When Jamarah Amani was in labor at a Georgia hospital, she fought with medical staff over her delivery preferences — a harrowing experience during which she recalled a nurse saying her birthing choices would “kill the baby.” After delivering her second child and after enduring that conflict with the medical team, the mother of four […]
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Posted inMaternal Health, Reproductive Health
Georgia Case Spotlights Rising Risks for Black Women Navigating Pregnancy Care
In March, a Black Georgia woman who allegedly took abortion pills to terminate her pregnancy, was charged with murder, a legal move that advocates have been sounding the alarm about since Georgia enacted one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. Alexia Moore, 31, was charged with malice murder as well as possession […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Can Black Voters Help Shawn Harris Make History in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Former District?
Christopher Darden is a Goodwill warehouse technician who said he voted for Donald Trump in 2024 because he thought the president would send voters another stimulus check. More than a year after Trump returned to office, the Rome resident said his health insurance is more expensive, along with gas prices and his overall cost of […]
Posted inHousing, Politics & Policy
Georgia Lawmakers With Real Estate Ties Are Writing the State’s Housing Laws
This article was produced in partnership with the nonprofit newsroom Type Investigations, where Chauncey Alcorn and Adam Mahoney are 2025-2026 Ida B. Wells fellows. When Kenneth Porter moved to Atlanta from Wilmington, North Carolina, in 2016 to advance his career in the entertainment industry, he rented part of a two-bedroom townhouse on Atlanta’s eastside for […]
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 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 inBlack Businesses, Politics & Policy, State Politics
Gubernatorial Candidates Make Their Case to Black Business Owners
Local small-business owner Abigail Baker has seen profits soar for her artificial intelligence integration company, Centient Imagine LLC, over the past three years as more companies embrace the technology and hire her to train their employees to do the same. She wants the next governor of Georgia to help other Black entrepreneurs grow their businesses […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy
New ICE Detention Center Sparks Racial Profiling Fears in Gwinnett County
News of plans to open an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Oakwood is amplifying fears about racial profiling among some people of color in nearby Gwinnett County. That includes Mulberry, Georgia, resident Tracey Fisher. Fisher serves as district director for the Georgia Federation of Democratic Women. She was one of about 15 people […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy
HBCU Alum Running for Marjorie Taylor Greene Seat Focuses on Farmers, Veterans, and More
Tuskegee University grad Shawn Harris is running in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District race to replace former MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene. Who is Shawn Harris The retired brigadier general now runs his family’s cattle farm in Polk County. He grew up in Blakely, Georgia, and his wife, Kayla, is a family physician. Together they have […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Incarceration
Under New Ga. Law, Abuse Survivor Gets Second Chance but Finds Few Safety Nets
In 1999, an 18-year-old new mother in Marietta stabbed her then-boyfriend and father of her infant son during an argument that turned physical. Despite immediately calling 911 to save his life, she was convicted in 2002 of felony murder and aggravated assault and sentenced to life in prison. What the judge didn’t hear about was […]
