Metro Atlanta is the eviction capital of America, with Black residents making up 70% of cases. With affordability and housing instability major issues heading into the midterms, Georgia gubernatorial candidates Keisha Lance Bottoms and Rick Jackson have rolled out plans to lower the eviction rate. Their proposals came in response to recently publicized data showing […]
Chauncey Alcorn
Chauncey Alcorn is Capital B Atlanta's state and local politics reporter.
Posted inElections, Politics & Policy
Black Family Says Rick Jackson Reopened Wounds by Using Daughter’s Death in Ad
Criticism of Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson is growing louder after his campaign used the 911 call in the fatal shooting of Secoriea Turner and footage of the grieving family in a political ad. Turner is the 8-year-old girl who was fatally shot in the head with an AR-15 rifle on July 4, 2020, outside […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Incarceration
Five Charged in Fatal Stabbing of Former Clark Atlanta Student at Troubled Jail
Five suspects have been arrested in the Sept. 23 fatal stabbing attack on former Clark Atlanta University student David Addo Wright inside the DeKalb County Jail. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a press release Thursday that Jayden King, 22, of Stockbridge, Treonte Brintley, 24, of Lithonia, Amir Andrews, 19, of Milledgeville, Dajuhn Bryant, […]
Posted inElections, Politics & Policy
Meet the PSC Candidates Fighting to Lower Georgia Electric Bills
Black voters could play a decisive role in a pair of Public Service Commission races on the Nov. 3 election ballot. The five-member PSC is the regulatory board that decides whether monopolistic utility companies like Atlanta Gas Light and Georgia Power, which provides electricity to an estimated 2.8 million customers across the state, can increase […]
Posted inElections, Politics & Policy
Barack Obama Backs Keisha Lance Bottoms for Georgia Governor
Barack Obama has endorsed Keisha Lance Bottoms in Georgia’s heated governor’s race — and he wants Peach State voters to do the same. The nation’s first Black president issued a video endorsement Wednesday night in support of the Democratic nominee vying to become America’s first Black woman governor. During the 54-second clip, Obama calls on Georgia […]
Posted inCulture, Public Safety
Black Women Are Joining Gun Groups in Atlanta Amid Political Tensions
The sporadic “pop!” of gunfire pierced the cool autumn air for hours at the South River Gun Club in Covington on Sept. 26 as Shante Stewart and her classmates took aim. Gold bullet casings decorated the gravel beneath their feet as the students lined up their shots. The targets were fluorescent orange sporting clays set […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy, State Politics
Keisha Lance Bottoms Faces Massive Ad Spending Gap in Georgia’s Tight Governor’s Race
Screeching tires, burning rubber in the streets. Cars and property being destroyed. Calls for emergency assistance. Officer hit. Those are just a few of the searing images and sounds running in a Rick Jackson campaign ad blitz skewering Keisha Lance Bottoms’ tenure as Atlanta mayor. Nonetheless, Joanne Winston says she plans to support the Democratic […]
Posted inHousing, Politics & Policy
Atlanta Is Leading the Nation in Evictions, and Black Families Face the Greatest Risk
Metro Atlanta’s record-setting pace of eviction filings, which led the nation in 2025, hasn’t slowed this year, and Black families are bearing the brunt of the displacement. Leaders from Princeton University’s Eviction Lab, a nonprofit that analyzes and publishes weekly data on eviction in major cities across America, presented their latest research to local government […]
Posted inElections, Politics & Policy, Voting
Black Voters in Georgia Are Mobilizing as Voting Rights Face New Threats
Decisions made in courts across the country are changing the rules of voting and shifting Black political power. Capital B is tracking the fight for voting rights to show who is affected, where power is shifting, and what the changes mean for Black communities nationwide. For voting rights stories from across the country, visit our […]
Posted inHousing
Tenants at This Eviction Hotspot Warn Prospective Renters ‘Don’t Come Here’
The vibrant, well-maintained entrance signs shrouded by neatly trimmed bushes at the front of Lakeview Apartment Homes in Stone Mountain mask the rundown conditions of buildings inside the 22-acre complex. Putrid smelling trash sometimes sits stagnant in bins for days in common areas outside people’s apartments. Vinyl siding was seen collapsing on at least one […]
