall reversed his own disspossesory order against the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless after the Task Force filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Georgia. "The Court hereb...

APN 2011 Endorsements: Farmer for APS, Yes on Sunday Alcohol, No on E-SPLOST IV

  (APN) ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Progressive News Board of Directors has issued the following endorsements for the upcoming General Election on November 08, 2011. ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION DISTRICT II (SPECIAL ELECTION): DWANDA FARME...

Alex Wan Now Ranks as Least Progressive Atlanta Councilmember

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Following two votes at the Full Council meeting on Monday, October 17, 2011, Atlanta Progressive News has revised its scorecard of Atlanta City Council Members, which now includes eighteen votes on legislation or other matters. ...

Judge Schwall Issues Dispossessory against Homeless Task Force

  (APN) ATLANTA -- On Monday, October 17, 2011, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall issued a dispossessory against the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless and Anity Beaty, which allows Premium Funding Solutions-- the building's ...

Atlanta Council Rejects Two Minute Speaking Request after 40 Minute Debate

  (APN) ATLANTA -- The City Council of Atlanta took an extraordinary vote Monday, October 17, 2011, on whether to grant an additional two minutes of public speaking time to NAME President, an advocate for People TV, the endangered public access st...

(IPS) Occupy Movement Heats Up U.S. South

This article was first published on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105512 ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 18, 2011 (IPS) - As the Occupy Movement spreads like wildfire across the United States and around the world, pr...

Emory University Issues Response to Task Force Lawsuit

(APN) ATLANTA -- Emory University and Emory Health Care have issued a statement in response to a request from Atlanta Progressive News concerning the lawsuit filed by the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless regarding Emory's alleged particip...

Task Force for the Homeless Sues Emory University

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless has sued Emory University and Emory Healthcare for allegedly engaging in a conspiracy to sabotage the shelter, according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by Atlanta Progressive News. ...

Activists React to Glover's Confirmed AHA Resignation

  (APN) ATLANTA -- On Monday, October 03, 2011, Renee Glover, CEO of Atlanta Housing Authority, confirmed a report published the day before, October 02, in the Atlanta Progressive News, and stated her plans and intentions to resign from AHA. APN r...

Gay Milton Councilman, Alan Tart, Seeks Reelection

(APN) ATLANTA -- City of Milton Councilman Alan Tart (Post 6), an openly homosexual man living with his male partner, David, in the most right-wing city in the State of Georgia, is seeking reelection in the upcoming November 2011 General Election....

Georgia Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Secret Vote Case

Photographs courtesy of Todd Rehm. (APN) ATLANTA -- The Supreme Court of Georgia heard oral arguments in Cardinale v. City of Atlanta, S11G1047, on Tuesday, October 04, 2011, at 240pm.Atlanta Progressive News's Editor--the present writer--appeared...

Happening Now: Occupy Atlanta Occupying Woodruff Park

(APN) ATLANTA -- Occupy Atlanta, the Atlanta branch of the Occupy Together movement, has occupied Woodruff Park, following a General Assembly, which began earlier today at 6pm, Friday, October 07, 2011. A group of 150 activists decided to stay in ...

Fulton, DeKalb Voters to Consider School Sales Tax Renewal

(APN) ATLANTA -- In upcoming the November 08, 2011, election, Atlanta, Decatur, DeKalb, and Fulton voters will decide whether to renew a one percent, or one penny per dollar, sales tax for educational infrastructure.  If approved, this would b...

Glover May Soon Resign from AHA

(APN) ATLANTA -- Renee Glover, the CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority who presided over the demolition and destruction of nearly all of Atlanta's public housing, may soon resign from AHA, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. One member of AHA's...

Atlantans Launch Chapter of Occupy Together

(APN) ATLANTA -- For fifteen days, activists have been protesting on Wall Street in New York against corporate greed, in a protest with no end date called Occupy Wall Street.  The protests have been the Left’s attempt to respond to the right-w...

(IPS) Some Activists Regret Obama, USDOJ Inaction on Troy Davis

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105286. ATLANTA, Sep 28, 2011 (IPS) - During the last days of Troy Davis's life, activists intensified what was already significant pressure on bot...

Olens, First Amendment Group File Briefs in Atlanta Secret Vote Case

(APN) ATLANTA -- Attorney General Sam Olens and the Georgia First Amendment Foundation have filed amicus briefs in the case, S11G1047, currently before the Supreme Court of Georgia, and brought by the News Editor of Atlanta Progressive News--the p...

Federal Court Clears Atlanta in Homeless Task Force Lawsuit

(APN) ATLANTA -- US District Judge Thomas Thrash ruled against the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless in a Motion for Summary Judgement in its claims against the City of Atlanta, and ruled in favor of the City in its counterclaim for unpaid...

Beskin, APS Liaison, Running against State Sen. Stoner

(APN) ATLANTA -- Beth Beskin, a Buckhead attorney who previously ran against State Sen. Horacena Tate (D-Atlanta) in the 2010 General Election, and who was appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal as one of his two liaisons to Atlanta Public Schools during t...

(IPS) Numerous Protests, Arrests as Georgia Executes Troy Davis

An earlier version of this article first appeared on Inter-Press Service's website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105207 ATLANTA, Georgia, Sep 22, 2011 (IPS) - The U.S. state of Georgia executed Troy Davis at 11:08 p.m. on Wednesday, Sep. ...

APN Chat with Angela Brown, APS Board Candidate

  (APN) ATLANTA -- In continuing a series of interviews with candidates for the Atlanta Public Schools District 2 Special Election, Atlanta Progressive News sat down with Angela Brown. APN previously interviewed candidates Byron Amos, Dwanda Farme...

AJC, WSB Memo Unveils Insidious Cross-Marketing Plan

(APN) ATLANTA -- Cox Enterprises, the media company which owns the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper, WSBTV Channel 2, and WSB Radio, distributed a memo to its reporters unveiling a deliberate attempt to influence the perception of readers, v...

Atlanta Council to Redistrict for Midtown, Buckhead Growth

  (APN) The City Council of Atlanta has begun the process of redistricting the twelve Council Districts following the 2010 Census results.  The Council held a public hearing to discuss redistricting on Wednesday, September 14, 2011. Atlanta Progre...

APS Candidate Byron Amos Responds to UGK Youtube Controversy

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Byron Amos, a candidate for the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education District 2 Special Election, responded to the controversy surrounding his appearance in Youtube videos related to UGK Records, in a statement issued to At...

APN Chat with Donald Walker, APS Board Candidate

  (APN) ATLANTA -- In our continuing series of candidate interviews for the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education District 2 Special Election, we sat down with Donald Walker to learn about his qualifications and positions on issues. Previously...

North Fulton Officials Oppose Beltline's Sales Tax Funding

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Several North Fulton officials are opposed to the inclusion of 601 million dollars of funding for the Atlanta Beltline in the draft list passed by the Executive Committee for the upcoming penny transportation sales tax vote in J...

Former Mayor Franklin's Privatization Schemes Go National

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Former Mayor of Atlanta Shirley Franklin is now the CEO of an organization called Purpose- Built Communities, whose goal is to promote demolitions of low-income housing and privatization of public schools, in emulation of Atlant...

Teachers' Union Pulls Amos Support over Youtube Videos

  (APN) ATLANTA -- The Georgia Federation of Teachers withdrew the support of Byron Amos, one of the two candidates who they were supporting in the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education District 2 Special Election, after learning that Amos app...

Broadbent Seeks Johns Creek Council Seat, Pushes Milton County

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Steve Broadbent, the Republican nominee for Fulton County Chairman in 2010, has announced his candicacy for the City Council of Johns Creek, District 2 seat. Councilman Dan McCabe (Post 2) has decided not to run for reelection. ...

(IPS) Family of Troy Davis Hopeful for Pardon

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105046.  This article includes some material previously used in a September 07, 2011, article in Atlanta Progressive News, adding a new interview...

APN Chat with Dwanda Farmer, APS Board Candidate

(APN) ATLANTA -- In our ongoing series of interviews with candidates for the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education District 2 Special Election, Atlanta Progressive News sat down with Dwanda Farmer. Previously, APN has interviewed Byron Amos.  ...

Troy Davis Faces Execution Fourth, Likely Last, Time

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Troy Davis, the Georgia man whose death row case has drawn international attention, has again been scheduled for execution for September 21, 2011, but advocates hope to convince the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to grant ...

Dialysis Patients Abandoned by Grady Hospital Told One Year to Live

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Twenty-three Atlanta dialysis patients' lives hang in the balance,  one year after the privatized Grady Memorial Hospital orporation decided to close  its dialysis clinic and abandon its patients, now that a one-year contract th...

APN Chat with Byron Amos: APS Board Candidate, Organizer, Rap Producer

(APN) ATLANTA -- With two months left until the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education (District 2) Special Election to fill the seat formerly held by Khaatim El, Atlanta Progressive News sat down with Byron Amos, one of the five remaining cand...

Task Force for the Homeless in Mediation with City, Other Parties

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, which has sued the City of Atlanta and other parties for conspiring to sabotage and destroy the shelter, is in mediation talks with several parties, Atlanta Progressive News has learn...

Georgia Supreme Court Seeks Olens's Opinion on Atlanta's Secret Vote

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Supreme Court of Georgia has requested the opinion of Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens in a letter dated September 01, 2011, regarding the lawsuit currently before the Court, Matthew Cardinale v. City of Atlanta et al., whic...

(IPS) Five Nations Execute Homosexuals, Two More Considering It

This article appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=104945. ATLANTA, Georgia, U.S., Aug 31, 2011 (IPS) - Five nations still outlaw homosexuality and carry out executions of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and ...

(IPS) First Federal Reserve Audit Reveals Trillions in Secret Bailouts

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=104913. ATLANTA, Aug 28, 2011 (IPS) - The first-ever audit of the U.S. Federal Reserve has revealed 16 trillion dollars in secret bank bailou...

City Attorney Defends More Atlanta Closed Meetings, on Eagle Raid

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Senior Assistant City Attorney Kristen Denius defended two closed-door meetings involving the Atlanta Police Department LGBT Advisory Board, Mayor Reed and his staff, and APD, in a memo prepared for Glen Paul Freedman, Chair of ...

Food Not Bombs Feeds Hungry on Sundays on Ponce in Midtown

  (APN) ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Chapter of Food Not Bombs is about to celebrate two years of feeding hungry people on Ponce de Leon Avenue each Sunday at 1:30pm, on the sidewalk near the Whole Foods and Home Depot shopping center. That means they h...

Fulton Declines to Limit Contractors' Campaign Donations

  (APN) ATLANTA -- On Wednesday, August 17, 2011, the Board of Commissioners of Fulton County voted down  a proposal, 2 to 4, by Commissioner Emma Darnell (District 5), which would have prevented contractors  from making donations to any County Co...

Council Office Calls Security on APN Editor

  (APN) ATLANTA -- The City of Atlanta's City Council Office called security on Atlanta Progressive News's News Editor--the present writer--while the Monday, August 15, 2011, Full Council Meeting was going on, and only minutes before a court heari...

Nkromo Withdraws from Atlanta School Board Race (UPDATE 1)

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Kwabena Nkromo, a candidate for the Special Election for Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education District 2, has withdrawn from the race. Previously, Atlanta Progressive News reported that Nkromo did not live in District 2 fro...

City of Atlanta Loses Bid for Secret Memo Injunction, Contempt

  (APN) ATLANTA -- In a victory against the City of Atlanta's ongoing, multifaceted attack upon the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, the News Editor of Atlanta Progressive News--the present writer--prevailed in court again...

City of Atlanta Attorneys Want Their Memos Back

(APN) ATLANTA -- The City of Atlanta Law Department has requested that Atlanta Progressive News return four memoranda to their offices, after APN obtained the controversial memos and published their contents earlier this week. One memo, dated Apri...

Ex-Girlfriend Threatens APN Libel Suit over Nkromo Sex Tape Reference (UPDATE 1)

(APN) ATLANTA -- The ex-girlfriend of Kwabena Nkromo, who is now a candidate for Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education District 2, has threatened Atlanta Progressive News with a libel suit following an August 03, 2011, article in APN concernin...

City Attorneys Saw Meetings Violations, Memos Show

  (APN) ATLANTA -- City attorneys for the City of Atlanta advised Council Members in a series of internal memos that the Council had violated the Georgia Open Meetings Act, and advised Council Members to change their practices, Atlanta Progressive...

Attorney General's Office Warns Atlanta over Closed Briefings

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Senior Assistant Attorney General Stefan Ritter advised the City of Atlanta and Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter's office that Attorney General Sam Olens's Office believes the City Council violated the Georgia Open Meetings Act...

Beltline, Not MARTA Line Extensions, on Penny Tax Proposed List

  Beltline, Not MARTA Line Extensions, on Penny Tax Proposed List By Matthew Cardinale, News Editor, The Atlanta PRogressive News (APN) ATLANTA -- On Thursday, August 04, 2011, the Executive Committee of the Atlanta Regional Transportation Roundta...

EXCLUSIVE: Nkromo Ineligible for School Board Seat (UPDATE 2)

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Kwabena Nkromo, a community activist who recently announced his intention to run in the November 2011 Special Election for a vacancy in the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education District 2 seat, is not eligible to run for th...

Hearing Monday in Atlanta Council Closed Briefings Lawsuit

(APN) ATLANTA -- On Monday, August 08, 2011, there will be a hearing before Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter in the case concerning the City Council of Atlanta's practice of holding seven closed-door Committee Briefings every two weeks and not al...

