--- title: "Aja Arnold - Mainline" language: "en-US" source_url: "https://www.mainlineatl.com/author/ajers/page/7/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/extended-play-discussing-cop-city-rape-culture/) [ Feb 23 2022 ](/extended-play-discussing-cop-city-rape-culture/) ## [EXTENDED PLAY: Cop City & rape culture](/extended-play-discussing-cop-city-rape-culture/) today jess & i hopped behind the mic to talk about cop city through the lens of rape culture. we talk about cop city, what rape culture actually is (beyond the dictionary definition), where do these two things meet, how […] [ EXTENDED PLAY: Cop City & rape culture Read More »](/extended-play-discussing-cop-city-rape-culture/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1-4-1-1024x1024.jpg)](/early-release-talking-the-aps-cheating-scandal-with-the-abolitionist-teaching-network/) [ Feb 7 2022 ](/early-release-talking-the-aps-cheating-scandal-with-the-abolitionist-teaching-network/) ## [EARLY RELEASE: Talking the APS “Cheating Scandal” with the Abolitionist Teaching Network](/early-release-talking-the-aps-cheating-scandal-with-the-abolitionist-teaching-network/) ayo, dropping this episode a bit early for y’all. this is my conversation with shani robinson, one of the educators who was charged and indicted under RICO during the APS “cheating scandal”* and sarah abdelaziz of the abolitionist teaching network. [ EARLY RELEASE: Talking the APS “Cheating Scandal” with the Abolitionist Teaching Network Read More »](/early-release-talking-the-aps-cheating-scandal-with-the-abolitionist-teaching-network/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1-4-2-1024x1024.jpg)](/early-release-wurk-with-mariah-parker/) [ Feb 3 2022 ](/early-release-wurk-with-mariah-parker/) ## [EARLY RELEASE: “Wurk” with Mariah Parker](/early-release-wurk-with-mariah-parker/) yo yo new episode release out early for you dear patrons! this week i was so stoked to chat with mariah parker (aka linqua franqa) about their new single “wurk” off their upcoming album Bellringer (out in April) + labor [ EARLY RELEASE: “Wurk” with Mariah Parker Read More »](/early-release-wurk-with-mariah-parker/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1-6-1024x1024.jpg)](/early-release-southern-poverty-law-centers-unionizing-workers/) [ Jan 27 2022 ](/early-release-southern-poverty-law-centers-unionizing-workers/) ## [EARLY RELEASE: Southern Poverty Law Center’s unionizing workers](/early-release-southern-poverty-law-centers-unionizing-workers/) On this week’s early edition of the Mainline News Hour, tune in to hear our conversation with the Southern Poverty Law Center’s unionizers. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is a non-profit explicitly dedicated to protecting the civil rights of [ EARLY RELEASE: Southern Poverty Law Center’s unionizing workers Read More »](/early-release-southern-poverty-law-centers-unionizing-workers/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1-6-1024x1024.jpg)](/extended-play-mutual-aid-in-atl-with-sol-underground/) [ Jan 21 2022 ](/extended-play-mutual-aid-in-atl-with-sol-underground/) ## [EXTENDED PLAY: Mutual aid in ATL with Sol Underground](/extended-play-mutual-aid-in-atl-with-sol-underground/) Hey y’all, Here is an extended play of a conversation I had with Sunny, organizer of local mutual aid org Sol Underground, a self-described “Black-led autonomous anti-fascist anti-capitalist eco-system fighting for Black and Indigenous liberation.” Sunny and I recorded this [ EXTENDED PLAY: Mutual aid in ATL with Sol Underground Read More »](/extended-play-mutual-aid-in-atl-with-sol-underground/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG_2089-1024x855.jpg)](/stopcopcity-resistance-continues-as-bulldozing-ensues-in-atlanta-forest/) [ Jan 18 2022 ](/stopcopcity-resistance-continues-as-bulldozing-ensues-in-atlanta-forest/) ## [#StopCopCity resistance continues as bulldozing ensues in Atlanta forest](/stopcopcity-resistance-continues-as-bulldozing-ensues-in-atlanta-forest/) Police in DeKalb County and Atlanta respond with helicopters, drones as local residents gather to protect land in South River Forest ATLANTA — On Tues., Jan. 18, around 2 p.m., The Mainline received community reports of heavy machinery and tree [ #StopCopCity resistance continues as bulldozing ensues in Atlanta forest Read More »](/stopcopcity-resistance-continues-as-bulldozing-ensues-in-atlanta-forest/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1-5-1024x1024.jpg)](/our-favorite-tracks-of-2021/) [ Jan 14 2022 ](/our-favorite-tracks-of-2021/) ## [Our Favorite Tracks of 2021](/our-favorite-tracks-of-2021/) We’re still not over 2021, so we treated ourselves to a walk down music memory lane.  Today at noon tune into 89.3FM @wrfgatlanta for a special episode of the @mainlinezine News Hour with our Senior Music Editor Autumn James and [ Our Favorite Tracks of 2021 Read More »](/our-favorite-tracks-of-2021/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/early-release-black-voters-matter-with-fenika-miller/) [ Jan 6 2022 ](/early-release-black-voters-matter-with-fenika-miller/) ## [EARLY RELEASE: Black Voters Matter with Fenika Miller](/early-release-black-voters-matter-with-fenika-miller/) Well y’all, we’re only a few days into 2022 and so much has already happened. Municipalities have sworn in their new administrations and new candidates are gearing up for this year’s midterm elections. Like previous elections, these midterms could have [ EARLY RELEASE: Black Voters Matter with Fenika Miller Read More »](/early-release-black-voters-matter-with-fenika-miller/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1-6-1024x1024.jpg)](/reporting-live-from-the-void/) [ Dec 28 2021 ](/reporting-live-from-the-void/) ## [reporting live from the void](/reporting-live-from-the-void/) Correction: I said HB 286 was another iteration of HB 531 and SB 202, which is incorrect. HB 286 was Georgia’s anti-defund police bill and it passed. hey y’all, chiming in from my month-long sabbath to contribute my year in [ reporting live from the void Read More »](/reporting-live-from-the-void/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1-3-2-1024x1024.jpg)](/extended-play-2021-another-messy-year-in-review/) [ Dec 23 2021 ](/extended-play-2021-another-messy-year-in-review/) ## [[EXTENDED PLAY] 2021: Another Messy Year in Review](/extended-play-2021-another-messy-year-in-review/) 2021 has been like no other. And yet it still seemed oddly familiar, almost like a strange case of deja vu. The pandemic, racism, and capitalism are all still wreaking havoc along with a few big name politicians. It’s all [ [EXTENDED PLAY] 2021: Another Messy Year in Review Read More »](/extended-play-2021-another-messy-year-in-review/)