Independent voter Azola Martin still hasn’t decided who he’s voting for in November, but he says he has reservations about Vice President Kamala Harris that have nothing to do with her gender. Martin says he primarily gets his news from social media, subscribes to some debunked myths about Harris, and may vote for former President […]
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Harris to Appear Sunday at Atlanta-Area Megachurch for Key Campaign Stop
Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to appear at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in the Atlanta-metro area on Sunday as Georgia faith leaders ramp up their 2024 “Souls to the Polls” operation across the state. Harris campaign officials and New Birth Pastor Jamal Bryant confirmed news of the vice president’s visit to the 10,000-member […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy, Voting
Black Seniors for Harris Help Fuel Record Turnout as Early Voting Begins in Georgia
Ann Keith, 79, and William Keith, 84, didn’t encounter any problems casting ballots during the first day of early voting in Georgia on Tuesday. The married couple was among many Black folks who traveled to the C.T. Martin Natatorium and Recreation Center in Adamsville to hit the polls ahead of Election Day. “It was very […]
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Georgia Is One of the Most Unsafe States to Give Birth. Abortion Limits Make It Worse.
In spite of recent reporting that directly links Georgia’s abortion restriction with the deaths of two Black women, the state Supreme Court’s decision earlier this month to temporarily reinstate the law while an appeal is in progress did not surprise leaders at the forefront of the state’s reproductive justice movement. Last month, ProPublica reported on […]
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Extended-Stay Hotels Offer Relief From Homelessness, but Can Lead to Health Problems for Kids
This article was published by KFF Health News. STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — As principal of Dunaire Elementary School, Sean Deas has seen firsthand the struggles faced by children living in extended-stay hotels. About 10% of students at his school, just east of Atlanta, live in one. The children, Deas said, often have been exposed to […]
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Air Quality Concerns Prompt Virtual Learning for Rockdale County Students
Rockdale County Public Schools officials said the district will operate virtually through the first half of next week due to the aftermath of the BioLab chemical fire that displaced 17,000 residents in Conyers on Sunday. RCPS students were set to return to school this upcoming Monday after spending this week on recess for a pre-scheduled […]
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I’ve Lived Through Three BioLab Fires in 20 Years. I Fear the Impact.
In the midst of an environmental PR disaster, BioLab is quickly becoming a household name in America for all the wrong reasons, but I and other Conyers residents have long been familiar with the environmental hazards at the company. I’ve lived in Conyers for nearly 20 years, and for the past eight I’ve known of […]
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Uninsured in Atlanta and Need a COVID Shot? You May Need to Call Around.
This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters It’s been over a month since the FDA approved new COVID vaccines, but for uninsured and underinsured Atlantans who rely on the public health system to get the shots at low cost, the process is fraught with conflicting information […]
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How Two Black Women’s ‘Preventable’ Deaths Put Abortion on the Ballot in Georgia
Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller, two Black women who died after trying home abortions, aren’t the only ones who have suffered due to Georgia’s abortion restriction law, according to Monica Simpson, executive director of SisterSong, an Atlanta-based reproductive justice group. “There are so many other people … that have come up to me directly, […]
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Why a Black Men’s Super PAC That Once Endorsed Kemp Is Now Backing Harris
An Atlanta-based Black men’s economic advocacy group with a track record of endorsing both Republican and Democratic candidates for public office is throwing its support behind Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid to become the nation’s next president. Atlanta business leader Omar Ali, a previously registered Democrat-turned independent, is co-founder and president of Justice […]