When Haiti scored at the World Cup for the first time in more than 50 years, it was about so much more than goals in a soccer game. It was a chance for Haitian Americans to express their pride in a country that has been through hard times. Sergo Bellefleur drove 6½ hours from Orlando, […]
Politics & Policy
Posted inEconomy, Politics & Policy
Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Fire Lisa Cook from Federal Reserve Board
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday blocked President Trump’s bid to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, leaving her job secure for now. A distinguished economist, the Georgia native and Spelman College grad is the first Black woman to sit on the Fed’s board. She also held roles in the Clinton, […]
Posted inCommunity, Politics & Policy
The Black Seniors Who Remember Atlanta Before the Stadiums
This story first appeared on For the Record: A Black Oral History Archive. The archive is a collection of over 100 firsthand stories of Black life in America. Tillman Ward, 80, recalls his father building him and his siblings a home on Chestnut Place in Vine City in southwest Atlanta during the 1950s. He remembers watching […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy, Voting
Georgia Republicans Back Away From Redistricting Plan After Outcry
Efforts to begin redrawing Georgia’s voting district maps through a special session of the General Assembly have been canceled. The Republicans’ plan, which many feared would disenfranchise Black and brown voters, had already sparked multiple protests Wednesday at the Georgia State Capitol. “Changes to Georgia’s maps should take place only when members of the General […]
Posted inCommunity, Politics & Policy
Black Residents Say Moving the Olympic Cauldron Would Erase History
Whenever longtime Summerhill resident Mary Gay drives into her Atlanta neighborhood, the first thing she’s greeted with is the Olympic Cauldron — an artifact that once held the fiery torch for the 1996 Olympic Games. Seeing the historic structure puts a smile on her face because once she sees it, she knows she’s “home.” Last […]
Posted inElections, Politics & Policy
Keisha Lance Bottoms to Face Rick Jackson in Heated Georgia Governor Race
The former Atlanta mayor will square off against the healthcare billionaire in November.
Posted inCity Politics, Criminal Justice, Incarceration
She Avoided Jail and Rebuilt Her Life, but Others May Not Get the Same Chance
Tanesha Door said she doesn’t know where she would be today without the Policing Alternatives and Diversion Initiative and its case managers helping her to get her life back on track. Door, an Atlanta-native and Grady Hospital baby, moved back to Atlanta in 2018 with her infant son less than a year after leaving the […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy, State Politics, Voting
Black Elders Warn Georgia Voters Not to Let Their Voice Slip Away
Columbus resident Dorris Porter Edgerton is aware of the Republican-led redistricting efforts looming in the General Assembly, but she’s more concerned about a lack of Black voter engagement in the state’s second-most populous city. “We have lots of people who really just do not vote at all because they say it won’t make a difference,” […]
Posted inCommunity, Politics & Policy, Transportation
MARTA’s New Bus Routes Leave Atlanta Seniors Struggling to Cross Unsafe Streets
A bridge, cracked sidewalks, and a traffic-heavy street — this is the path that elderly residents living in a senior home in Southwest Atlanta say they must navigate to get to their new bus stop after MARTA eliminated the stop in front of their building. LeRon Moore, one of the residents at Berean Village Senior […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy, State Politics
Black Georgia Voters Could Lose Districts They Fought Decades For
For the first time in decades, Black Georgia voters won’t be able to rely on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to protect them from redistricting efforts to dilute their political power. On June 17, Republicans could start redrawing voting maps at a special session called by Gov. Brian Kemp. In April, the U.S. […]
