(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 ...

(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...

(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...

(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...

Las Margaritas, a restaurant in Atlanta's Cheshire Bridge neighborhood owned by Oscar Valdivieso, is hosting a fiesta muy grande today for Cinco de Mayo. According to the event's Facebook page, the festivities will benefit Joining Hearts, a non-pr...

(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) 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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...