Crowded Field of Candidates in APS Board Special Election

  (APN) ATLANTA -- At least five people have expressed interest in running for the vacant Atlanta Public School Board of Education (District 2) seat, left vacant by Khaatim El, who resigned from the Board on July 11, 2011. District 2 is located in...

(IPS) New Clean Air Rules Force Some Coal Plants to Close

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56683 ATLANTA, Georgia, Jul 29, 2011 (IPS) - Utility companies across the U.S. have announced plans to shut down and retire several coal-fired po...

Dangerous Synthetic Cannabinoid "Incense" Floods Market

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Spice.  K-2.  Head Trip.  Spaz.  Spiz.  Mr. Miyagi's Warpaint Zero.  These are just a few of the many herbal incense products which have flooded Atlanta markets, as some citizens look for a way to get a legal buzz. The incense p...

Community Gardening Gets a Boost in Atlanta

  By Stephen Wing, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) ATLANTA -- Facing an uncertain future, people across the country seem to instinctively grasp two things: They want a greater sense of community in their lives and  they want to grow ...

City of Atlanta Covering Up for Clerk's Ethical Lapses

  (APN) ATLANTA -- The City Council of Atlanta is considering a written reprimand for Municipal Clerk Rhonda Dauphin Johnson for misuse of City property; however, the reprimand inexplicably fails to address  a number of findings involving Johnson,...

(IPS) Iranian Man Faces Death over Religious Conversion

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56522. ATLANTA, Georgia, U.S., Jul 18, 2011 (IPS) - Faith leaders in the U.S. representing 25 million citizens have expressed outrage about ...

Georgia Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Secret Vote Case

  Georgia Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Secret Vote Case By Matthew Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA -- The Supreme Court of Georgia agreed on Monday, July 11, 2011, to hear a case brought by the News Editor of Atlanta Progressive News--the present writer--...

APN Issues 2011 Atlanta Council Member Scorecards

  APN Issues 2011 Atlanta Council Member Scorecards By Matthew Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA -- Following several important, split votes by the City Council of Atlanta in late 2010 and so far in 2011, Atlanta Progressive News has issued a revised Atlant...

Georgia PSC Can't Silence Nuclear Power Debate

  (APN) Doug Everett, Member of the Georgia Public Service Commission, attempted to limit the scope of public remarks at a recent meeting of the PSC, on Wednesday, July 06, 2011, but could not prevent citizens from stating they do not want two new...

Atlanta Council Rejects 4am Bar Hours

  (APN) ATLANTA -- In an 11 to 3 vote, the City Council of Atlanta rejected a proposal by Kwanza Hall (District 2) to re-extend the City's bar closing hours from 3am to 4am. Those voting nay on the motion to adverse the legislation--or, in support...

ANALYSIS: Moore, Sheperd Crucial to Pension Compromise

  (APN) ATLANTA -- When the City of Atlanta passed a compromise pension reform proposal it was hailed as a shining new example of the City Council coming together in a unanimous vote. But the unanimous vote covers up a non-unanimous count of a vot...

Atlanta Council Delays Watershed Vote following APN Article

  (APN) ATLANTA -- The City Council of Atlanta, which was expected to vote today on the confirmation of Jo Ann Macrina, Mayor Kasim Reed's nominee for Commissioner for the Department of Watershed Management, delayed the vote following recent reval...

Atlanta's Watershed Nominee at Issue in Alleged Retaliatory Firings

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Today the City Council of Atlanta is likely to consider the nomination of Jo Ann Macrina as Commissioner of the Department of Watershed Management. After being nominated by Mayor Kasim Reed in April 2011, she is already serving ...

(IPS) Undisclosed Beheading at Heart of Indonesian, Saudi Row

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56319. ATLANTA, Georgia, U.S., Jun 30, 2011 (IPS) - Indonesia, which has an estimated 1.2 million emigrants in Saudi Arabia, is deeply troubled th...

Atlantan Unveils Unique Aquaponic Farming Ecosystem

  (APN) ATLANTA -- On Saturday, June 25, 2011, there was a ribbon cutting ceremony, and Open House commemorating the site installation of an aquaponic-bioponic  sustainable farming ecosystem.  The event was held at the Bush Mountain Outdoor Activi...

Federal Judge Throws Out Two Provisions of Georgia's Immigrant Law

  (APN) ATLANTA -- On June 27, 2011, US District Judge Thomas Thrash, Jr., put on hold two core parts of HB 87 which would have gone into effect July 1.  His ruling blocks police from asking about immigration status during investigations of crimin...

(IPS) Public Workers Fight to Preserve Pensions

A previous version of this article appeared on the Inter-Press Service at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56311. ATLANTA, Georgia, Jun 30, 2011 (IPS) - Municipal workers across the United States are fighting to preserve their pensions amidst a...

Atlanta Proposes Charging for Collected Rainwater

(APN) ATLANTA -- A currently proposed City of Atlanta ordinance would begin to charge residents who use rainwater catchment systems, raising concern among some Atlanta citizens who see the ordinance as taxing the water which falls from the sky.Ord...

(IPS) Iran Executes Hundreds in "War on Drugs"

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56248. ATLANTA, Georgia, U.S., Jun 27, 2011 (IPS) - Iran is drawing international criticism for its continued mass executions of people con...

City of Atlanta Answers Committee Briefings Lawsuit

(APN) ATLANTA -- The City of Atlanta and seven Council Members have responded to a lawsuit filed by the News Editor of Atlanta Progressive News--the present writer--challenging their practice of holding seven closed-door Committee Briefings every ...

NAACP, GCPA Sue Georgia for Neglecting Low-Income Voter Registration

  A lawsuit was filed on June 6, 2011 in federal court  to force Georgia's state public assistance offices to comply with the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) that requires all public assistance offices to offer voter registration forms to p...

AHA Board Slashes Alisias Contract, Chastises CEO Glover

(APN) ATLANTA -- Sparks were flying today, Wednesday, June 15, 2011, at the Atlanta Housing Authority Board of Commissioners meeting, as the Board voted to slash the fiscal year 2012 budget item for the Alisias PR firm from 750,000 dollars to 84,0...

APS Ethics Panel Member Resigns to Protect Chairman El

(APN) ATLANTA -- A fourth member of the Ethics Commission of the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education, David Dorsey, has resigned, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. In Dorsey's letter of resignation, he writes that APS BOE Chairman Khaati...

Mitchell, Moore, Bond Blast Mayor Reed's Pension Scare Tactics

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Council President Ceasar Mitchell and Council Members Felicia Moore (District 9) and Michael Julian Bond (Post 1-at-large) criticized Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed in scathing comments during the Full Council Meeting of the City Coun...

Wan, Council Sit Silently Through Anti-Gay Rant

(APN) ATLANTA -- At the last Full Council meeting of the City Council of Atlanta, on June 06, 2011, citizen activist, Dave Walker, used his two minute public comment portion to make a series of anti-gay remarks."Mr. President and Council Members, ...

(IPS) Bahrain's Tribunal-Issued Death Sentences Cause Outcry

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56035. ATLANTA, Georgia, U.S., Jun 11, 2011 (IPS) - Democracy advocates in the United States are troubled by the pending execution of two men who took par...

Atlanta Councilwoman Winslow Draws Early Challenger

  Atlanta Councilwoman Winslow Draws Early Challenger By Matthew Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA -- Kwabena Nkromo has announced his intent to challenge Atlanta City Councilwoman Cleta Winslow (District 4) in the 2013 Municipal Election, according to an e...

MARTA Rail Proposals in All Directions but South

(APN) ATLANTA -- When the Atlanta Regional Roundtable considers proposals to include as part of the finalized regional wish list for the 2012 penny sales tax vote, there will be several MARTA Heavy Rail Line Extensions on the table: East, North, N...

GDOT Returns Revised Transportation Wish List to Atlanta Region

(APN) ATLANTA -- The second step in the process which will lead to a Metro Atlanta region vote in 2012 on whether to levy a one penny sales tax to support transportation projects in the region, has been completed.The Georgia Department of Transpor...

Lawsuit Filed to Challenge Georgia's Anti-Immigrant Law

(APN) ATLANTA -- On Thursday, June 02, 2011, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia, the National Immigration Law Center (NILC), the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Asian Law Caucus, and a coalition of other organizations includin...

Fulton County Bans Use of Elephant Bullhooks in Circuses

(APN) ATLANTA -- On Wednesday, June 01, 2011, the Fulton County Commission banned the use of elephant bullhooks in circuses, after months of lobbying by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Georgia Animal Rights and Protection (G...

Right-Wing City, Milton, Elects Homosexual Councilman Under the Radar

This article first appeared on The Beacon website at: http://www.beaconcastmedia.com/politics-/Can-A-Gay-Man-Win-ReElection-To-Georgias-Most-Conservative-City-060111-2930 (APN) ATLANTA -- Alan Tart is a successful professional employee with the fe...

Georgians Rally for Marijuana Policy Reform

  (APN) ATLANTA -- About thirty activists from around the State of Georgia gathered in Atlanta's Little Five Points neighborhood on Saturday, May 07, 2011, to rally for marijuana policy reform The rally began at Freedom Park and ended up in Findle...

State Rep. Rashad Taylor Comes Out of the Closet

By Arit Essien, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News, with additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA -- In a noon press conference today, State Rep. Rashad Taylor, who has worked extensively with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, told re...

(IPS) Prison Lobbyists Help Spread Anti-Immigrant Laws to U.S. South

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55802 ATLANTA, Georgia, May 26, 2011 (IPS) - Earlier this month, Georgia became the third state to enact some of the most anti-immigrant legislation in...

APAB Votes to Request Atlanta Committee Briefing Records

(APN) ATLANTA -- At the Saturday, May 21, 2011, meeting of the Atlanta Planning and Advisory Board (APAB), the citizens' advisory group to the City of Atlanta, APAB voted to request information related to one of the City Council of Atlanta's seven...

Pat Chapman, 1926-2011, !Presente!

(APN) ATLANTA -- Pat Chapman, 85, a lifelong advocate for the less fortunate who continued her activism on the computer after becoming home-bound, passed away from complications from a stroke, on Monday, May 16, 2011. Over the last fifteen years, ...

Deal, Reed, Muhammad Nudge Atlanta BOE Chairman El towards Resignation

(APN) ATLANTA -- On various occasions over the last few weeks, key political players at the local and state levels have been nudging Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education Chairman Khaatim El towards resignation; and a Board vote on a new Chair...

APN Editor Sues City of Atlanta for Closed-Door Briefings

  (APN) ATLANTA -- The News Editor for the Atlanta Progressive News--the present writer--has filed a lawsuit against the City of Atlanta, to bring openness, public access, and transparency to the City Council of Atlanta's seven closed-door, privat...

Rev. Lowery Sues over North Fulton Cities, Claims Black Vote Dilution

This article first appeared on The Beacon website at: http://www.beaconcastmedia.com/news/-Rev-Lowery-Sues-over-North-Fulton-Cities-Claims-Black-Vote-Dilution-2887 (APN) ATLANTA -- Rev. Joseph Lowery, one of the few remaining veterans of the Civil...

Governor Deal Poised to Sign Divisive Immigration Bill in Georgia

(APN) ATLANTA -- Governor Nathan Deal is poised to sign the controversial racial profiling immigration bill, HB 87, into law.  He has until May 24, 2011, to sign or veto the bill before it automatically becomes law, that is, forty days since it wa...

Activist Group Targets Bad Employers, Slum Landlords

(APN) ATLANTA -- A new, underground activist group called the Atlanta Solidarity Network (ASOL) is using collective force to fight back against bad employers and slum landlords."The Atlanta Solidarity Network is a group of volunteers seeking to he...

Former CIA, McGovern, Speaks in Atlanta on Osama, Clinton, and Erosion of Rights

(APN) DECATUR -- Ray McGovern, 71, former CIA analyst and current anti-war activist, visited Decatur on Monday, May 02, 2011, at the Atlanta Friends Meeting House, for a forum organized by the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition's Atlanta chapter....

Atlanta Council Opposes APS Board Replacement Law

(APN) ATLANTA -- The City Council of Atlanta voted Monday, May 02, 2011, to express their opposition to SB 79, which Republican Governor Nathan Deal has signed, and which gives Deal the power to recommend removal of the Atlanta Public Schools Boar...

BREAKING: Midtown APD Chief Ousted for Opposing Patrol Cuts

(APN) ATLANTA -- Major Khirus E. Williams was apparently ousted from the Atlanta Police Department after a recent email he sent to Midtown Atlanta residents warning of proposed cuts to community patrolling, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.Wil...

Newsmakers Journal Fires Editor who Fabricated MARTA Attack

(APN) ATLANTA -- Newsmakers Live, an online news entity geared primarily toward Black readers in Atlanta which also has a live interview component, fired its editor, Maynard Eaton, for fabricating an attack against him on MARTA which never occurre...

For Activists, Architects, 9/11 Questions Linger Ten Years Later

With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale, News Editor. (APN) ATLANTA -- It will be ten years since September 11, 2001, in just a few months.  And yet some of the most basic and fundamental questions about what happened that day--based upon p...

(IPS) Death Penalty in Limbo after US DEA Confiscates Lethal Drugs

This article first appeared on Inter-Press Service at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55438. ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 29, 2011 (IPS) - The death penalty is in limbo in several states since the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency confiscated several st...

Three APS Ethics Panel Members Resign, Halting Four Cases

(APN) ATLANTA -- Three members of the Ethics Commission for the Atlanta Public School Board of Education have resigned, Atlanta Progressive News has learned, causing pending investigations and hearings to come to a screeching halt.Two of the Membe...

