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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Throngs of Black Students Move to Atlanta for College. What if They All Registered As Georgia Voters?
Morehouse College student Marchellos Scott performed some political calculus this summer when he registered to vote in Georgia’s Fulton County for this year’s presidential election instead of casting a ballot in his native state. “I understand that Georgia is a swing state and I want to ensure that I’m giving a lot to keep Georgia […]
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Afraid to Seek Care Amid Georgia’s Abortion Ban, She Stayed at Home and Died
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Candi Miller’s health was so fragile, doctors warned having another baby could kill her. “They said it was going to be more painful and her […]
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How Rural Doulas Are Addressing Georgia’s Maternity Care Crisis
This article was published by KFF Health News. When Bristeria Clark went into labor with her son in 2015, her contractions were steady at first. Then, they stalled. Her cervix stopped dilating. After a few hours, doctors at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia, prepped Clark for an emergency cesarean section. It wasn’t the […]
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Project 2025: What Could It Mean for Education in Georgia?
Georgians with school-age children and who attended college with the help of federal student loans routinely interact with the U.S. Department of Education without realizing it. That’s because it’s among the many federal bureaucracies that, unless there’s a major hiccup, does most of its work in the background. With Republicans taking control of Congress and […]
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Project 2025: How a Conservative Justice Department Could Affect Georgia
Former President Donald Trump doesn’t hide his desire for revenge against prosecutors he considers his political enemies for bringing criminal charges against him. But how could a reelected Trump use the legal system against those perceived enemies? Project 2025, the conservative Heritage Foundation’s policy agenda for the next Republican presidency, provides a road map — […]
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Can Kamala Harris Win Young Voters’ Support In Georgia?
Kamala Harris’ ascent to the top of the Democratic presidential ticket was felt almost immediately among young Black voters at the Atlanta University Center like Marchellos Scott. Scott, 21, is a Morehouse College senior and an organizer of AUC for Harris, an effort to bolster the Democratic ticket that formed last weekend on the same […]
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Who’s on Your Ballot? Find Out With This Comprehensive Voter Guide.
Voters face a lot of choices at the ballot box. That’s why The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Atlanta Civic Circle partnered to create “Georgia Decides,” a comprehensive online voter guide for the 2024 elections. The guide has detailed profiles on candidates running for Congress, Georgia House of Representatives, Georgia Senate, district attorney, judicial offices, and various […]
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Lawmakers Begin Redrawing Political Maps With More Majority Black Districts Today
Georgia lawmakers are set to start redrawing the state’s political maps today to create a number of new majority-Black voting districts in conjunction with an Oct. 26 federal district court ruling. But their efforts could eventually be undermined by a more-recent federal appeals court decision barring individual voters and other private parties — including groups […]
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Group Accused of Targeting Minorities with Voter Eligibility Challenges Stands Trial
The federal trial against a conservative activist group accused of using mass voter eligibility challenges to discourage Black and brown Georgians from participating in elections began today. Fair Fight, the voting rights advocacy group founded by former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, filed a lawsuit that seeks to bar True the Vote from pursuing mass […]