When a pregnant Georgia woman went into labor earlier this month, she planned for the two doulas she hired to stand beside her as she gave birth. Instead, those doulas say, security officers and county police escorted them out of the hospital while their client was in active labor, despite her repeated requests that they […]
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Posted inEconomic Justice, Money
The Black Women Who Started the Target Boycott Say It Was Never Jamal Bryant’s to End
Two Minnesota-based Black women activists who claim to have started the ongoing National Target Boycott more than a year ago are accusing megachurch pastor Jamal Bryant, former Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner, and Until Freedom activist Tamika Mallory of deliberately co-opting their economic protest and creating confusion over whether it has ended. To be clear, […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, History
Palmetto Massacre: Black Men Arrested at Sundown, Lynched by Midnight
Palmetto, Georgia, was, by all accounts, a quiet and growing town in the final years of the 19th century. Located 25 miles southwest of Atlanta, it had a cotton mill, two warehouses, a hotel, churches, and slow, steady commerce. Its Black residents were part of the working and worshipping community that white newspapers would later […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Voting
She Spent 26 Years in Prison, Now She’s Registering to Vote in Georgia
Kareemah Hanifa just registered to vote for the first time in her life. As a juvenile, Hanifa, now 48, was sentenced to life in prison and spent 26 years incarcerated before she was released on parole in 2019. “I’m feeling nervous, I’m also feeling anxious and a little bit scared,” Hanifa said just before she […]
Posted inEconomic Justice, Money
Target Protest Leader Jamal Bryant Denies Being Paid to End Boycott
Target protest leader Jamal Bryant on Thursday strongly refuted online accusations that the retail giant paid him to end the national economic protest he helped spearhead more than a year ago. “Absolutely not a dime for even our meetings,” Bryant told Capital B Atlanta during a Thursday phone interview. “I bought my own plane ticket, […]
Posted inMaternal Health, Politics & Policy, Reproductive Health
Oscar-Nominated Doc Brings to Light Families’ Loss Under Georgia Abortion Law
If Amber Nicole Thurman were alive today, the 28-year-old would most likely have become a nurse. “She would never know that she got accepted into nursing school because August the 19th was the end of her life, and August the 21st I got the call that she was accepted into nursing school,” said Thurman’s mother, […]
Posted inEconomic Justice, Money
Jamal Bryant Says Target Boycott Is Ending Without DEI Concessions
Jamal Bryant announced Wednesday that the Target boycott is over. One year ago last week, the Atlanta megachurch pastor called on his congregation to take their dollars elsewhere after the retail giant announced it was rolling back diversity, equity, and inclusion commitments launched in 2020 in the wake of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis, home […]
Posted inHousing, Politics & Policy
Warnock-Backed Bill Targets Corporate Home Buyers Pricing Out Black Families
Private companies buying up homes in metro Atlanta have made the American dream of homeownership unattainable for many families, and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock said Black Georgians seeking to buy their first homes have been hurt more than most. Investors own at least 25% of all the single family rental properties in Atlanta, the largest […]
Posted inHealth, LGBTQ, Politics & Policy, State Politics
Black LGBTQ Advocates Press Georgia Lawmakers on Civil Rights
Christian Benoit was one of dozens of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Georgians from across the state who traveled to the Capitol on Tuesday morning to take part in the Pride to the Capitol rally. “We have to stand in solidarity for those that won’t or can’t stand and represent themselves,” Benoit said. “We […]
Posted inMoney, Sports
After NBA Shuts Down ‘Magic City Monday’ the Club Says ‘Atlanta Can’t Be Cancelled’
Bowing to public pressure, the NBA announced that ‘Magic City Monday’ was cancelled. The NBA team announced that March 16 would be “Magic City Monday” at State Farm Arena as the team faces off against the Orlando Magic. And while none of the strip clubs famed dancers would be performing, the evening was designed to […]