Month: June 2021

photo by Gloria Tatum Black Voters Matter (BVM) will travel across the South in five of the "Blackest Buses in America" to launch Freedom Rides for Voting Rights.  They are part of a voter outreach campaign from Louisanna to Washington, D.C. to build Black voting power and gain support for SR 1 "For the People's … Continue reading Black Voters Ride Freedom Bus To Protect Voting Rights

Juliana v. U.S. Government a/k/a The Children's Climate Change lawsuit was first filed in August 2015 in Eugene Oregon.  The Plaintiffs are twenty-one children and young adults, and two environmental organizations:  Our Children's Trust (www.ourchildrenstrust.org) and Earth Guardians (www.earthguardians.org). This case has been pending for five and one-half years and it has not yet proceeded … Continue reading Children Are Leading The Way On Climate Change

Black students stand in solidarity with Palestinian students in front of Atlanta City Hall as both groups see the similarity in the oppression and brutality they experience from police in Israel and Atlanta.  Students and community organizers understand the connections between the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE) program that sends Georgia law enforcement officers … Continue reading GILEE Trains U.S. Police In Foreign Countries That Violate Human Rights

Information in this report comes from the Center for Disease Control website unless otherwise specified. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/ In the United States, there are 141.6 million people fully vaccinated, or 42.6% of the population. In Georgia, there are 3.59 million people fully vaccinated, or 33.8% of the state. There are currently 596,572 deaths from COVID-19 in the … Continue reading COVID-19 Vaccine Update

by Judd Legum Popular Information ……... In a new column published in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced his opposition to the For The People Act, a bill that would protect voting rights nationwide. His arguments echo talking points released in April by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Republican-alligned trade association that … Continue reading Where Joe Manchin Gets His Talking Points