Attorney General Reprimands Savannah for Non-Quorum Meetings

(APN) ATLANTA -- Attorney General Sam Olens's office criticized the City Council of Savannah this month for having a series of meetings without quorums, and not allowing the public to attend.The practices of the Savannah Council are quite similar ...

The Beacon, North Fulton Newspaper, Ceases Publication

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Beacon, a far right-wing newspaper that primarily served North Fulton County, but also had a statewide audience, has ceased print publication as of today, April 25, 2011, amidst a Chapter Seven bankruptcy filing.The print news...

Seven Students Arrested at Emory during Tent City Stand-off

(APN) DEKALB COUNTY -- Seven students were arrested during a stand-off with the Emory University administration tonight, Monday, April 25, 2011, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Last week, APN reported that 150 students protested at Emory reg...

Grady Plans to Close Community Clinics, Fulton Opposes Closures

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation (GMHC), the privatized, non-profit Board that took over management of Grady Hospital two years ago, has decided to close two community clinics, drawing the opposition of the Fulton County Co...

Georgia to Begin Medical Marijuana Research Trials

(APN) ATLANTA -- "Yes We Cannabis" was the rallying cry of many individuals and organizations on the grounds of the State Capitol, Wednesday, April 20, 2011, in support of marijuana policy reform in the State of Georgia.   The group also celebrate...

Emory Students Occupy Building over Cafeteria Workers' Rights

(APN) DECATUR -- About 150 students occupied the Administration Building at Emory University on Wednesday, April 20, 2011, for several hours.The students later left after numerous police arrived on the scene and threatened to arrest them, while th...

EDITORIAL: Article Did Not Cause Lower Eagle Pay-Outs

(APN) ATLANTA -- In previous editorials I have written about the interrelationship between media and society.  While the theory of objective media purports that reporters are to sit on the sidelines observing society, in fact news outlets are a pa...

Metro Atlanta Transportation Wish List Sent to State

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) has submitted to the planning director of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) a "wish list" of transportation projects for the Metro Atlanta region.This is a critical step in a pro...

Legislature Empowers Governor to Replace APS Board Members

(APN) ATLANTA -- Earlier today, on the last day of the 2011 legislative session, Thursday, April 14, 2011, the State Senate approved, on a vote of 34-12, a version of SB 79 which was substituted by the House on Monday, April 11.The legislation, wh...

Downtown Horse Carriages Protested as Inhumane, Abusive

(APN) ATLANTA -- About 15 activists protested near Peachtree Center on Saturday, April 09, 2011, from 5 to 7pm, regarding the use of horse-drawn carriages as a tourist attraction.Atlanta Progressive News obtained photographs and observed as severa...

Labor Activists Recall Dr. King's Murder 43 Years Later

By Brian S. Sherman, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) ATLANTA -- More than six hundred unionists and pro-labor activists participated in the We Are One march and rally on Monday, April 04, 2011, in Atlanta.  The event was organized ...

Seven Undocumented Students Arrested for Wanting an Education

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Seven undocumented students from around the nation were arrested today while staging a sit-down protest on Courtland Street at Georgia State University for over an hour.  Risking prison and deportation these brave students pract...

City Hires former Reporter, Ramage, as Citizen Advocate

(APN) ATLANTA -- In an interesting twist of events, the City of Atlanta has hired Stephanie Ramage, former reporter, editor, and columnist for the Sunday Paper magazine, as its first Citizen Advocate. As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive ...

Beltline to Clarify Statement to Council Cmte, BAHAB to Give Update

(APN) ATLANTA -- At the Tuesday, March 29, 2011 meeting of the Community Development/Human Resources Cmte of the City Council of Atlanta, Council Members Natalyn Archibong (District 5) and Michael Julian Bond (Post 1-at-large) requested that Atlan...

APS Ethics Panel Declines to Sanction Mr. English 4-3

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Ethics Commission of the Atlanta Public School Board voted 4-3 against a final determination that APS Board of Education Member Courtney English failed to communicate honestly and openly with stakeholders, during a six hour he...

Atlanta Council Held Briefings With Quorums, Kept No Minutes

(APN) ATLANTA -- The City Council of Atlanta holds seven private, closed-door Committee briefings every two weeks, and has consistently told members of the public they cannot come in.Under the current Georgia Open Meetings Act they are allowed to ...

Chernobyl Experts Speak in Georgia about Nuclear Risks, Disasters

(APN) ATLANTA -- Last week, Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at Manuel's Tavern, Georgia Women's Action for New Direction (WAND), hosted Dr. Nataliya Miranova and Natalia Manzurova, for the purpose of them sharing their expertise on the risks of nuclear...

(IPS) US Supreme Court Rejects Troy Davis Appeal after New Hearing

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=55050 ATLANTA, Georgia, Mar 29, 2011 (IPS) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that it would not hear an appeal by death row inmate Troy Davis, i...

Attorney General Proposal Would Ban Secret Votes, Private Briefings in Georgia

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Making good on a campaign promise to strengthen Georgia's Sunshine Laws, including the Open Records Act and Open Meetings Act, Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens, a Republican, has proposed a series of significant changes to bot...

8,000 Rally against Georgia Anti-Immigrant Bills

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Over 8,000 activists rallied outside the State Capitol on Thursday, March 24, 2011, to show their outrage and disgust over Georgia's Arizona-type  immigration bills.  As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, legislati...

Councilwoman Moore Defends Closed-Door Committee Briefings

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Atlanta City Councilwoman Felicia Moore (District 9), Chairwoman of the Committee on Council (COC), defended the practice of closed-door, private  committee briefings, during the March 07, 2011, Cmte meeting, in response to an i...

Parents' Group Calls on El to Resign as APS Board Chair

  (APN) ATLANTA -- On Friday, March 18, 2011, a group of Atlanta Public Schools parents called Step Up or Step Down--which was formed after AdvancED/SACS CASI put APS on probation in January 2011--called upon Board of Education Chairman Khaatim El...

200 Protest in Midtown over US Occupations of Iraq, Afghanistan

    (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 occupati...

Larry Collins, 1954-2011, Drycleaner to Politicos, Friend to Many (UPDATE 1)

UPDATE 1: Statement from Councilman Willis:  "He was an all-around great guy.  He was very thoughtful- he treated every one of his customers the same, if you were a City Councilmember or an attorney or a judge, you felt like you were walking into...

Senate Democrats Vow To "Take To The Streets" In Battle over HOPE Reforms

This article first appeared on The Beacon website at: http://www.beaconcastmedia.com/politics/Senate-Democrats-Vow-To-Take-To-The-Streets-In-Battle-over-HOPE-Reforms--2851 (APN) ATLANTA -- Gov. Nathan Deal (R) signed HB 326, a major reform package...

Sterling Sweeps To Victory In Sandy Springs Special Election

This article first appeared in The Beacon at http://www.beaconcastmedia.com/news/Sterling-Sweeps-To-Victory-In-Sandy-Springs-Special-Election-2849. (APN) SANDY SPRINGS -- Former Sandy Springs Councilwoman Ashley Jenkins met newly elected Sandy Spr...

APS Ethics Commission Investigating English, Johnson, Meister over Alisias

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Ethics Commission of the Atlanta Public Schools voted in a meeting today, Wednesday, March 16, 2011, to open three investigations into complaints against Board of Education Members Courtney English, Yolanda Johnson, and Nancy ...

Councilwoman Sheperd Protects Beltline, Perpetuates Fraud

(APN) ATLANTA -- Atlanta City Councilwoman Joyce Sheperd (District 12), Chairwoman of the Community Development/Human Resources (CD/HR) Cmte, continues to protect Beltline Inc. from oversight and scrutiny, while allowing them to use her Cmte to pe...

Street Car May Endanger Auburn Avenue Small Businesses

(APN) ATLANTA – If all goes according to plan, Atlanta’s historic Auburn Avenue will get a street car line by July 2012.  [Of course, US House Republicans could attempt to pull all federal funding for the project, so aside from that.]The Atlanta S...

Three Vie for Sandy Springs Council Seat

This article first appeared on The Beacon website at: http://www.beaconcastmedia.com/news/Three-Vie-for-Vacant-Sandy-Springs-City-Council-Seat-2821 (subscription-only)   (SANDY SPRINGS, Ga.) -- Three candidates debated their qualifications and att...

Democrats, Republicans Diverged on HOPE Scholarship Reforms

Editor's note: This article by APN's News Editor was commissioned by, and will also be appearing on the Beacon Online, a North Fulton County publication.  In a unique partnership, the Beacon is also syndicating some of APN's articles both in print...

College Student Activist Arrested at HOPE Debate in Georgia House

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Andrew Epstein, a graduate student in history at the University of Georgia, was arrested today, Tuesday, March 08, 2011, at the Georgia State Capitol during the State Senate floor debate of HB 326, the Republican bill to amend t...

Some Georgia Immigration Bills Advance, Others Stagnate or Fail

  (APN) ATLANTA -- With several immigration-related bills introduced this year in the Georgia Legislature, some of the most sweeping measures--modeled after recently passed immigration reforms in Arizona--are advancing to passage, while other bill...

APS Ethics Panel: Evidence Mr. English Not Truthful with Public

  APS Ethics Panel: Evidence Mr. English Not Truthful By Matthew Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA -- The Ethics Commission of Atlanta Public Schools announced its initial findings in the ethics case involving Atlanta Board of Education Member Courtney Engl...

Georgia Power Charging Late Fees on LIHEAP Payments

(APN) ATLANTA -- Georgia Power is assessing late fees to customers across the State of Georgia who are approved for heating assistance through the federal Low-Income Heating and Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) program, during a six week processing time...

Delk, English Defiant in Response to APS Ethics Investigation

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Atlanta Public Schools Board Member Courtney English was defiant in the face of an APS Ethics Commission  investigation regarding his apparently defrauding the public, according to documents filed by English's attorney,  Glenn D...

(IPS) EPA Moves to Regulate Carbon Dioxide, Holds Atlanta Hearing

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54603 ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb 24, 2011 (IPS) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun the initial stages of a process that may lead to th...

Mitchell Orders Security for all Council, Committee Meetings

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Ceasar Mitchell, President of the City Council of Atlanta, has ordered security at all meetings of Full Council and Council Committees. The security officers began appearing two weeks ago at the last Full Council meeting.  Activ...

Prison Firms, Suspected Hate Group behind Georgia's Immigrant Bills

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Private prison firms and right-wing hate groups have supported, lobbied for, and--either directly or indirectly--helped to craft several bills pending  in the Georgia legislature this Session, including HB 87, the Illegal Immigr...

APS Ethics Panel to Hold Hearing on Mr. English with Independent Officer

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Last night, Wednesday, February 16, 2011, the Ethics Commission for Atlanta Public Schools voted to hold a hearing regarding the pending complaint that Board of Education Member Courtney English deceived the public. At issue is ...

Beltline Inc. Attempts to Deceive City Council about BAHAB's Original Recommendations

  Beltline Inc. Attempts to Deceive City Council By Matthew Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA -- Beltline Inc. attempted to deceive the Community Development and Human Resources Committee of the City Council of Atlanta in a series of responses to questions ...

Phillip Rush Center Emerges as Shared GLBTQI Community Space

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Since its grand opening in 2009, the Phillip Rush Center, located at 1530 Dekalb Avenue, has emerged as a new, shared community space for Atlanta's gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and intersex community. ...

PETA Activists, "Elephant" Block Entrance to City Hall, 3 Arrested

(APN) ATLANTA -- Four Atlanta activists with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals blocked the entrance to Atlanta City Hall today, as part of a demonstration against the alleged abuse of elephants by the Ringling Brothers circus. Three acti...

Persistent Plane Contrails Cover Atlanta Skies, Raise Concerns

With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale, News Editor.   (APN) ATLANTA -- Over the last several months, Atlanta Progressive News and Atlanta residents have been documenting an increase in white lines left from airplanes flying overhead, some...

APS Ethics Panel Pursuing El Cases, Considering Outside Officer for English Case

(APN) ATLANTA -- Several Atlanta Public Schools parents have contacted Atlanta Progressive News to report significant progress at last night's Atlanta Public Schools Ethics Commission meeting, of Wednesday, February 09, 2011. First, the Commission...

APS Member English Hasn't Paid Ethics Fine

(APN) ATLANTA -- Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education Member Courtney English has yet to pay his ethics fine, two weeks since it became due, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Howard Grant of APS confirmed to APN in a phone conversation th...

APS Board Chair, El, Faces Two Ethics Complaints about Alisias

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Khaatim El, Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education Chairperson, faces two ethics complaints filed with APS today, Atlanta Progressive News has  learned. One of the complaints El filed against himself, while another was filed ...

Former Norwood Staffer Seeks Sandy Springs Council Seat

(APN) ATLANTA -- Chiteka Jackson, a former campaign staffer for former Atlanta City Councilwoman Mary Norwood (Post 2-at-large) in her bid for Mayor of Atlanta in 2009, has announced a bid for the open fourth district seat on the City Council of S...

APS Ethics Commission Votes to Review New Courtney English Complaint

(APN) ATLANTA -- At last night's meeting of the Ethics Commission for Atlanta Public Schools, the Commission voted to initiate an investigation into new allegations that Board of Education Member Courtney English defrauded the public regarding his...

Rental Assistance Funds Stagnate, Still Available in Atlanta

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Several Atlanta non-profit agencies did not disburse rental assistance and other homelessness prevention funds in a timely manner and risked having the funds taken back by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Atla...

2011 to See Another Legislative Push for Milton County

(APN) ATLANTA -- With the 2011 legislature in session, there are several reasons to believe that some North Fulton residents, County Commission Members, and state legislators will ramp up their push for the re-creation of Milton County, splitting ...

