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Georgia Republicans started this nightmare Taliban-type war on women's reproductive rights with HB 481, the six-week Heartbeat bill, sponsored by state Rep. Ed Setzler and other Republicans.  Texas took Georgia's "Heartbeat" bill and made it worse with SB 8 that bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected with no exceptions for rape or incest. Then … Continue reading The GOP’s War on Women’s Reproductive Rights

Over 200 Haitians and their supporters gathered at the CNN center in downtown Atlanta on Sunday, September 26 to speak their truths and make demands from the United States (US) government. Haitians want the Biden administration to stop the deportation of Haitians back to Haiti without due process. "Haiti is experiencing serious security concerns, social … Continue reading Stop the Deportation of Haitians

Claire McDonald, Atlanta Director, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) held a second meeting at Capitol Gateway and residents came forward to share their problems about management and maintenance.  Integral, the Management Company, for Capitol Gateway and Ashley Collegetown Apartments, learned about the ACORN meeting with residents. So Ericka Platt, Regional Vice President … Continue reading Integral Claims No Knowledge of Problems at Gateway and Collegetown

This is not the usual environmental or neighborhood association story opposing the police training center on 85 acres of Prison Farm property. There are probably over 40 different groups opposing the police training center and many have different perspectives on why they oppose it. This view is from the community most impacted by the militarization … Continue reading No Cop City – No Police State – Yes Community Investments

All these trees will be bulldozed down to build the police training center. Joe Santifer, President of Netwise, Information Technology Consulting researched other police training centers by the number of police officers and size or acreage of training centers, and here is what he found. The statistics came from the World Atlas. New York City … Continue reading Police Training Center is Too Large, Wrong Location and Won’t Reduce Crime

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