Month: September 2019

by Gloria Tatum On Friday, September 27th, Extinction Rebellion (XR) led hundreds of mostly young people to carry out a non-violent shut down of several streets in Atlanta to bring attention to the climate crisis and to expose our criminally negligent government for its inaction on the ecological crisis.     This event was part of a … Continue reading Southeast Climate Strike and Rebellion

by Gloria Tatum Once upon a time long, long ago, in the city too busy to hate, police officers did not look like militarized soldiers going into war to fight a foreign enemy.  But those days are gone, since Dr. Robert Fiedmann, professor of Criminology at Georgia State University (GSU), founded the controversial Georgia International … Continue reading Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange Program

by Gloria Tatum Most politicians are doing nothing about the climate crisis, while others like President Trump and his Republican allies in Congress are climate deniers. So children are forced to lead the way because our institutions and governments have failed them.  Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg started school walkouts to raise awareness of the climate … Continue reading Atlanta Youth Demand Climate Action Now

by Gloria Tatum Dahlonega, home of the 1829 gold rush, is a beautiful city nestled in the Blue Ridge mountains, with warm friendly people who welcome visitors with Southern hospitality.  But underneath this idealistic surface, there lurks a toxic virus, dormant for years, that recently has been brought back to life by President Trump's racist … Continue reading White Supremacists Rally For Trump in Dahlonega

by Gloria Tatum The Amazon Rainforest, the world's largest tropical forest, is on fire and the whole world will suffer the climate consequences.   This has created concern and fear around the world because the Amazon Rainforest is known as the "lungs of the world." Unfortunately, Brazil is not the only country on fire. Africa, … Continue reading The Amazon is on Fire and the Planet is getting Hotter

written by Gloria Tatum State Rep. Ed Setzler (R-Acworth) and his Republican allies under the Gold Dome passed HB 481, an oppressive abortion ban that gives fertilized eggs personhood status with legal rights and takes reproductive rights away from women.   http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187013.pdf This gang of misogynous politicians wants to take women back to the good old … Continue reading Women’s Reproductive Freedom Is Under Attack