Atlantans Protest in Solidarity with Egyptian People

(APN) ATLANTA -- About 300 people gathered at CNN Center to stand in solidarity with the Egyptian people.  The crowd chanted "30 years is enough - Mubarak must go.""The rally at CNN was extremely positive support, whether from the non-Egyptians wh...

FBI Raids Georgia Tech Student's Dorm over Wikileaks Chat Room (UPDATE 1)

UPDATE: A roommate of Chen called APN to say that the roommate had received the note left by APN.  He said he would forward the note to Chen.  He said that Chen had met with the university's administration yesterday and was advised not to speak to...

(IPS) Lethal Drug Shortage Creates Ethical Quagmire for Death Penalty

This article was first published by Inter-Press Service at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54281 ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan 28, 2011 (IPS) - As the domestic and overseas sources that U.S. states relied upon for sodium thiopental (ST), a key d...

Students Organize Protest at Bank of America Tower

(APN) ATLANTA - It was a cold, rainy, and dreary day, on Wednesday, January 26, 2011, as approximately 25 activists gathered in front of the Bank of American (BOA) headquarters building at 600 Peachtree Street.  They held signs stating, "BOA ...

SWEET Green Energy Training Center Opens in Midtown

(APN) ATLANTA -- On October 26, 2010, a new facility called the Southeast Weatherization and Efficiency Training (SWEET) Center opened in Atlanta's Midtown on Piedmont, south of North Avenue, next to the post office.The SWEET Center is a project o...

Courtney English Faces New APS Ethics Complaint

(APN) ATLANTA -- An Atlanta parent, Kim Kahwach, has filed what is now the second ethics complaint against Atlanta Board of Education Member Courtney English, this time for defrauding the public regarding his misuse of an APS credit card, accordin...

(IPS) Bird, Fish Kills Quite Common - and That's the Problem

This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54214 ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan 24, 2011 (IPS) - The New Year brought a spate of incidents across the United States and around the world in wh...

Update: Glover Plan Preempted

(APN) ATLANTA -- Renee Glover, CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority, today said she was not interested in leaving AHA nor in becoming the Superintendent of APS. APN's source indicates that Glover indeed was being pushed and considered for APS Supe...

Renee Glover May Be Angling for APS Superintendent

(APN) ATLANTA -- According to sources, Renee Glover, CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority, may be angling to become the next Superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools, and some Board of Education Members are considering proposing her for the positi...

PSC Releases Emergency Low-Income Energy Assistance for Seniors

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) released five million dollars from the Universal Service Fund fund on January 18, 2011, to help low-income seniors pay their energy bills this winter. Georgia Watch had made a formal r...

APS Board Member Mr. English Apparently Lied over Credit Card Use

(APN) ATLANTA -- Courtney English, an Atlanta Public School Board Member, appears to have lied to the public and the media regarding his use of an APS credit card for personal expenses, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.Further, the APS ethics ...

Reed's Political Clique at Center of APS Board Takeover

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Two state legislators held a press conference yesterday to denounce the report by AdvancED/SACS CASI regarding the Atlanta Public Schools.  The two legislators--State Sen. Vincent Fort and State Rep. Rashad Taylor--have been act...

SACS Report Criticizes APS Chairman El, Alisias Contract

(APN) ATLANTA -- AdvancED, the parent company for the K-12 division of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)--the division known as the Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (CASI)--released its findings regarding its i...

US Supreme Court Declines to Hear Ballot Access Case

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Supreme Court of the US (SCOTUS) decided today that it would not hear the Georgia ballot access case, Faye Coffield v. Brian Kemp.  According to the court's website, it denied Coffield's petition for a writ of certiorari. ...

Council Committee Seeks AHA Eviction, Relocation Data

(APN) ATLANTA -- Councilman Ivory Young (District 3) of the Community Development/Human Resources Committee of the City Council of Atlanta requested the Atlanta Housing Authority provide data and information on the status of displaced families and...

Clayton County Votes in Favor of Joining MARTA, What Next?

(APN) ATLANTA -- In the General Election on November 02, 2010, Clayton County voters voted in a nonbinding referendum upon whether or not to join the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), which since its inception has served only F...

CD/HR Council Committee Relaxes Public Input Limitations, Somewhat

(APN) ATLANTA -- In a victory for public input, the Community Development/Human Resources Committee of the City Council of Atlanta will no longer limit public input to two minutes for individuals who arrive after the meeting begins. Citizen advoca...

Progressive Legislators Oppose Sales Tax on Groceries Reinstatement (UPDATE 2)

(APN) ATLANTA -- Five progressive state legislators--State Sens. Vincent Fort, Donzella James, and Curt Thompson, and State Reps. Stephanie Benfield and Tyrone Brooks--are opposing some of the major recommendations of the 2010 Special Council on T...

Heating Assistance Funds Near-Exhausted in Fulton

(APN) ATLANTA -- Since January 03, 2011, the Fulton Atlanta Community Action Authority has temporarily stopped accepting new applications for heating assistance through the federal LIHEAP program, due to exhaustion of funds. The program runs ...

Kemp Appoints Two Ballot Access Supporters to Elections Council

(APN) ATLANTA -- Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp has appointed two ballot access advocates to his Elections Advisory Council, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. They include State Rep. Rusty Kidd, the only independent to serve in ...

Georgia Proposal Would Deny Birthright Citizenship to Children of Undocumented

(APN) ATLANTA -- Georgia State Sen. Jack Murphy, a Republican, participated in a press conference at the National Press Club on Wednesday, January 05, 2011, with legislators from four other US states--Arizona, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and South Car...

Sunday Paper Ceases News Coverage, Lets Ramage Go

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Sunday Paper magazine, an alternative newsweekly founded in 2004, will cease publishing news, and is switching to a focus on coupons and arts and entertainment, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.While the paper overall seem...

Archibong Joins CD/HR Cmte; Bond, Wan Join Public Safety Cmte (UPDATE 1)

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Committee assignments for the City Council of Atlanta are out for 2011, and it appears that Council President Ceasar Mitchell has made several changes. UPDATE: Since this article was published last week, Mitchell put Yolanda A...

Georgia to Get a 14th US Congressional District

(APN) ATLANTA -- As a result of the 2010 US Census, the US government has determined that Georgia's population has experienced sufficient growth in the last ten years to warrant the allocation of a 14th US Congressional District to the state.Georg...

Ballot Access Case Appealed to US Supreme Court

(APN) ATLANTA-- The lawsuit challenging Georgia's ballot access law requiring a five percent petition for non-statewide independent and political body candidates, brought by Faye Coffield, an independent candidate for Georgia's 4th Congressional D...

Thousands Apply for Heating Assistance in Fulton

(APN) ATLANTA -- Things were chaotic for the first couple weeks after Low-Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program funds became available to the general public on December 01.  The LIHEAP funds--which are administered through counties across t...

Nine Democratic Legislators Have Switched to Republican Party Post-Election

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Nine Democratic legislators have now switched to the Republican Party since the November 2010 General Election. State Rep. Mike Cheokas is the latest, as of December 20, 2010. “I made this decision in careful consultation with m...

(IPS) Prisoners Coordinate Statewide Strike via Cellphones

This article was first published by the Inter-Press Service at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=53916   ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 20, 2010 (IPS) - In what some are calling the largest prison strike in U.S. history, inmates in the state of Georgia c...

APS Receives Bill for Alisias PR Work for Board Majority

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Glenn Delk, a Buckhead attorney and pro-privatization advocate who some have described as an enemy of Atlanta Public Schools, billed APS for the cost of representing the new Board Majority in the recent lawsuit brought by the Bo...

Activist Arrested at Millen Prison Groundbreaking

(APN) MILLEN, Georgia -- Activist Ayman Fadel, 42, was arrested Wednesday, December 15, 2010, at a protest of the groundbreaking of a new prison facility in Millen, Georgia.  Millen is in Jenkins County, Georgia. Gov. Sonny Perdue was present at t...

Atlantans Protest in Support of Wikileaks

  (APN) ATLANTA -- On Wednesday evening, December 15, 2010, over 75 activists and concerned citizens braved freezing rain at the CNN Center to publicly stand up for the right to dissent.   Their demands were to stop government harassment of antiw...

Alisias PR Firm Aided Delk, Played Covert Role in APS Board Crisis

  (APN) ATLANTA -- An Atlanta PR firm and think tank which is a force for privatization in Atlanta, Alisias, has been engaged in a covert media and publicity campaign  involving the Atlanta Public Schools. Alisias's clients appear to include Khaat...

Concerned Black Clergy Opposes APS Witch Hunt

  (APN) ATLANTA -- The Concerned Black Clergy held a press conference on Monday, December 06, 2010, denouncing what they characterize as a witchhunt against the Atlanta Public Schools. "This morning the Concerned Black Clergy call on local and st...

PS/LA Committee Sorry to Some Eagle Victims, Not Others

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Public Safety/Legal Administration (PS/LA) Committee of the City Council of Atlanta approved a substitute to a resolution proposed by Councilman Michael Julian Bond (Post 1-at-large) regarding an apology related to the Atlanta...

Georgia Power, PSC Sticks it to Ratepayers (UPDATE 2)

    (APN) ATLANTA -- The Public Service Commission (PSC) is currently considering Georgia Power's purposed 844 million dollar rate increase, despite the fact that the country is in the middle of a recession with historically high unemployment and ...

Judge to Reconsider Warrant for Grady CEO on Open Records

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Fulton County Superior Court Judge Constance Russell denied a warrant application for Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation CEO Pete Correll on Monday, November 29, 2010, that had been sought by Petitioner, Jack Jersawitz. As prev...

APD Policy Changes in Store, Bond to Push Council Apology

(APN) ATLANTA -- After a federal judge signed off on the settlement between 28 Plaintiffs and the City of Atlanta in the Eagle raid case, details emerged of significant policy and practice changes for the Atlanta Police Department. Mayor Kasi...

Pro-Charter School Activist Aiding New APS Majority

(APN) ATLANTA -- A Buckhead activist who has been a staunch supporter of privatization, especially of public schools, has been aiding the new Board Majority of the Atlanta Public Schools. Glenn Delk, who wears many hats, has been representing...

Midtown Gym Displaced by Beltline, Other Businesses Endangered

(APN) ATLANTA -- A Midtown gym is being forced to relocate after a gravel pathway the business had been renting from the Beltline--and from the railroad company before that--for its parking lot, is now being used for part of the Beltline's East Co...

Excluded Eagle Plaintiff Files Claim after Council Approves Settlement

  (APN) ATLANTA -- One of two victims of the Atlanta Eagle raid who were excluded from the federal lawsuit, Christopher Lopez, has filed a claim with the City of Atlanta alleging that he suffered some of the same violations as the Plaintiffs who w...

People TV Public Access Ends Live Programming after Funding Cut (UPDATE 1)

(APN) ATLANTA -- People TV, a community-run and operated public access channel that appears on Comcast Cable channel 24, aired its last day of live programming yesterday, December 04, 2010, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. "It's not the last...

Eagle Settlement Heads to Public Safety Committee

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Public Safety/Legal Administration Committee of the City Council is expected to consider the proposed settlement reached yesterday between the City of Atlanta and the Plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit regarding the Atlanta Eag...

Settlement Reached in Atlanta Eagle Case (UPDATE 1)

UPDATE: This version of the story corrects to note that the next meeting of the PS/LA Cmte is on December 14. (APN) ATLANTA -- A settlement has been reached in the Atlanta Eagle raid lawsuit, according to court documents cited by Georgia Voice mag...

Downtown Shelter Opens Coffee Shop on Peachtree Street

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, the largest homeless shelter in the Southeastern US located on Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta, has opened a coffeeshop, Blend, on its Peachtree Street entrance. The coffeeshop i...

Fulton Class Action Challenges Foreclosures involving MERS

By Cheryl Rosenblum and Matthew Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA -- On October 15, 2010, a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of foreclosed homeowners in Fulton County who had their mortgage title transferred to MERS, an entity that is alleged t...

(IPS) Federal Reserve Conjures - and Redefines - Money

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=53706 ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov 29, 2010 (IPS) - The private central bank of the United States, the Federal Reserve, has begun purchasing $600 billion of long-term U.S. Treasury Bonds, essentially subsidising the fe...

Despite Lee's Claim, Fulton Democrats Deny Offering Support

(APN] ATLANTA -- Kelly Amanda Lee, a candidate for Fulton County Superior Court Judge, appears to have made a misleading statement in an interview with Atlanta Progressive News. Lee had claimed that she received the support of the Fulton County De...

City of Atlanta Now Insists Straw Poll Was Vote After All

(APN] ATLANTA -- In a recent Brief of Appellees to the Georgia Court of Appeals, the City of Atlanta and individual Defendants--including several Council Members and the Municipal Clerk--have now completely reversed their argument and are insistin...

Fulton GOP Phonebanking for Lee, Superior Court Judge Candidate

(APN] ATLANTA -- The Fulton County GOP has been using its offices and resources to do phone-banking for Kelly Amanda Lee, a candidate for Fulton County Superior Court Judge, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.Lee is facing Shelitha Robertson in ...

Grady CEO Faces Open Records Warrant Hearing Monday

(APN] ATLANTA -- Pete Correll, the CEO of Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation, the privatized form of Grady Hospital, will face a warrant hearing Monday, November 29, 2010, before Fulton County Superior Court Judge Constance C. Russell, Atlanta Pr...

