Month: August 2021

Millions of Americans marched nationwide, thousands marched in D.C. and hundreds marched in Atlanta to demand that the U.S. Senate pass S1 For the People's Act and S4 the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to protect voting rights. S. 1 will strengthen and protect voting rights, end extreme partisan gerrymandering, shine a light on … Continue reading Millions March Nationwide to Protect Voting Rights and Save Democracy

The Atlanta Homeless Union sent out a  press release to the media to warn that the City of Atlanta plans to send the Atlanta Police Department's HOPE (Homeless Outreach and Proactive Enforcement) team to destroy all the tents on the sidewalk outside Central Presbyterian Church on August 26 at 8:00 AM.  Several media outlets showed … Continue reading When The City Steals From The Homeless It Does Not Make Atlanta Safe Or Beautiful

Integral, the management company, at Ashley Collegetown and Capitol Gateway has maintenance and security problems on its properties, according to tenants.  On the outside, these properties look good but some tenants tell a different story about their experience trying to get maintenance repairs inside their apartments.  Egbert Perry, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Integral, … Continue reading Tenants Organize Report Problems At Ashley Collegetown and Capitol Gateway Apartments

Earlier this year, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms unexpectedly initiated a deal with the Atlanta Police Foundation to lease the old Prison Farm property for a police training center on Key Road in Southeast DeKalb County. Mayor Bottoms' action violated an existing ordinance and was undemocratic since there was no public input. Who Gets The Old … Continue reading Two Different Department Have Been Given The Old Prison Farm Property

An editorial published in Worker’s World........ Having a roof over one’s head is a fundamental human right. The 1948 U.N. Universal Declaration on Human Rights, supplemented by subsequent international conventions, recognizes the right to “adequate food, clothing and housing.” Member countries are supposed to uphold the charter. Yet even in developed capitalist countries like the … Continue reading Housing is a Human Right