If President Joe Biden wins reelection in November, it will likely be due to the unwavering support of people like Coretha Easterling. For the past 21 years, the 76-year-old has lived at southwest Atlanta’s Barge Road Senior High Rise, where last Friday she and about 20 other Black elders helped kick off a routine political […]
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Water Crisis: Black Business Owners Seek Financial Relief from City Ordinance
The devastating water outage that has forced some Atlanta residents to go up to five days without drinkable water has also taken a hefty financial toll on Black business owners like Jason Davis. The 45-year-old Davis is the owner of Aiskrimu, a 9-month-old ice cream parlor located in Cascade Heights and one of several neighborhood […]
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‘Improved’ Georgia System to Monitor Campaign Donations Was a Bust
This story was originally published by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Only a few years after introducing a new and “improved” e-filing system that is supposed to let the public know who is funding campaigns and what politicians are beneficiaries of Capitol lobbyists’ largesse, the state is looking to scrap it and start over. After spending an estimated […]
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Advocates Are Working to Ensure Homeless Georgians Can Vote in November
James McWhorter was surprised in October when he received a letter in the mail informing him a DeKalb County resident had challenged his eligibility to vote because his listed address didn’t match the driver’s license he used to register back in 2008. The 55-year-old barber and Army veteran, who lives in Stone Mountain, explained at […]
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Republicans Targeted Fani Willis. It Didn’t Work.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Sheriff Patrick Labat are just two of the metro Atlanta incumbent candidates who won by a landslide Tuesday night in contests marred by political scandal. U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath also overwhelmed her Democratic primary challengers. Superior Court Clerk Ché Alexander defeated former Atlanta City Council member Keisha Sean […]
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Black Atlanta Votes 2024
After months of hearing candidates’ pitches, voters in metro Atlanta are making their choices for the candidates they want to run courts, prosecutor’s offices, local jails, and various other positions that, while relatively obscure, have a big impact on the lives of thousands of people. In some cases, today’s primary elections will function as the […]
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Meet The Democratic Primary Contenders Battling to Unseat Mesha Mainor
Residents on Atlanta’s west side will decide today which Democratic primary contender they want to take on incumbent Mesha Mainor in a November general election matchup that could serve as a benchmark for GOP attempts to gain support among Black voters. Mainor is the Black former Democratic lawmaker from Georgia’s 56th Congressional District who made […]
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Professor Showed Antiwar Protests Went Beyond Image of Privileged Students
For weeks, student protesters in Atlanta and beyond demonstrating in support of Gaza’s civilians have been characterized homogeneously in the media as pampered, mostly white, rich kids. On Sunday, a 50-year-old Black woman who teaches at an all-male historically Black college turned that framing on its head. Those who have watched Sunday’s commencement at Morehouse […]
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Primary Election Countdown: Candidates Face Community Questions at Forum
With Georgia’s local primary elections just four days away, eight candidates vying for offices ranging from Fulton County commissioner to the Georgia General Assembly joined a community-centered candidate forum in Atlanta’s Westview neighborhood on Thursday evening. The forum, which focused on a total of five races, was led by Capital B Atlanta in partnership with […]
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What to Know Before You Vote for District Attorney
Democratic voters in Fulton County will choose between incumbent District Attorney Fani Willis and Christian Wise Smith, a former prosecutor and current criminal defense attorney, as their choice for the county’s DA for the next four years. The primary vote is happening against the backdrop of the high-profile RICO prosecutions against former President Donald Trump […]