Undercover Cops Infiltrate SOAW Protest Planning

Photographs by Al Viola, Staff Photographer, The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) FORT BENNING, Georgia -- Five undercover officers infiltrated a planning meeting of seven School of the Americas Watch protesters in the days leading up to last week...

Reflections on Five Years of APN; Party Tonight at 7pm

(APN) ATLANTA -- Tonight, Tuesday, November 23, 2010, Atlanta Progressive News will celebrate the five-year anniversary of the publication, at Manuel's Tavern, Eagle's Nest room, from 7-930pm. The Facebook event page for the event is here: http://...

26 Arrested, Most in Error, at SOA Rally

(APN) FORT BENNING, Georgia -- At the School of the Americas protest last year, 2009, the Puppetistas--a group of artists and activists dressed up in costumes, some on stilts--decided to participate in a nonviolent civil disobedience action by ma...

Update 2 on Possible Eagle Raid Settlement

(APN) ATLANTA -- Yesterday, the Atlanta Progressive News reported that according to two anonymous sources, the Plaintiffs in the Eagle Raid lawsuit had received settlement letters from the City of Atlanta. Since then, two additional sources have c...

Eight Activists Arrested at Immigrant Prison in Lumpkin (UPDATE 1)

With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) LUMKPIN, Georgia -- Approximately 100 people gathered today, Friday, November 19, 2010, at the square in Lumpkin, Georgia to make the 1.7 mile walk to the Stewart Detention Center (SDC) wher...

BREAKING: City Proposes Possible Settlements in Atlanta Eagle Raid

(APN) ATLANTA -- The City of Atlanta has sent letters proposing possible settlements to the individual Plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit alleging violation of US Constitutional rights during the September 2009 raid of the Atlanta Eagle, a gay leat...

APN to Celebrate Five Years of Publication

(APN) ATLANTA -- On Tuesday, November 23, 2010, Atlanta Progressive News will celebrate five years of publication. APN readers are invited to help us celebrate on November 23 from 7-9:30pm, at Manuel's Tavern - Eagle's Nest Room, 602 N. Highland A...

Lack of Progress on Beltline Affordable Housing

(APN) ATLANTA -- Despite the allocation of fifteen percent of the bond proceeds from the first Beltline Tax Allocation District (TAD) bond issuance to the Beltline Affordable Housing Trust Fund, an investigation by Atlanta Progressive News shows t...

Four Arrested Protesting Regents' Ban on Undocumented Immigrants

(APN) ATLANTA -- Four activists were arrested at the Georgia State Capitol on Wednesday, November 10, 2010, in protest of the decision by the Board of Regents to ban undocumented immigrants from attending competitive Georgia colleges and universit...

Fulton Superior Judge Candidate Had Two D.U.I.'s

(APN) ATLANTA -- A candidate for Fulton County Superior Court Judge, Kelly Amanda Lee, has had two D.U.I. (Driving while Under the Influence) charges, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Lee is in a Run-off with Shelitha Robertson.  Lee came i...

Sheperd Took PAC Money while Opposing Sustainability Ordinance

(APN) ATLANTA -- City Councilwoman Joyce Sheperd (District 12), Chairwoman of the Community Development/Human Resources (CD/HR) Committee, took a 1,000 dollar contribution from the Atlanta Realtors PAC while opposing the proposed Sustainable Build...

Democrats Suffer Major Losses, Begin Regrouping in Georgia

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Democratic Party of Georgia suffered major losses in the General Election this year, losing representation among every statewide constitutional office and losing a US Congressional seat. Democrats lost in every statewide ra...

Developer's Attorney Co-hosted Councilwoman's Fundraiser as City Hall East Debated

(APN) ATLANTA -- Councilwoman Joyce Sheperd (District 12), Chairwoman of the Community Development/Human Resources (CD/HR) Committee of the City Council of Atlanta received donations from Sharon Gay, the attorney representing Jamestown in its a...

(IPS) Mortgage, Foreclosure Paperwork Errors Not a New Problem

This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=53413. ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 31, 2010 (IPS) - The discovery of apparent massive fraud in mortgage and foreclosure documents has called into questi...

APN 2010 General Election Endorsements

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Progressive News Board of Directors is pleased to announce the following endorsements for the 2010 General Election. US SENATE: MIKE THURMOND (D) GOVERNOR: ROY BARNES (D). In the Democratic Primary, we endorsed Davi...

Norwood's Yardsigns: Broadbent, Pitts, Beskin, Hodges

(APN) BUCKHEAD -- Former City Councilwoman Mary Norwood (Post 2-at-large), who previously ran for Mayor of Atlanta and attempted to gain ballot access as an independent candidate for Fulton County Chairperson, is supporting one Democrat and on...

APN Overview of Proposed 2010 Georgia Amendment 5, Referendum A

(APN) ATLANTA -- There are five proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of Georgia on the ballot in about one week, as well as a statewide referendum. Atlanta Progressive News spoke with several state lawmakers and local advocates ...

Council Sells City Hall East, Despite Secret Plans, Housing Questions

(APN) ATLANTA -- The City Council of Atlanta voted 11-2 on Monday, October 18, 2010, to sell City Hall East, the historic building which Council Member Kwanza Hall (District 2) described as the largest building in the Southeast US. Council Memb...

APN Overview of Proposed 2010 Georgia Amendments 3 and 4

(APN) ATLANTA -- There are five proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of Georgia on the ballot in two weeks, as well as a statewide referendum. Atlanta Progressive News spoke with several state lawmakers and local advocates to le...

APN Overview of Proposed 2010 Georgia Amendments 1 and 2

(APN) ATLANTA -- There are five proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State of Georgia on the ballot in two weeks, as well as a statewide referendum. Atlanta Progressive News spoke with several state lawmakers and local advocates to le...

Pitts, Broadbent, Henry Debate Fulton County Issues

Photograph by Dwanda Farmer (APN) ATLANTA -- Three candidates for at-large seats on the Fulton County Commission participated in a debate sponsored by Atlanta Progressive News yesterday, October 19, 2010, at the Spring4th Center in Midtown. Inc...

APN Endorses Chastain, Libertarian, for Secretary of State

(APN) ATLANTA -- Atlanta Progressive News's Board of Directors was pleased to endorse David Chastain in the General Election for Secretary of State of Georgia because of his commitment to restoring the integrity of our elections. In 2006, APN e...

Mayor's Team Used Media to Manipulate City Hall East Deal

(APN) ATLANTA -- Earlier this year, the City of Atlanta's media relations office embarked on a scheme to generate publicity around City Hall East in order to raise the perception of interest in the property, and thus raise the selling price tha...

Sandy Springs Church First in Georgia to Go Solar

(APN) SANDY SPRINGS -- The Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation (NWUUC) in Sandy Springs recently held an open house on Sunday, October 10, 2010, for Metro Atlanta residents to come and learn about how the church is transitioning to on...

Councilwoman Smith Discloses Secret Vote, Suggesting Complete Tally

(APN) ATLANTA -- In a conversation prior to Sunday's Atlanta Pride 2010 Parade, Councilwoman Carla Smith (District 1) disclosed her vote dating back to the February 2010 Retreat regarding whether to limit public comment at all Council committee...

APN to Host 3rd Town Hall for Fulton County Candidates

(APN) ATLANTA -- Atlanta Progressive News is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our third Official Town Hall Meeting, this time a candidates' forum for candidates for Fulton County Commission and Fulton County Superior Court Judge. The...

Ballot Access Laws in Georgia, An Overview

(APN) ATLANTA -- With Georgia's most restrictive ballot access laws in the nation for independent candidates and third parties having gotten a lot of media attention this year, Atlanta Progressive News hosted a Town Hall Meeting on the subject ...

Beltline Community Benefits Passes Atlanta Council Committee

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Community Development and Human Resources Committee of the City Council of Atlanta (CD/HR) unanimously approved legislation on Tuesday, September 28, 2010, which defines community benefits principles for the Atlanta Beltlin...

(IPS) Fatal Blast Puts Focus on Web of Gas Pipelines

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=53014. ATLANTA, Georgia, Sep 30, 2010 (IPS) - A natural gas explosion in San Bruno, California that almost decimated an entire city earlier this mon...

Atlanta City Council Member Voting Scorecard 2010

(APN) ATLANTA -- Atlanta Progressive News has completed a Atlanta Council Member Voting Scorecard for 2010, which rates Council Members for three votes and one public disclosure issue during the first year of the 2010-2013 term. In 2009, APN re...

CRB Rules APD Falsely Imprisoned Eagle Bar Patrons

With additional reporting by Xanna Don't. (APN) ATLANTA -- Atlanta's Citizen Review Board ruled on Thursday, September 09, 2010, that the Atlanta Police Department had committed false imprisonment against 62 bar patrons at the Atlanta Eagle, a g...

Beltline Avoids Addressing Gentrification, Again

(APN) ATLANTA -- Atlanta Beltline, Inc., failed to address public concerns regarding gentrification during their Quarterly Report before the Community Development/Human Resources Committee of the City Council of Atlanta, despite the fact that B...

Atlanta's Secret Vote Lawsuit Headed to Georgia Court of Appeals

(APN) ATLANTA -- A Notice of Appeal was filed yesterday, September 14, 2010, in Fulton County Superior Court, regarding the secret vote lawsuit brought by the present writer against the City of Atlanta and several Council Members. The case file...

WAND Lobbies US Sen. Isakson to Ratify US-Russia Treaty

(APN) ATLANTA -- Activists from Georgia Women's Action for New Directions and other organizations have been lobbying US Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA), who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee, to vote yes on the new US-Russia START agreement. O...

Advocates Claim Atlanta Violating Safe Drinking Water Act

With additional reporting by Alice Gordon. (APN) ATLANTA -- A group of Atlanta neighborhood activists have been engaged in a years-long battle to get the City of Atlanta to seek a permit for the shafts--through which waste water is sent into dee...

APN Chat with David Chastain, Libertarian Nominee for Secretary of State

(APN) ATLANTA -- In our continuing coverage of the 2010 Statewide and Congressional Elections, we sat down with David Chastain, the Libertarian nominee running for Secretary of State of Georgia. State Rep. Georganna Sinkfield won the Democratic ...

Emergency Arrangements in Works for Grady Dialysis Patients

(APN) ATLANTA -- An emergency plan appears to be coming together for the former Grady Hospital dialysis patients who were set to lose their care today, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. 38 former Grady Hospital patients are still receiving d...

(IPS) New Banking Overhaul More Like An Under-Haul

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52661. ATLANTA, Aug 30, 2010 (IPS) - On July 21, 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law the most sweeping financial industry regulato...

APN to Host 2nd Town Hall on Ballot Access for Third Party, Independent Candidates

(APN) ATLANTA -- Atlanta Progressive News will be holding its second Official Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, September 21, 2010, from 7-9pm at the Spring4th Center in Atlanta's Midtown. It is the third Tuesday night in September. This will be t...

AHA Lies in Response on Seniors, Disparages APN

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Housing Authority told multiple lies in its response last week to an article that appeared on Atlanta Progressive News, dated August 12, 2010, entitled, "Evicted AHA High-Rise Seniors Die at Alarming Rates." In addi...

Colony Square Peace Rally Celebrates Eight Years

Photographs by Al Viola. (APN) ATLANTA -- Friday, August 20, 2010 marked the eight year anniversary of the weekly hour-long peace vigil outside Colony Square at 14th and Peachtree Street. The weekly rally is sponsored by Georgia Women's Actio...

APN to Host First Town Hall Tuesday: Oil Spill, Implications for Action

(APN) ATLANTA -- Atlanta Progressive News will be holding its first Official* Town Hall Meeting on this Tuesday, August 17, 2010, from 7-9pm at the Spring4th Center in Atlanta's Midtown. This will be the first in a series of monthly town hall me...

Evicted AHA High-Rise Seniors Die at Alarming Rates

(APN) ATLANTA -- Seniors evicted from the Palmer House and Roosevelt House highrises in late 2009 after a long struggle to preserve their housing, have been dying at alarming rates, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. At least 12 seniors from...

Family of Fallen Soldier Fights Foreclosure with Help from Activists

With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) LITHONIA -- When activists in the peace movement learned the family of Spc. Jamaal Addison--the first Georgian killed in the US Occupation of Iraq--was facing foreclosure, they allied with th...

Norwood Declines to Appeal Adverse Ballot Access Ruling

(APN) ATLANTA -- Last week, on Tuesday, August 03, 2010, former City Councilwoman Mary Norwood (Post 2-at-large) notified her supporters by email that she would not appeal the ruling by Judge Jerry Baxter on July 27, 2010, which denied her acce...

Garner Camp Declines to Review Voicemail, Identify Caller

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Joan Garner for Fulton County Commission District 6 campaign has declined to review the threatening voicemail received by Atlanta Progressive News from an apparent Garner supporter, despite three written requests from APN t...

Self-Described Garner Supporter Threatens APN Editor in Voicemail

(APN) ATLANTA -- Early this morning at around 2am, a voicemail was received by APN's News Editor--the present writer--making threatening statements in response to APN's recent coverage of the Fulton County Commission District 6 Democratic Prima...

Garner Misleads on Unstated Positions, APN Interview

(APN) ATLANTA -- Joan Garner, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Fulton County Commissioner District 6, made misleading statements on her Facebook page regarding her previous failure to take a position on two important public policy is...

Holder Endorses Waites in Fulton District 6 Run-off

(APN) ATLANTA -- David Holder, a community activist who placed third out of four candidates for the Democratic nomination for Fulton County Board of Commissioners, District 6, has endorsed Keisha Waites in the Run-off. Waites came in first duri...

