A data center proposal that was previously shot down has resurfaced in southwest Atlanta along with the debate over land use, equity, and who benefits from development in historically disinvested communities. The project, planned for a site near the West End MARTA station and bordering communities like Adair Park, Pittsburgh, and Mechanicsville, has been hotly […]
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Posted inCriminal Justice, Juvenile Justice
ACLU Report Calls Out Fulton County Jail for Overcrowding and Humanitarian Crisis
A new report from the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia found that Fulton County officials are failing to take advantage of sustainable solutions to address overcrowding and the ongoing humanitarian crisis at the county jail. The study was published on the heels of major flooding at the jail last weekend. Officials estimated 70,000 gallons […]
Posted inHBCUs, Sports
Morehouse President Responds to Handcuffing of Tuskegee Coach
Four days after the now viral incident, Morehouse College president F. DuBois Bowman issued a statement addressing the handcuffing of Tuskegee coach Benjy Taylor. The basketball coach of Tuskegee University hired civil rights attorneys after he was handcuffed by a Morehouse College campus police officer and escorted off the court last weekend. In a now-viral […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Politics & Policy
After Months in ICE Detention, Morehouse Alum Is Deported to Mexico
After Morehouse College alum Alex Maganda was picked up by immigration agents last June, his Spelhouse community rallied for his release with the hashtag #FreeAlexMaganda. It was an urgent call to Morehouse College and Spelman College’s network to help their former classmate, who had been brought to America at the age of 5 by his […]
Posted inArts, Community
Mural Meant to Honor Black History Divided South Atlanta, but Now It’s Being Changed
Work has begun on revisions to the mural commemorating the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre in South Atlanta, following months of intense community debate over its imagery and the process by which it was created. The 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre was a four-day wave of racial terror when white mobs attacked Black communities throughout Atlanta, leaving […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Politics & Policy
Family of Rapper Shot 17 Times by Atlanta Officer Demands Accountability
Family and friends of Linton Blackwell took to the podium at City Hall on Monday to express their frustration with the Atlanta City Council over the lack of accountability for police officers who use lethal force. “I want to understand why this officer, Gerald Walker, is not being held accountable for my brother’s death. He […]
Posted inCommunity, Housing, Politics & Policy, Public Services
Atlanta Spent $60 Million to Address Homelessness, but the Crisis Persists
As the temperature dropped to around 35 degrees last Wednesday night, Yered Israel wasn’t sure where he’d be sleeping — or whether he’d sleep at all. The 36-year-old, self-identified unhoused man was sitting in the entryway of a Georgia State University garage with his belongings around 9 p.m. last week when he was approached by […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Atlanta’s Black Veterans See a Warning in the Killing of VA Nurse Alex Pretti
When Alex Pretti was killed by U.S. Border Patrol agents last week, the shock rippled far beyond Minneapolis, where the Veterans Affairs nurse worked. Black veterans and nurses in Atlanta say his death has forced a reckoning, not only with the federal government’s expanding use of force, but with what it means to serve a […]
Posted inElections, Politics & Policy
FBI Seizes 2020 Ballots in Surprise Raid of Atlanta Election Office
Confusion swirled outside the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operation Center in Union City on Wednesday as FBI agents executed a search warrant, catching county commissioners and other elected leaders unaware. According to state Sen. Josh McLaurin, who told Capital B Atlanta he was briefed by a county official, the FBI’s Evidence Response Team showed […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Politics & Policy
College Park Leaders Seek Answers as ICE Activity Raises Community Fears
While much of the country has eyes trained on the unrest in Minneapolis after the shooting death of Alex Pretti by U.S. Border Patrol agents, some in metro Atlanta are concerned as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leaders appear to be expanding operations in College Park. Elected officials in the southwest Atlanta suburb say the […]