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Posted inHousing, Politics & Policy

Georgia Lawmakers With Real Estate Ties Are Writing the State’s Housing Laws

by Chauncey Alcorn and Adam Mahoney

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

A portrait of Alyssa Johnson by Alyssa Johnson

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

by Madeline Thigpen

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

by Chauncey Alcorn

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

by Chauncey Alcorn

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

Avatar photo by Angela Burt-Murray

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

by Madeline Thigpen

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 […]

Posted inPolitics & Policy, State Politics

Black Georgians Often Pay More for Car Insurance. This Candidate Wants to Stop It.

by Chauncey Alcorn

Black Georgians often pay more for car insurance than their white neighbors because of non-driving record factors such as their credit score and where they live. It’s a practice state Sen. Nabilah Parkes, D-Duluth, calls “modern-day redlining,” and it’s something she hopes to ban if voters choose her to be the state’s next insurance commissioner […]

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