APN 2010 Endorsements Pt. 3: Gail Buckner for Secretary of State

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Progressive News Board of Directors is pleased to announce our endorsement of State Sen. Gail Buckner for the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State. In 2006, Buckner received the Democratic nomination, but los...

(IPS) Controversy Highlights Plight of Black, and White, Farmers

This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52344. ATLANTA, Georgia, Jul 31, 2010 (IPS) - The controversial firing of an African-American federal government employee over comments misc...

Fulton County Responds on Mental Health Changes

With additional repoting by Alice Gordon. (APN) ATLANTA -- Fulton County has responded to a previous report by Atlanta Progressive News concerning several changes made in recent months by Fulton County which have resulted in fewer clinics servin...

State Rep. Billy McKinney, 1927 to 2010, !Presente!

This article contains additional reporting--specifically, interviews with Joe Beasley and State Rep. Tyrone Brooks--by William Cobham. (APN) ATLANTA -- Former State Rep. Billy McKinney, 83, passed away on Thursday, July 15, 2010. He was a civil ...

Barnes Wins Nomination, Fort Re-elected, Waites in Run-off

(APN) ATLANTA -- Here is a round-up of the 2010 Primary Election results from last night, Tuesday, July 20, 2010: BARNES WINS NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR Former Governor Roy Barnes won the Democratic Party's nomination for Governor last night, winnin...

Norwood Completes Petition Drive but Misses Separate Deadline

With additional reporting by Xanna Don't. (APN) ATLANTA -- On Tuesday, July 13, 2010, former Atlanta City Councilwoman Mary Norwood (Post 2-at-large) turned in 30,174 petition signatures in support of her independent candidacy for Fulton County ...

APN Endorsements Pt. 2: Keisha Waites for Fulton County

(APN) ATLANTA -- In continuing our endorsement announcements for 2010, APN's Board of Directors is pleased to announce our endorsement of Keisha Waites for Fulton County District 6. Previously, we announced our endorsement of David Poythress for...

Overview of State Senate Races 2010

DISTRICT 2 In District 2, Savannah, State Sen. Lester Jackson, a Democrat, faces a Republican opponent in the General Election, Michael Gaster. DISTRICT 5 In District 5, Norcross and Tucker, State Sen. Curt Thompson, a progressive Democrat, face...

APN 2010 Endorsements Pt. 1: Poythress for Governor

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Progressive News Board of Directors would like to announce its endorsement for Governor as part of its first round of APN Endorsements for 2010: David Poythress. POYTHRESS APN conducted full-length interviews with se...

Right-Wing Blogger among Candidates for State House (UPDATE 1)

(APN) ATLANTA -- Buzz Brockway, 43, has been ruffling the feathers of Georgia's political establishment for years as a blogger and commentator on local, statewide, and national politics. This year, though, he is campaigning to be a State House r...

ANALYSIS: SOS Candidates Shift towards Paper Trail

(APN) ATLANTA -- Some of the candidates in the Democratic Primary for Georgia Secretary of State have shifted towards supporting a paper trail to supplement electronic voting over the course of the campaign this year. Atlanta Progressive News i...

Progressive, State Senator Fort, Faces Corporate-Funded Opponent

(APN) ATLANTA -- One of the few progressive champions in elected office in the Greater Metro Atlanta area, State Sen. Vincent Fort, is facing a challenge by political newcomer Graham Balch, whose campaign is being funded by Atlanta's downtown b...

City of Atlanta Seeks Dismissal of Secret Vote Lawsuit

(APN) ATLANTA -- City Attorneys for the City of Atlanta and various Council Members filed an Answer as well as a Motion to Dismiss in response to the lawsuit brought by Atlanta Progressive News’s News Editor--the present writer--which alleged t...

(IPS) Gulf Spill Galvanizes Activist Community

This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52005. NEW ORLEANS, Jun 30, 2010 (IPS) - With the U.S .government and oil giant British Petroleum under fire for their handling of the more ...

APN Chat with Georganna Sinkfield, Candidate for Secretary of State

APN Chat with Georganna Sinkfield, Candidate for Secretary of State By Matthew Cardinale, News Editor, The Atlanta Progressive News (June 18, 2010) (APN) ATLANTA -- In our continuing coverage of the 2010 Statewide and Congressional Elections, we ...

CRB Recommends Sanctions Against Officers in Eagle Raid False Arrest

By Xanna Don't, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale, News Editor (APN) ATLANTA -- On June 10, 2010, Members of Atlanta's Citizen Review Board (ACRB) assembled to discuss a complaint filed by Davi...

Eaves Questions 9,000 Norwood Signatures for Ballot Access

(APN) ATLANTA -- Independent candidate Mary Norwood sought Injunctive Relief from Fulton County Superior Court in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, June 22, 2010, after Fulton County Chairman John Eaves's reelection campaign questioned the petition form...

Task Force Files Racketeering Suit against Developer

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless filed a response and countersuit yesterday in Fulton County Superior Court alleging, among other things, that the City of Atlanta, Central Atlanta Progress, and developer Manny Fial...

APN Chat with Gary Horlacher, Candidate for Secretary of State

(APN) ATLANTA -- In our continuing coverage of the 2010 Statewide and Congressional Elections, we sat down with Gary Horlacher, 53, who is running for Secretary of State of Georgia. In 2006, Gail Buckner won the the Democratic nomination and she...

APN Chat with Michael Mills, Candidate for Secretary of State

(APN) ATLANTA -- In our continuing coverage of the 2010 Statewide and Congressional Elections, we sat down with Michael Mills, who is running for Secretary of State of Georgia. In 2006, Gail Buckner won the the Democratic nomination and she is ...

Six Council Members Served with Interrogatories after Secret Vote

(APN) ATLANTA -- Six Members of the City Council of Atlanta who failed to disclose their vote in the unrecorded, secret poll on public comment, were served, by way of their attorneys, with a first set of interrogatories, or questions which they ar...

APN Chat with US Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), Congressional Candidate, 4th District

(APN) ATLANTA -- In our continuing coverage of statewide and Congressional elections, we sat down with US Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), who is running for reelection for Georgia's fourth Congressional district. Johnson won the seat in 2006 in a Dem...

Judge Troubled by Apparent City, CAP Conspiracy

(APN) ATLANTA -- Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall expressed concern today over mounting evidence that the City of Atlanta, Central Atlanta Progress, and Manny Fialkow engaged in an improper conspiracy to deprive the Metro Atlant...

MARTA Faces Cuts despite Passage of Historic Transportation Bill

(APN) ATLANTA -- MARTA is facing service cuts and fare increases as a result of continuing declines in sales tax revenues from Fulton and Dekalb Counties despite passage of the historic transportation bill, HB 277, by the Georgia legislature in...

Atlanta Activists Protest Israel's Attack on Flotilla to Gaza

(APN) ATLANTA -- On Tuesday, June 01, 2010, over 200 Atlantans gathered at the Israeli Consulate on Spring Street to protest Israel's military attack upon an international convoy carrying humanitarian aid to the 1.5 million people in Gaza. The ...

APN Chat with Keisha Waites, Candidate for Fulton Commission District 6 (UPDATE 1)

(APN) ATLANTA -- In our continuing coverage of the 2010 elections, Atlanta Progressive News sat down with Keisha Waites, 37, a candidate for Fulton County Commission Distict 6, the seat being vacated by Nancy Boxill. Thus far, APN has interview...

APN Chat with Vernon Jones, Congressional Candidate, 4th District

(APN) ATLANTA -- In our continuing coverage of statewide and Congressional elections, we sat down with former Dekalb County CEO Vernon Jones, who is running for US Congress for Georgia's fourth district, a seat currently held by US Rep. Hank Jo...

(IPS) Gulf of Mexico Animals at Risk of Mass Annihilation

This article was originally published on the Inter-Press Service website at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51654. Photograph by Matthew Cardinale ATLANTA, Georgia, May 31, 2010 (IPS/IFEJ) - As oil continues gushing from the ocean floor i...

Wan Discloses Vote to Georgia Voice, Accuses APN of Bullying, Harassment

(APN) ATLANTA -- The City of Atlanta and certain City officials were served on Monday, May 24, 2010, with the lawsuit previously filed by Atlanta Progressive News's editor [the present writer] over failure to comply with the Georgia Open Meetin...

Progressive Preacher, Rev. Samuel, Running for State House (UPDATE 1)

(APN) STONE MOUNTAIN -- Rev. Kenneth L. Samuel, a long-time activist for peace, tolerance, and social justice in Georgia, is running for the State House on a platform which includes civil rights for former prisoners. The 89th district, the area...

Fulton County Closing Mental Health Clinics for Poor

(APN) ATLANTA -- At least three local community health centers have stopped offering mental health services for working poor and homeless people in Fulton County, Atlanta Progressive News has learned after a two-month investigation. APN has fou...

APN Chat with Gail Buckner, Candidate for Secretary of State (UPDATE 1)

(APN) ATLANTA -- In our continuing coverage of the 2010 Statewide and Congressional Elections, we sat down with State Sen. Gail Buckner, who is running again for Secretary of State of Georgia. Buckner previously ran in 2006 and won the the Democ...

APN Chat with Joan Garner, Candidate for Fulton Commission District 6

(APN) ATLANTA -- In our continuing coverage of the 2010 elections, Atlanta Progressive News sat down with Joan Garner, 58, a candidate for Fulton County Commission Distict 6, the seat being vacated by Nancy Boxill. Thus far, APN has interviewed...

APN Editor Sues City of Atlanta, Officials over Secret Vote

(APN) ATLANTA -- Atlanta Progressive News's News Editor--the present writer--has sued the City of Atlanta and other City officials for their involvement in a secret vote conducted in February 2010 at the Council Retreat at the Georgia Aquarium....

(IPS) Ecosystem in Peril after Gulf Oil Spill

This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51441. Photograph by Susan Keith, Staff Writer, The Atlanta Progressive News ATLANTA, Georgia, May 14, 2010 (IPS) - With engineers givin...

Wan Insists on Keeping Vote a Secret, Seeks Legal Backing

(APN) ATLANTA -- City Council Member Alex Wan (District 6) may have campaigned for office on a platform of transparency and accountability, but he is now openly refusing to disclose how he voted at the Council Retreat in February 2010 and wants...

Adrean Discloses Vote, Secretive Six Remain Silent

(APN) ATLANTA -- City Council Member Yolanda Adrean (District 8) reported how she voted during the secret vote held at the Council Retreat in February 2010, in an email to Atlanta Progressive News. As previously reported by APN, Council Members ...

Watson, Winslow Disclose Secret Votes, 7 Still Unknown

(APN) ATLANTA -- City Council Members Cleta Winslow (District 4) and Aaron Watson (Post 2-at-large) reported how they voted during the secret vote held at the Council Retreat in February 2010, in emails and phone conversations with Atlanta Prog...

Councilwoman Bottoms Discloses Secret Vote, 9 Still Unknown

(APN) ATLANTA -- City Council Member Keisha Lance Bottoms (District 8) reported how she voted during the secret vote held at the Council Retreat in February 2010, in an email to Atlanta Progressive News. As previously reported by APN, Council Me...

Council Members Archibong, Martin Disclose Secret Vote, 10 Still Unknown

(APN) ATLANTA -- City Council Members Natalyn Archibong (District 5) and C.T. Martin (District 10) reported how they voted during the secret vote held at the Council Retreat in February 2010, in separate emails to Atlanta Progressive News. As p...

Councilman Hall Discloses Secret Vote, 12 Still Unknown

(APN) ATLANTA -- City Councilman Kwanza Hall (District 2) reported how he voted during the secret vote held at the Council Retreat in February 2010, in an email to Atlanta Progressive News. As previously reported by APN, Council Members voted on...

(IPS) U.S. States Consider Starting Their Own Banks

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51277. ATLANTA, Georgia, Apr 30, 2010 (IPS) - At least eight U.S. states are considering proposals to start state-run banks in the wake of an...

Atlanta City Attorneys Defend Secret Vote, Contradicting Law's Plain Language

(APN) ATLANTA -- Two staff attorneys for the City of Atlanta prepared a memo in response to the open meetings compliance inquiry brought by Atlanta Progressive News, according to a copy of the memo obtained by APN. The memo was prepared for Cou...

Atlanta Council Admits Open Meetings Error, APN Seeks Vote Tally

(APN) ATLANTA -- On Monday, April 19, 2010, City Councilwoman Felicia Moore (District 9) acknowledged that the Council made a mistake by not including vote details in the Minutes of the Retreat of the City Council which took place at the Georgi...

Norwood Runs for Fulton County Chairperson as an Independent

(APN) ATLANTA -- Former Atlanta City Councilwoman Mary Norwood, who was only a few hundred votes short of being elected Mayor of Atlanta last year, has launched a campaign to become Chairperson of Fulton County. Norwood will be challenging curr...

APN Chat with Connie Stokes, Congressional Candidate, 4th District

(APN) ATLANTA -- In our continuing coverage of statewide and Congressional elections, we sat down with Dekalb County Commissioner Connie Stokes, who is running for US Congress for Georgia's fourth district, a seat currently held by US Rep. Hank...

Attorney General Baker Didn't Always Take Stands

(APN) ATLANTA -- Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker has been in the local and national news the last couple weeks for opposing Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue on his attempt to sue the US federal government over the private health insurance m...

APN Chats with Farokhi and Westlake, School Superintendent Candidates

(APN) ATLANTA -- In our continuing coverage of Georgia's statewide and US Congressional Elections, APN sat down with two candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for State School Superintendent, Beth Farokhi and Brian Westlake. Thus far we ...

