--- title: "Aja Arnold - Mainline" language: "en-US" source_url: "https://www.mainlineatl.com/author/ajers/page/5/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/52668179545_485f3ef2f8_k-1200x800-1-1024x683.jpg)](/10303-2/) [ Jun 5 2023 ](/10303-2/) ## [Behind Georgia’s authoritarian crackdown on ‘Stop Cop City’ protests](/10303-2/) At least 42 people have been charged with “domestic terrorism” under the state’s wide-ranging statute. Legal experts are calling it a “sloppy” and unprecedented attack on constitutional rights to free speech and protest. This story was published in partnership with The […] [ Behind Georgia’s authoritarian crackdown on ‘Stop Cop City’ protests Read More »](/10303-2/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Ajaphoto-1200x900-1-1024x768.jpeg)](/police-killing-of-protester-brings-grief-urgency-to-atlantas-stop-cop-city-movement/) [ Jun 5 2023 ](/police-killing-of-protester-brings-grief-urgency-to-atlantas-stop-cop-city-movement/) ## [Police killing of protester brings grief, urgency to Atlanta’s ‘Stop Cop City’ movement](/police-killing-of-protester-brings-grief-urgency-to-atlantas-stop-cop-city-movement/) Organizers are calling on national support for their continued efforts to halt the construction of a police militarization facility in the Atlanta forest. This story was published in partnership with The Appeal. It was originally published in The Appeal on Jan. [ Police killing of protester brings grief, urgency to Atlanta’s ‘Stop Cop City’ movement Read More »](/police-killing-of-protester-brings-grief-urgency-to-atlantas-stop-cop-city-movement/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/fakurian-design-1r0TPtmhEZA-unsplash-1200x801-1-1024x684.jpg)](/why-atlantans-are-pushing-to-stop-cop-city/) [ Jun 5 2023 ](/why-atlantans-are-pushing-to-stop-cop-city/) ## [Why Atlantans are pushing to stop ‘Cop City’](/why-atlantans-are-pushing-to-stop-cop-city/) After the city council passed the ground lease for massive police facility known as “Cop City,” local opposition hasn’t ceased; it’s evolved. This story was published in partnership with The Appeal. It was originally published in The Appeal on Dec. [ Why Atlantans are pushing to stop ‘Cop City’ Read More »](/why-atlantans-are-pushing-to-stop-cop-city/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/new-article-behind-georgias-authoritarian-crackdown-on-stop-cop-city-protests-audio-interview/) [ Apr 4 2023 ](/new-article-behind-georgias-authoritarian-crackdown-on-stop-cop-city-protests-audio-interview/) ## [What happened on March 5, 2023: Behind Georgia’s authoritarian crackdown on ‘Stop Cop City’ protests](/new-article-behind-georgias-authoritarian-crackdown-on-stop-cop-city-protests-audio-interview/) Hey y’all, Pretty much all of March I was working on this article for the Appeal about the authoritarian crackdown against Stop Cop City protesters in Georgia. It was published yesterday. Check it out here: https://theappeal.org/stop-cop-city-protests-domestic-terrorism-georgia/ One of my sources, [ What happened on March 5, 2023: Behind Georgia’s authoritarian crackdown on ‘Stop Cop City’ protests Read More »](/new-article-behind-georgias-authoritarian-crackdown-on-stop-cop-city-protests-audio-interview/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/drowning-in-paradox-w-meredith-kooi/) [ Aug 6 2022 ](/drowning-in-paradox-w-meredith-kooi/) ## [Drowning in paradox w/ Meredith Kooi](/drowning-in-paradox-w-meredith-kooi/) back behind the mic with a Mainline OG and artist/writer/reiki practitioner/magic human being Meredith Kooi checking in on our mutual journey of introspection and unraveling internalized capitalism. i blab my thoughts about music midtown shiz and a personal realization i [ Drowning in paradox w/ Meredith Kooi Read More »](/drowning-in-paradox-w-meredith-kooi/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/talking-the-amazon-walk-out-w-patricio-kelsea/) [ Jul 30 2022 ](/talking-the-amazon-walk-out-w-patricio-kelsea/) ## [Talking the Amazon walk-out w/ Patricio & Kelsea](/talking-the-amazon-walk-out-w-patricio-kelsea/) hey hi, had a really great chat with Patricio and Kelsea today about the Amazon walk-out that took place in Doraville on July 14 during Amazon’s “Prime Week.” Patricio, who works at the Doraville warehouse and helped organize the walk-out, [ Talking the Amazon walk-out w/ Patricio & Kelsea Read More »](/talking-the-amazon-walk-out-w-patricio-kelsea/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/the-renaissance-of-not-knowing-w-tyler-scruggs/) [ Jul 23 2022 ](/the-renaissance-of-not-knowing-w-tyler-scruggs/) ## [The Renaissance of Not Knowing w/ Tyler Scruggs](/the-renaissance-of-not-knowing-w-tyler-scruggs/) this week we’re talking the path from electoral disillusionment to labor organizing, abolition, and being the new world find Tyler’s work at: tylerscruggs.com,  on twitter @tylerscruggs,  and music streaming everywhere under Tyler Scruggs next week i’ll be on with a [ The Renaissance of Not Knowing w/ Tyler Scruggs Read More »](/the-renaissance-of-not-knowing-w-tyler-scruggs/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1-3-1024x1024.jpg)](/staying-ungovernable-w-mara-bethel/) [ Jul 8 2022 ](/staying-ungovernable-w-mara-bethel/) ## [Staying ungovernable w/ Mara Bethel](/staying-ungovernable-w-mara-bethel/) two people with uteruses discussing alternative options, opportunities to build community, and creative solutions in light of the overturning of roe v wade plus mara shares some of her personal experience in her abolitionist journey note: we are not doctors [ Staying ungovernable w/ Mara Bethel Read More »](/staying-ungovernable-w-mara-bethel/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1-11-1024x1024.jpg)](/journalism-fear-and-the-algorithm/) [ Jun 13 2022 ](/journalism-fear-and-the-algorithm/) ## [Journalism, fear, and the algorithm](/journalism-fear-and-the-algorithm/) i’ve been wanting to tackle fear and the media for a while, but the whole “inflation nation” (eye roll) scheme running rampant in mainstream media right now got my motivation up. episode includes thoughts on how this relates to the [ Journalism, fear, and the algorithm Read More »](/journalism-fear-and-the-algorithm/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1-10-1024x1024.jpg)](/bad-vacation-who-can-save-journalism-is-it-even-something-to-be-saved/) [ Jun 2 2022 ](/bad-vacation-who-can-save-journalism-is-it-even-something-to-be-saved/) ## [Bad Vacation : “Who can save journalism?” — Is it even something to be saved?](/bad-vacation-who-can-save-journalism-is-it-even-something-to-be-saved/) bad vacation episode 2 – general temp check and a reflection on a question that’s come up in a couple conversations lately: “who or what can save journalism?” not a new question. but it has a bit of a different [ Bad Vacation : “Who can save journalism?” — Is it even something to be saved? 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