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Bond Granted for Latausha Nedd as New Details Undermine State’s Case
(APN) JONESBORO, Georgia –– A Clayton County magistrate judge has granted bond to Latausha Nedd, the first victory in a case that raises serious concerns about free speech rights and the power of law...
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Mayor Reed Defends Lack of Public Input on Turner Field, Noting All Projects...
(APN) ATLANTA — At a meeting of the City Council of Atlanta’s Finance/Executive Committee on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, Council Members heard from the Atlanta-Fulton County Recreation Authority...
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Sen. Fort Announces Ethics Bill in Response to APS Erin Hames Contract
(APN) ATLANTA — Georgia State Senator Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta) has announced new legislation to prevent unethical arrangements like Erin Hames’s recent deal with Atlanta Public Schools. As Atlanta...
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Atlanta Council Committee Approves Housing Ordinance Drafted By APN Editor
(APN) ATLANTA — The City of Atlanta is one step closer to adopting a tool to measure how the City Council’s public policy decisions affect the City’s affordable housing stock. On Monday, November 09,...
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Peoplestown Homeowners Get Meetings with Mayor Reed after Holding Sit-In
(APN) ATLANTA — Residents fighting to save their homes in Peoplestown held a sit-in at City of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s office on November 04, 2015. As a result of their action, they have a series...
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MARTA Privatizes Paratransit, Despite Public Outcry
(APN) ATLANTA — Despite public outcry, MARTA Mobility, the paratransit service for Atlantans with disabilities, will soon be run by a private company instead of the local transit authority. On...
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APN Celebrates Ten Years Of Radical Reporting and Rabble Rousing
(APN) ATLANTA — For ten years, Atlanta Progressive News has served as a voice for the Left and a source of information on labor, education, local politics, the environment, economic justice, and many...
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Long-Time Education Advocates Launch New Organization, Public Education...
(APN) ATLANTA — With controversial changes to public education coming down Georgia’s legislative pipeline, parents and teachers are ramping up their organizing efforts, among them three Atlanta women...
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Ben Howard Back at NPU-R, Elected Secretary, Atlanta Tells NPUs: No More...
(APN) ATLANTA — Earlier this year, two Atlanta activists, Ben Howard and Ron Shakir, were banned from participating in the public meetings of Atlanta’s Neighborhood Planning Unit R (NPU-R), a move that...
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APN Issues State House, State Senate Scorecard for 2015
(APN) ATLANTA — As next year’s General Assembly legislative session quickly approaches in Georgia, Atlanta Progressive News is taking a look back on what took place under the Gold Dome earlier this...
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Jill Stein, Cornell West Visit Atlanta to Promote Green Party Ballot Access...
(APN) ATLANTA — Jill Stein, who is seeking the Green Party’s nomination for President and who was the party’s nominee in 2012; and renowned academic Cornel West are pushing for third-party ballot...
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Over 500 Atlantans March For Climate Justice In Lead Up To Paris Negotiations
Photograph by Steve Eberhardt. (APN) ATLANTA — Before world leaders began critical climate negotiations in Paris, France, on November 30, 2015, Atlantans joined more than half a million people...
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Mayor Reed Refuses to Budge on Peoplestown Demolitions for Remaining Two...
(APN) ATLANTA — Mayor Kasim Reed remains determined to force Peoplestown residents out of their homes in order to build a stormwater detention pond and park. On December 01, 2015, homeowners who have...
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Georgians Rally to Welcome Refugees, Denounce Deal’s Xenophobia
With reporting contributed by Rob Steven. Photograph by Steve Eberhardt. (APN) STONE MOUNTAIN, Georgia — Anti-refugee politicians like Gov. Nathan Deal do not speak for everyone: that was the...
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U.S. Southern Delegates Both Laud And Denounce Historic Climate Agreement
Photograph via Creative Commons. (APN) ATLANTA — World leaders have reached an historic agreement to address climate change, with input––and pressure––from local delegations the world over, including...
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Residents, Advocates Criticize Selection of GSU to Redevelop Turner Field
(APN) ATLANTA — Two and a half months after officially putting Turner Field up for sale, the Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority (AFCRA) has selected a bidder––Georgia State University. “The...
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House Democrats Emphasize Medicaid Expansion, Military Families In...
(APN) ATLANTA — In the flurry of activity that marked the first week of the 2016 year of the 2015-2016 Legislative Session, members of the Georgia House Democratic Caucus gathered on Thursday, January...
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Encampment Builds Pressure for Murder Indictment of Officer Who Killed...
(APN) DECATUR –– Demonstrators are braving below-freezing temperatures as they camp outside of the DeKalb County Courthouse in the lead-up to a grand jury hearing in the case of Anthony Hill. Hill, a...
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Secretary of State Trains “Student Ambassadors” in New Civic Engagement Program
(APN) ATLANTA –– Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp kicked off this Presidential Election year with a new program to get high schoolers civically engaged. The program trains high school students...
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Officer Robert Olsen Indicted, Arrested for Murder of Anthony Hill
(APN) DECATUR — On Thursday, January 21, 2016, after eight hours of hearing evidence, a criminal grand jury indicted DeKalb County police officer Robert Olsen on six counts for the murder of Anthony...
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