APN Chat with Angela Moore, Candidate for Secretary of State

(APN) ATLANTA -- In our continuing coverage of the 2010 Statewide and Congressional Elections, we sat down with Angela Moore who is running again for Secretary of State of Georgia. Moore previously ran in 2006 for the Democratic nomination and l...

City, CAP Relied on AJC, CL in Shelter Sabotage Campaign--Shelter Sabotage Part 3

(APN) ATLANTA -- There were many aspects of the City of Atlanta and Central Atlanta Progress's apparent conspiratorial campaign to close the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, and media strategy was one of the most important because the...

(IPS) Big Energy Firms Blocking Solar Power in South

A version of this article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50862. ATLANTA, Georgia, Mar 31, 2010 (IPS) - As citizens, businesses and non-profit organisations seek to transition to cl...

City Ethics Office Reviewing Starnes Complaint

(APN) ATLANTA -- Yesterday, Tuesday, March 30, 2010, the City of Atlanta's Ethics Office began looking into possible conflict of interests involving Debi Starnes, the Mayor's Police Advisor on Homelessness, which were first revealed by Atlanta Pro...

Council Rejects Multi-Committee Speech Limits in Secret Vote (UPDATE 1)

(APN) ATLANTA -- The City Council of Atlanta voted 8-7 to keep the existing rules in place for public comment at Committee meetings at City Council, on February 19, 2010, at the City Council retreat at the Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta Progressive ...

Recycling in Metro Atlanta is Easy, Rewarding

(APN) ATLANTA -- Every day, thousands of Atlantans continue to throw away glass jars, plastic bottles and containers, paper products, and other items that should be recycled, while others have made recycling part of their weekly routine. Howev...

EXCLUSIVE: Starnes Failed to Disclose CAP Payment--Shelter Sabotage Part 2

(APN) ATLANTA -- Debi Starnes, the Policy Advisor on Homelessness to former Mayor Shirley Franklin, received payments from two private entities funneled through the United Way to fund her position for the City in 2009, but failed to disclose th...

Clayton Public Transit May Cease Service Next Week

(APN) JONESBORO -- Clayton County's contract with MARTA to run its public transportation system, C-TRAN, is about to be terminated on March 31, 2010, leaving an estimated two-thirds of its riders with no transportation. Residents packed a Boar...

Seven of Eagle 8 Found Not Guilty after Full Day Trial

(APN) ATLANTA -- On Thursday, March 11, 2010, Municipal Court Judge Crystal Gaines found seven of the Eagle 8 not guilty, while one of the dancers accused of providing adult entertainment without a license, Antonio Benitez, did not show up in ...

Georgia Questioned on E-Voting Problems and Oversight

With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA -- VoterGA, an elections integrity organization in Georgia, has filed a complaint with the State's Inspector General's office regarding what they see as the Secretary of State Office'...

Atlanta Council Seeks State Action on MARTA

(APN) ATLANTA -- Today, Monday, March 15, 2010, the City Council of Atlanta approved a resolution asking the Governor and Georgia Legislature to immediately take steps to address the MARTA funding shortfall. As previously reported by Atlanta Pr...

APN Chat with David Poythress, Candidate for Governor

(APN) ATLANTA -- In the first of APN's 2010 statewide election candidate interviews, we sat down with David Poythress, a Democratic candidate for Governor. APN plans to interview the other Democratic candidates in the coming weeks. The campaig...

BREAKING: City, CAP Conspired to Sabotage Homeless Shelter--Part 1

(APN) ATLANTA -- Email records and depositions of officials at Central Atlanta Progress (CAP) show that the City of Atlanta and CAP engaged in a multi-faceted conspiracy to sabotage the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless. The efforts to ...

Atlanta Council Subpoenas APD to Testify on Eagle Raid to CRB

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Committee on Council of the City Council of Atlanta approved subpoenas on Monday, March 01, 2010, for 18 Atlanta Police Department officers to testify before the Atlanta Citizens' Review Board regarding the September 2009 r...

Immigrant Students March Through Georgia, Visit Sheriff's Office

(APN) LAWRENCEVILLE -- On Wednesday, March 03, 2010, four students from Miami Dade University--Filipe Matos, 23; Gaby Pacheco, 25; Carlos Roa, 22; and Juan Rodriguez, 20--walked through Gwinnett County, Georgia, for a discussion with Sheriff Bu...

(IPS) Katrina Victims See Reflection in Haiti, Offer Help

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50483. NEW ORLEANS, Feb 28, 2010 (IPS) - Many survivors of Hurricane Katrina, which struck New Orleans and the U.S. Gulf Coast in August 200...

Activists Criticize Obama's Nuclear Power Loan Guarantees (UPDATE 1)

(APN) ATLANTA -- President Barack Obama's announcement last week that he has promised funding in the Fiscal Year 2011 budget for new nuclear power reactors in the US, with some 54.5 billion dollars in federal loan guarantees, has ignited a fire...

APN Editor Receives Death Threat over Editorial on Objectivity

(APN) ATLANTA -- Atlanta Progressive News's News Editor, Matthew Cardinale, received a death threat by way of email from an anonymous sender after publishing a controversial Editorial, "Notes on Objectivity and News." The article elaborated on ...

US State Department Reviewing Grady Dialysis Crisis (UPDATE 1)

(APN) ATLANTA -- The US Ambassador to the Organization of American States, Carmen Lomellin, is reviewing the plight of 31 undocumented immigrants in Atlanta who are in danger of being cut off from dialysis care by Grady Hospital, Atlanta Progre...

Atlanta Council Warns of Wider Comment Restrictions

(APN) ATLANTA -- Atlanta activists are forming an emergency coalition to respond to recent restrictions on public comment time at the Community Development/Human Resources Committee of the City Council of Atlanta. As previously noted by Atlanta...

Editorial: Notes on Objectivity and News

(APN) ATLANTA -- From time to time, Atlanta Progressive News has received questions from readers and other interested parties questioning the "objectivity" of our reporting. To be sure, we published several statements on our Frequently Asked Qu...

Becky Blankenship, 1939-2010, !Presente!

(APN) DECATUR -- Rebecca "Becky" Blankenship, a left-leaning activist for the arts, has died at the age of 70. Ms. Blankenship died on January 6, 2010 of a currently-unknown illness--likely pneumonia--which she acquired in London, according t...

(IPS) HAITI: Civil Rights Delegation Calls for Reparations

This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50292. ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb 11, 2010 (IPS) - A U.S. delegation to Haiti led by civil rights veteran Joe Beasley is calling for a 30-billion-dol...

MARTA Faces More Cuts as Sales Tax Proposed for Transportation

With additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA -- After three straight years of no meaningful action on transportation funding, advocates and state officials are hopeful the Georgia General Assembly and Gov. Sonny Perdue will get ...

Activists Meet with US Rep. Johnson's Staff on Health Care (UPDATE 1)

Photographs by Jonathan Springston. Additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) TUCKER -- Activists from leftist groups like Moveon.org are pushing US Congress and the White House to follow through on comprehensive healthcare reform. Desp...

Georgia Bill Would Protect Minors from Aggressive Military Recruitment

(APN) ATLANTA--On January 28, 2010, state legislators, and advocates from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Southeast Region, and other groups held a press conference at the State C...

Activists Push Comprehensive Immigration Reform

(APN) ATLANTA - A coalition of activists, led by the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO) and Atlantans Building Leadership for Empowerment (ABLE), rallied Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at the Georgia state capitol to bring a...

Editor Raps against Public Comment Restrictions at City Council

(APN) ATLANTA -- The below article is adapted from two press releases sent to Atlanta media outlets earlier today.The News Editor of Atlanta Progressive News, Matthew Cardinale, protested limitations on public comment at the Atlanta City Council m...

(IPS) Landmark Case Could Restore Felon Voting Rights

This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50171. ATLANTA, Jan 31, 2010 (IPS) - A historic ruling earlier this month on behalf of felons who lost the right to vote could call into...

AFP Apparently Ceases Publication

(APN) ATLANTA -- Atlanta Free Press, a start-up publication covering news of concern to the GLBT community in Atlanta, has apparently ceased publication after a few weeks. Per APN's count, AFP printed five issues, with a wide distribution of it...

2010 Georgia Budget Proposal Cuts into Nearly All Departments

(APN) ATLANTA -- Gov. Sonny Perdue kicked off his final budget push by preparing State lawmakers to make painful cutbacks.The $18.6 billion Fiscal Year 2010 budget contained billions of dollars in cuts, but a 13.7 percent decline in tax revenues m...

Georgia Bill Would Ban Racial Profiling, Mandate Data Collection

(APN) ATLANTA -- A group of Democratic State lawmakers and advocates banded together Tuesday, January 26, 2010, to announce the introduction of legislation to prevent law enforcement officers from engaging in racial profiling. "We know that if...

Peace Activists Turns Backs on Gen. Petraeus at Georgia Tech

(APN) ATLANTA -- On January 19, 2010, thirteen Atlanta activists from Veterans for Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition (GPJC), and Atlanta Grandmothers for Peace stood in silence and turned their backs o...

Council Committee Holds Eagle 8 Resolution, Trial Postponed

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Public Safety/Legal Administration Committee of the City Council of Atlanta voted unanimously to hold the resolution introduced by Councilman Michael Julian Bond (Post 1-at-large) regarding the Atlanta Eagle during its meet...

Multi-State Water Dispute Discussed at Metro Chamber Forum

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce (MACOC) hosted business leaders and State lawmakers at a forum Thursday, January 14, 2010, to discuss the region's water woes and recent recommendations made by a State task force.Georgia has ...

State of State Speeches Vague, Unimpressive

State Democratic lawmakers gather to speak at State Capitol.
(APN) ATLANTA – Gov. Sonny Perdue delivered his annual State of the State address before a joint Session of the Georgia General Assembly on Wednesday, January 13, 2009, his last before leaving office next January. Perdue spent much of the nearly ...

(IPS) US Social Forum Activists Reflect on New Alliances

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49997. ATLANTA, Georgia, Jan 15, 2010 (IPS) - With civil society gearing up for the 2010 World Social Forum, and later this summer, the 2010 U.S. Social...

Preview of Pre-filed Georgia Assembly Bills (UPDATE 1)

(APN) ATLANTA -– State lawmakers convened the 2010 General Assembly session under the Gold Dome in Atlanta on January 11, 2010, for a Session that will last 40 days. There are a host of issues facing the Georgia General Assembly in 2010. Atlanta P...

Grady Extends Dialysis Deadline amidst Human Rights Inquiry

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Grady Health System decided last week to continue providing free dialysis care through a private provider for another month, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Grady closed its outpatient dialysis clinic in October 2009 a...

Mayor Kasim Reed Inaugurated

(APN) ATLANTA -- Former Democratic State Sen. Kasim Reed was sworn in as the 59th Mayor of Atlanta during a ceremony Monday, January 04, 2010, at The Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center. During his inaugural address, Reed thanked supporters...

Council Committee to Consider Bond's Eagle Resolution

(APN) ATLANTA -- After a vigorous debate, the City Council of Atlanta voted to send the resolution by Council Member Michael Julian Bond--seeking to ask the court to drop the charges against the "Eagle 8"--to the Public Safety and Legal Adminis...

EXCLUSIVE: Bond Seeks Eagle Charges Dropped, City Apology

(APN) ATLANTA -- Councilman Michael Julian Bond (Post 1-at-large), who was sworn in today and previously served on Council, plans to introduce a resolution at today's first Full Council meeting seeking to ask the court to review dropping the c...

New AFP Editor Responds to Controversy, Misleads on APN

(APN) ATLANTA -- Xanna Don't, the new Editor of the Atlanta Free Press, Atlanta's controversial new GLBT publication, wrote a three page editorial responding to last week's scandal concerning AFP. The editorial appeared in the third and latest...

(IPS) National Groups Target US Rep. Barrow, Support Thomas

This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49847. ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 29 (IPS) - National progressive groups are gearing up for the 2010 Congressional elections by targeting centrist D...

Legislative Editor Fired over Sex Change, Seeks Reinstatement (UPDATE 2)

(APN) ATLANTA -- A former legislative editor for the Georgia House of Representatives is suing her former employers after she was fired for announcing her intent to transition from a man to a woman. Glenn Morrison, a former naval lieutenant, wa...

Police Accountability Group Discusses Search for New Chief

(APN) ATLANTA -- With Atlanta's 2009 municipal elections now over and a new Mayor set to take office in January 2010, Atlanta's police accountability and public safety advocacy groups are turning their attention to the search for a new chief for t...

New GLBT Paper Printed, Sovo Accused Editor of Fabrication

(APN) ATLANTA -- The first issue of Atlanta Free Press was distributed throughout Atlanta's GLBT community on December 10, 2009. AFP is the first GLBT print news publication to emerge after the closure of Southern Voice [and David Magazine] a ...

(IPS) Coal Plant Washington Advances, EPA to Regulate Carbon Dioxide (UPDATE 1)

This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49715. ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 16 (IPS/TerraViva) - As governments negotiate future greenhouse gas emissions in Copenhagen, a recent report from ...

(IPS) Poorest Families Face Widening Housing Gap

This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49805. ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 23 (IPS) - The number of housing units affordable to extremely low-income (ELI) families in the U.S. has declined ...

Second Grady Dialysis Suit Dismissed as Some Patients Have Died

This article contains additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale(APN) ATLANTA -- A Fulton County Superior Court judge on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, dismissed a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of uninsured dialysis patients, some of whom are...

