Two months after mass layoffs left the organization’s future in question, Stacey Abrams-founded Fair Fight Action is launching a new season of a digital series it first created in the 2020 heyday of Fair Fight’s political organizing. The fourth season of Fair Fight’s Civics For The Culture debuted over the weekend during a panel at […]
Politics & Policy
Posted inLocal Politics, Politics & Policy
Fulton County Commissioners Freeze Additional Funding to Sheriff’s Office
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners last week paused the reauthorization of double-overtime pay for detention officers and sheriff’s deputies over questions about how the money is being spent. Federal law requires that Fulton County Sheriff’s Office employees are paid time-and-a-half for overtime hours. Sheriff Patrick Labat, who was elected in 2020, has made efforts […]
Posted inElections
Biden’s SOTU Gaza Comments Won’t Stop Protest Vote Against Him in Georgia
President Joe Biden’s State of the Union remarks on Gaza weren’t enough to persuade some of his former supporters in Georgia to end their protest vote campaign against him ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Interfaith organizers launched their “Leave It Blank” initiative earlier this week. They’re asking Democratic primary voters who want a permanent stop […]
Posted inState Politics
Legislation Addressing Sky-High Rent Prices Stalls — Again
Black people across Georgia are desperate for rent relief, but state lawmakers don’t appear poised to pass legislation to directly address the problem. Only one bill specifically addressing residential rent prices or homelessness secured passage in at least one legislative chamber by Thursday night as the Gold Dome’s fabled Crossover Day came and went. Crossover […]
Posted inVoting
Proposed Law Would End Voting Ban for Felony Convictions in Georgia
Voting rights and criminal justice reform advocates are rallying support behind a proposed state law aimed at eliminating a 147-year-old provision of the Georgia constitution that experts say was created to limit Black people’s access to the ballot box. The measure known as SB 179 and a companion resolution are the latest attempt by Georgia […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy, Reparations
Black Lawmakers Make Their Case for Reparations in Georgia
Leaders of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus want their state to become the latest to launch a reparations study commission — and they’re not waiting around for the party in power at the Capitol to call for a hearing on the issue. The GLBC will host a panel discussion with a group of reparations experts […]
Posted inState Politics
Georgia Lawmaker’s Bill Would Bar Trump from 2024 Ballot
The latest effort to keep Donald Trump’s name off the 2024 presidential ballot comes in the form of a proposed Georgia law backed by Democrats that would bar anyone who’s been involved in a U.S. insurrection from running for office in the state. State Rep. Derrick Jackson, D-Tyrone, introduced HB 1159, known as the Oath […]
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Black Atlanta Wants Rent Control. Will State Lawmakers Help Them Get It?
Advocates pushing for Georgia lawmakers to lift a decades-old, statewide ban on rent control face an uphill battle in the current 40-day legislative session, which started last Monday. “I don’t see that happening,” state Sen. Gloria Butler, a Democrat representing Stone Mountain, told Capital B Atlanta in December. “I’m being realistic because these are real […]
Posted inState Politics
Georgia Republicans Once Hated Medicaid Expansion. Black Dems Now See a Chance For a Compromise.
Georgia Democrats see a window of opportunity to finally achieve full Medicaid expansion – a long-sought prospect that could benefit thousands of Black Georgians – now that Republicans, have expressed more openness to the idea. For the second consecutive year, Democratic leaders say full expansion of Medicaid is their top priority for this year’s legislative […]
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Voting Rights Decision May Curb Push to Diversify Georgia, Alabama Utility Commissions
Brionte´ McCorkle was “furious” when a federal appeals court ruled in late November that Georgia could keep its current method of electing its powerful utility regulators. She punched her kickboxing heavy bag so hard that it broke. “I busted the bag, I was that mad,” she said. But, McCorkle added, “We’re not going to let […]
