This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. DeKalb County residents want more options for physical activity and healthy food and better access to health care providers, according to the latest Community Health Needs Assessment. DeKalb Public Health CEO Dr. Sandra Valenciano presented the findings at a […]
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Posted inFood Access, Money, Wealth Gap
This Free Grocery Store Is Trying to Address Atlanta’s Food Access Problems
This story was originally published on March 2, 2023, and has been updated. Bankhead resident Jeff Jackson says accessing fresh groceries in his neighborhood has become more difficult over the years. Jackson recalls multiple grocery stores closing in the past decade. It’s why the Grocery Spot, the free grocery store where he volunteers and gets […]
Posted inElections, Politics & Policy
Why Was Black Voter Turnout Poor in Georgia? An Elected Official Reflects.
White voters casting ballots for former President Donald Trump helped Georgia set a new turnout record this year, eclipsing the mark set four years ago and helping him seal his reelection. Meanwhile, Black Georgia voters, who overwhelmingly support Democrats in most elections, were the only major racial demographic group who voted less in 2024 than […]
Posted inIncarceration
‘This Is Not Normal’: Protesters Decry ‘Atrocious Conditions’ at Fulton County Jail
Protesters gathered outside Fulton County Jail and Fulton County Courthouse on Thursday demanding change and accountability in response to a 97-page report released by the U.S. Department of Justice last week that exposed inhumane conditions at the facility. “I want them to know and to hear that this is not normal. Not all jails operate […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Policing
Jimmy Atchison’s Family Hopes Justice Is Served Five Years After His Death
A preliminary hearing began Tuesday in the case against retired Atlanta police officer Sung Kim, who is charged in the 2019 shooting death of Adamsville resident Jimmy Atchison. Kim was one of multiple APD officers on an FBI fugitive task force that was pursuing Atchison for allegedly stealing a woman’s purse and cellphone at gunpoint. […]
Posted inHealth, Transportation
Patients Are Relying on Lyft, Uber to Travel Far Distances to Medical Care
This article was published by KFF Health News. When Lyft driver Tramaine Carr transports seniors and sick patients to hospitals in Atlanta, she feels like both a friend and a social worker. “When the ride is an hour or an hour and a half of mostly freeway driving, people tend to tell you what they’re […]
Posted inClimate, Criminal Justice, Education, LGBTQ, Politics & Policy, Reproductive Health
The Dawn of a New Trump Era Begins. What It Means for Black Atlantans in 2025.
The dread many Black people in Atlanta feel about Donald Trump’s triumph in the 2024 presidential election isn’t misplaced: He organized his reelection campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris around revenge — around how he and his allies can inflict the greatest amount of suffering on vulnerable groups and on those he considers enemies. Making […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy, State Politics
Democrat, 23, Defeats Georgia’s Only Black Republican Lawmaker in House Race
Local school teacher Bryce Berry says he didn’t cry Tuesday night when Atlanta news outlets declared him the winner of his state House District 56 race against GOP incumbent Rep. Mesha Mainor. But he did admit to being “incredibly overwhelmed.” “It’s all just an incredible honor,” Berry told Capital B Atlanta late Tuesday evening after […]
Posted inCity Politics, Elections, Local Politics, Voting
Atlanta City Council Post 3 At-Large Race Headed to Runoff
The race to fill Atlanta City Council’s post-3 at-large vacancy is headed to a runoff election between civil rights attorney Eshé Collins and business owner Nicole Evans Jones. Community activist Duvwon Robinson, Black Futurists Group founder Devin Barrington-Ward, and business owner Amber Higgins-Connor were also vying to fill the remainder of former council member Keisha […]
Posted inElections, Politics & Policy
Black Polling Precincts in Atlanta Receive Bomb Threats
Atlanta-area polling precincts received several bomb threats on Election Day that the government officials say appear to be the work of Russian operatives looking to disrupt the presidential election. Fulton County polling precincts received at least 32 total bomb threats via email and phone call on Tuesday, according to Fulton County Police Chief W. Wade […]