Hudson Out at AFP, Don't is Interim Editor (UPDATE 1)

(APN) ATLANTA -- After being caught lying to Atlanta Progressive News, Zack Hudson has officially resigned as Editor of Atlanta Free Press. Xanna Don't has been named Interim Editor; previously she had served as Contributing Editor and had told...

AFP Owner Admits Editor Lied to APN; Co-Editor Displeased

(APN) ATLANTA -- One of the co-owners of Atlanta Free Press, Matt Neumann, admitted on the blog comments section of Project Q Atlanta that Zack Hudson, Editor of AFP, lied to Atlanta Progressive News in a previous article. Previously, APN repor...

Norwood Concedes, Reflects on Mayoral Race

(APN) ATLANTA -- On Wednesday, December 09, 2009, City Councilwoman Mary Norwood conceded the Mayoral Run-off Election to former State Sen. Kasim Reed. After a recount was held, the vote margin between Norwood and Reed only changed by 1 vote....

Progressive Groups Diverge on Mortgage Legislation, SB 57

With additional repoting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA -- Various notable groups within Atlanta's progressive community appear to have come to very different conclusions about SB 57, a bill currently in the State Senate which would change ...

Carter Reflects on 30 Years of US-China Relations

(APN) ATLANTA -- Former US President Jimmy Carter discussed the past, present, and future of the relationship between the United States and China, during a forum Thursday night, December 03, 2009, at The Carter Center. In 1978, Carter announced...

Carter Grandson Seeks State Senate Seat (UPDATE 1)

Photographs by Matthew Cardinale and Alice Gordon, Atlanta Progressive News (APN) DECATUR -- Jason Carter, grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, has launched a campaign for the seat of State Sen. David Adelman, who has been nominated by Pr...

Norwood Requests Recount, State Investigates 1,314 Votes

(APN) ATLANTA -- Mary Norwood has requested a recount in the Mayoral Run-off Election in which Kasim Reed is currently leading by 715 votes, less than 1%. Previously, APN reported Reed's vote lead was a bit lower, but that was before all the p...

Forum on Displaced Grady Dialysis Patients Held

(APN) DECATUR -- About 75 patients, doctors, and advocates gathered Tuesday, December 01, 2009, to discuss the latest details regarding dozens of dialysis patients displaced from Grady Hospital and to look for potential long-term care options ...

Sharpton Leads Atlanta Rally on Gun Violence

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Rev. Al Sharpton was in Atlanta Monday, November 23, 2009, to lead a National Day of Outrage against urban gun violence.Sharpton, speaking from the National Action Network (NAN) Southeast headquarters in the West End, drew a l...

(IPS) Katrina Lawsuit Raises Broader Questions About Levee Safety

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49483. ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov 30 (IPS) - Since a federal judge ruled earlier this month that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was responsible ...

APN Celebrates Four Years of Publication

(APN) ATLANTA -- In celebration of the four-year anniversary of the founding of Atlanta Progressive News, which occurred on November 23, 2009, News Editor and Founder Matthew Cardinale released the following statement: #### We did it! Four yea...

Mitchell, Watson, Wan Elected to Council Seats

(APN) ATLANTA -- On Tuesday, December 01, 2009, three races for the City Council of Atlanta were decided. Councilman Ceasar Mitchell was elected Council President; Aaron Watson was elected to the Post 2-at-large seat, and Alex Wan was elected ...

Norwood Seeks Recount but E-Voting Mostly Auditless

With additional reporting by Jonathan Springston. (APN) ATLANTA -- Councilwoman Mary Norwood has said that she will seek a recount after Tuesday's Mayoral Run-off Election in which former State Sen. Kasim Reed is currently leading by 620 votes. ...

Gore Discusses Environment, New Book at Eizenstat Lecture

(APN) ATLANTA -- Former Vice President Al Gore discussed climate change and his new book on Monday, November 23, 2009, during the 21st annual Eizenstat Family Memorial Lecture at the Ahavath Achim Synagogue in Buckhead.The Eizenstat lecture has ho...

AJC Misleads Readers on Norwood's Legislative Record

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper misled readers regarding Mayoral candidate, Councilwoman Mary Norwood's legislative record in its Sunday edition last weekend, and has neglected to take action on a correction request ...

(IPS) Some Schools Teach Kids Social Justice

This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49459. ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov 28 (IPS) - While most U.S. public schools are responding to new high-stakes testing requirements by teachin...

US Rep. Johnson Bill Would Help Prevent Executing Innocents

(APN) ATLANTA -- A group of federal lawmakers introduced a bill November 03, 2009, that would make it easier for death row inmates to present new, compelling evidence of innocence before a court. The Effective Death Penalty Appeals Act (HR 3986)...

(IPS) Activists Target "World of Coca-Cola"

This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49393 ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov 24 (IPS) - Activists from the U.S. and Colombia are targeting the World of Coca-Cola museum, located near it...

Omilami, Bolling Address Hunger at the Hungry Club

Photograph by Jonathan Springston (APN) ATLANTA -- The Butler Street YMCA hosted its weekly Hungry Club Forum in downtown Atlanta on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, and discussed hunger and homelessness. Since 1945, the Hungry Club Forum has been...

Errin Vuley, 1974-2009, Presente!

(APN) ATLANTA -- Many Atlantans in the progressive community are experiencing shock and grief after Errin Jade Vuley, the 35 year-old activist was killed in a car crash on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. A Ford Explorer struck Vuley's minivan while...

Coyle, Wan Face off in District 6 Council Run-off

(APN) ATLANTA -- Liz Coyle and Alex Wan are facing off in a run-off election taking place in District 6. Early voting started yesterday, Wednesday, November 18, and election day will be held on December 01. As previously reported by Atlanta Progre...

Southern Voice Magazine Closes, May Reincarnate

(APN) ATLANTA -- Employees of Southern Voice and David magazines showed up to work on Monday, November 16, 2009, to find the locks on the door changed and a short note, reading: "It is with GREAT regret that we must inform you that effective im...

Community Blasts Reed for Defending Cracker Barrel against NAACP (UPDATE 1)

(APN) ATLANTA -- "Once again, it's clear to voters that Kasim Reed cannot relate to, and has no interest in understanding, the struggles and values of the average working Atlanta family. His work as an attorney for major corporations who have ...

State Lawmakers Talk Fulton, Dekalb Issues at Townhalls

(APN) ATLANTA -- State lawmakers representing parts of Fulton and DeKalb Counties this week discussed key local issues sure to come before the 2010 Session of the Georgia General Assembly in January.Lawmakers held open meetings to discuss issues l...

BREAKING: Reed Fought Workers for Corporations as Attorney (UPDATE 1)

(APN) ATLANTA -- Former State Sen. Kasim Reed may have received the endorsement of Atlanta's biggest labor union, but what these labor leaders may not know is that as an attorney, the Mayoral candidate has defended big corporations against case...

Georgia Court: E-Vote at Your Own Risk

(APN) ATLANTA -- The Georgia Supreme Court, in their recent ruling against VoterGA upholding electronic voting in the State of Georgia, implicitly acknowledged that E-voting results cannot be independently audited. At the same time, they empha...

(IPS) Rethinking Jobs for a Sustainable Economy

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49096 ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 31 (IPS/IFEJ) - The possibility of environmental catastrophe has led many leaders, scholars and average citizens to reconsi...

Group Calls for Citizen Review Board Powers, Red Dog Investigation

(APN) ATLANTA -- 30 community organizations called for police accountability during a rally at City Hall on Thursday, October 29, 2009. A coalition led by Atlanta Building Locally to Organize for Community Safety (BLOCS) sent a letter to each o...

Bond, Bottoms, Adrean Elected to Council; Three Run-offs in Progress

#### OLD COUNCIL --> NEW COUNCIL BORDERS --> MITCHELL OR MULLER MITCHELL --> BOND NORWOOD --> FAROKHI OR WATSON WILLIS --> WILLIS SMITH --> SMITH HALL --> HALL YOUNG ...

Norwood, Reed Head into Mayoral Run-off

(APN) ATLANTA -- City Councilwoman Mary Norwood and former State Sen. Kasim Reed went into a run-off for the post of Mayor of Atlanta on Tuesday, November 03, 2009, after a bitter General Election cycle in which race and political affiliation b...

Norwood Defends Personal Voting Record after Democratic Attack Mailer

(APN) ATLANTA -- "I'm purple," City Councilwoman Mary Norwood says of her political allegiance after a series of attacks from rival campaigns and after a mailer sent out from the Democratic Party of Georgia said Norwood had an "elephant in the ...

UPDATE: Reed Canvassing Director Took Signs, Source Says

(APN) ATLANTA -- According to a high-level source familiar with the matter, the vehicle with the apparently stolen Mary Norwood signs in the back seat belongs to Reed's Canvassing Director, Patrick Meredith. The source who identified the vehicl...

EXCLUSIVE: Reed Supporter Apparently Stealing Yard Signs (UPDATE 1)

UPDATE: The car was parked in the parking lot of Reed's West End headquarters, which is next to the Ace Hardware, according to two sources. One source familiar with the matter has identified the owner of the car and APN is expecting to break t...

(IPS) Gay Bar Raids Draw Community Outrage

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49078 ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 30 (IPS) - Two recent police raids of gay bars in Atlanta, Georgia and Fort Worth, Texas have sparked mass protests in ...

Thomas, Thomas Endorse Norwood

Photographs by Matthew Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA -- Former City Councilwoman and State Rep. "Able" Mable Thomas, and former Mayoral candidate Glenn Thomas [no relation] announced their support for Mayoral candidate, Councilwoman Mary Norwood, on ...

(IPS) Cities Use Inclusionary Zoning as Housing Costs Climb

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49014 ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 27 (IPS) - With most U.S. cities facing a severe shortage of affordable housing, more and more are beginning to turn to so-...

Atlantans Rally against Police Brutality

(APN) ATLANTA -- A group of nearly 70 students, community activists, and victims of police brutality rallied at downtown's Woodruff Park and marched to the Atlanta Detention Center on Thursday, October 22, 2009, as part of the annual National ...

Mayoral Candidates File Third Quarter Disclosures (UPDATE 1)

(APN) ATLANTA -- Earlier this month, candidates for Mayor and City Council of Atlanta turned in their final campaign disclosure reports before the November 3 election. Three of the top four candidates for mayor have raised over $1 million each ...

ACLU Report Details 287(g) Immigration Law Abuses in Cobb County

(APN) MARIETTA -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia released a human rights report Monday, October 12, 2009, that details the impact of the 287 (g) program--which allows local enforcement of federal immigration laws--on Cobb County....

Retired Colonel Argues for Afghanistan Withdrawal during Atlanta Visit

Photographs Courtesy of Al Viola (APN) ATLANTA -- Retired Colonel Ann Wright, who resigned from the US State Department over the US Invasion of Iraq, was in Atlanta last week to promote her new book and argue for a phased US troop withdrawal fr...

Georgia Stand-UP Hosts Mayoral, Council President, District 11 Forum

Photographs by Jonathan Springston (APN) ATLANTA -- The Georgia STAND-UP Alliance hosted its second Atlanta election forum Tuesday night, October 06, 2009, at the IBEW Auditorium. Nine total candidates running for Mayor of Atlanta, City Council ...

APN Endorses Council Candidates Mitchell, Bond, Farokhi, Robertson, and...

(APN) ATLANTA -- After a lengthy process of interviews, questionnaires, and research, the Atlanta Progressive News Board of Directors has selected our Endorsement List for Candidates for City Council of Atlanta for 2009. We have decided to endo...

Council District 11 Questionnaire Results

(APN) ATLANTA -- As we begin to wrap up our yearlong pre-election coverage of Atlanta's citywide and Council district elections for 2009, we sent a questionnaire to the nine candidates vying to replace retiring Councilman Jim Maddox in District 11...

Vegan Protesters Prevail Over Cops in Court

(APN) ATLANTA -- On Thursday, September 24, 2009, a federal jury in Atlanta ruled that the Dekalb County Department of Homeland Security and the Dekalb Police Department violated the constitutional rights of two vegan protesters when they arres...

LGBT, Atlanta Police Dialogue Held

Photographs by Jonathan Springston (APN) ATLANTA -- Key members of the Atlanta Police Department and leaders of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community gathered in the Virginia Highlands on Monday, October 05, 2009, to discuss pol...

Mayoral Candidates Debate Beltline

(APN) ATLANTA -- The top four candidates for Mayor of Atlanta discussed the BeltLine and related issues on Tuesday, September 29, 2009, during a forum sponsored by a coalition of groups supporting public transportation and greenspace.Atlanta City ...

(IPS) Advocates Fight Mountaintop Removal

This article first appeared on Inter-Press Service at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48668 ATLANTA, Georgia, Sep 30 (IPS) - Environmental groups across the southeast United States, from Georgia to the Appalachia region, are stepping up ...

Influential Borders Supporter is Republican Politico

(APN) ATLANTA -- Mayoral candidate and City Council President Lisa Borders's most influential supporter--who helped guide her back into the race and reportedly raised about $270,000 for her at a fundraiser he hosted--Mr. Tom Bell, is a well-kno...

(IPS) Nuke Agency Pushes New Bomb Production

This article first appeared on Inter-Press Service at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48654 ATLANTA, Georgia, Sep 30 (IPS) - Despite statements by U.S. President Barack Obama that he wants to see the world reduce, and eventually eliminat...

Judge Rescinds Grady Dialysis Restraining Order, Clinic Again to Close

(APN) ATLANTA -- A Fulton County Superior Court judge rescinded a temporary restraining order against the Grady Health System on Friday, September 25, 2009, that had kept the dialysis clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital open."The court is unpersuade...

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