--- title: "Mainline Staff - Mainline" language: "en-US" source_url: "https://www.mainlineatl.com/author/mainline-staff/page/2/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_95A3A94CF78A-9-2-819x1024.jpg)](/podcast-premiere-the-process-is-the-punishment/) [ Jan 14 2025 ](/podcast-premiere-the-process-is-the-punishment/) ## [Podcast premiere: ‘The Process is the Punishment’](/podcast-premiere-the-process-is-the-punishment/) (Updated on Jan. 17, 2025, at 4:55 p.m.: We worked with local researcher and media worker Sam Barnes to issue a few minor corrections for this podcast regarding the City of Atlanta’s involvement with the DeKalb County/Blackhall Studios land swap […] [ Podcast premiere: ‘The Process is the Punishment’ Read More »](/podcast-premiere-the-process-is-the-punishment/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Vessel-at-Thinking-Man-2-1024x683.jpg)](/mainline-atlanta-local-music-top-favorite-tracks-2024/) [ Jan 5 2025 ](/mainline-atlanta-local-music-top-favorite-tracks-2024/) ## [Mainline’s 100 Favorite Atlanta Tracks of 2024](/mainline-atlanta-local-music-top-favorite-tracks-2024/) Here it is: our 100 favorite Atlanta tracks of 2024!  The year 2024 marks our sixth annual list. While it’s tempting to ruminate on the numerous challenges our music community has faced in the past six years, it is also [ Mainline’s 100 Favorite Atlanta Tracks of 2024 Read More »](/mainline-atlanta-local-music-top-favorite-tracks-2024/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/building-optimized.jpg)](/georgia-drops-charges-against-atlanta-solidarity-fund-rico-cop-city/) [ Sep 17 2024 ](/georgia-drops-charges-against-atlanta-solidarity-fund-rico-cop-city/) ## [Georgia AG drops money laundering charges against Atlanta Solidarity Fund](/georgia-drops-charges-against-atlanta-solidarity-fund-rico-cop-city/) The Atlanta Solidarity Fund is also charged with charity fraud and racketeering, as part of a sweeping RICO indictment against 61 defendants for their protest against “Cop City” ATLANTA—On Tues., Sept. 17, Georgia Deputy Attorney General John Fowler dropped the [ Georgia AG drops money laundering charges against Atlanta Solidarity Fund Read More »](/georgia-drops-charges-against-atlanta-solidarity-fund-rico-cop-city/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/aafm-1024x771.jpeg)](/activists-arrested-in-georgia-during-lockdown-protest-demanding-end-to-genocide-in-palestine/) [ Jun 27 2024 ](/activists-arrested-in-georgia-during-lockdown-protest-demanding-end-to-genocide-in-palestine/) ## [Activists Arrested in Georgia During Lockdown Protest Demanding End to Genocide in Palestine](/activists-arrested-in-georgia-during-lockdown-protest-demanding-end-to-genocide-in-palestine/) The protest blocked the entrance of the Smyrna-based Hudson Technologies facility, which renewed its contract with the Department of Defense in 2021. Police arrested the protester plus five others who were present in support. SMYRNA, GA.—This morning, one protester locked [ Activists Arrested in Georgia During Lockdown Protest Demanding End to Genocide in Palestine Read More »](/activists-arrested-in-georgia-during-lockdown-protest-demanding-end-to-genocide-in-palestine/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SOR-announcement-photo.jpeg)](/atlanta-organizers-announce-summer-of-resistance-stop-cop-city-juneteenth/) [ May 20 2024 ](/atlanta-organizers-announce-summer-of-resistance-stop-cop-city-juneteenth/) ## [Black Atlanta organizers announce ‘Summer of Resistance’ campaign will begin on Juneteenth](/atlanta-organizers-announce-summer-of-resistance-stop-cop-city-juneteenth/) Organizers call on their allies to join them in continued resistance against Cop City, police violence, land displacement, and imperialist genocide around the world Follow Strike Black and Save Weelaunee on Instagram for updates and event announcements throughout the summer. [ Black Atlanta organizers announce ‘Summer of Resistance’ campaign will begin on Juneteenth Read More »](/atlanta-organizers-announce-summer-of-resistance-stop-cop-city-juneteenth/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/signal-2024-05-13-204033-929x1024.jpeg)](/police-escalate-harassment-south-atlanta-cop-city-site/) [ May 14 2024 ](/police-escalate-harassment-south-atlanta-cop-city-site/) ## [Police Escalate Harassment of South Atlanta Residents Living Near ‘Cop City’ Construction Site](/police-escalate-harassment-south-atlanta-cop-city-site/) Police harassment and surveillance has continued on the heels of the February raids, wherein multiple police agencies, including the FBI, raided three residential homes in South Atlanta ATLANTA—Since the multi-agency raids that took place in South Atlanta last February, residents [ Police Escalate Harassment of South Atlanta Residents Living Near ‘Cop City’ Construction Site Read More »](/police-escalate-harassment-south-atlanta-cop-city-site/) [![Protesters at night; one holds a large hand-lettered sign reading ](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/mainline-a-better-world-is-possible.jpg)](/joyce-sheperd-ordinance-police-training-facility/) [ Jun 11 2021 ](/joyce-sheperd-ordinance-police-training-facility/) ## [Councilmember Joyce Sheperd introduces ordinance to lease land to Atlanta Police Foundation to build training facility](/joyce-sheperd-ordinance-police-training-facility/) ATLANTA — During the last regular city council meeting on Mon., June 7, Councilmember Joyce Sheperd introduced an ordinance authorizing Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms to lease approximately 381 acres of city property to the Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) for the [ Councilmember Joyce Sheperd introduces ordinance to lease land to Atlanta Police Foundation to build training facility Read More »](/joyce-sheperd-ordinance-police-training-facility/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/black-1024x1024.jpg)](/atlanta-city-councils-budget-hearings-are-underway-heres-our-recap-of-the-first-week/) [ May 16 2021 ](/atlanta-city-councils-budget-hearings-are-underway-heres-our-recap-of-the-first-week/) ## [Atlanta City Council’s budget hearings are underway. Here’s our recap of the first week.](/atlanta-city-councils-budget-hearings-are-underway-heres-our-recap-of-the-first-week/) ATLANTA — Atlanta City Council reconvened for its usual schedule plus the annual budgetary hearings for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22), which is required by law to be enacted by July 1. In the beginning of the month, we saw a [ Atlanta City Council’s budget hearings are underway. Here’s our recap of the first week. Read More »](/atlanta-city-councils-budget-hearings-are-underway-heres-our-recap-of-the-first-week/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DSC06384-scaled-1-1024x576.jpg)](/report-officer-who-killed-rayshard-brooks-reinstated-to-apd/) [ May 5 2021 ](/report-officer-who-killed-rayshard-brooks-reinstated-to-apd/) ## [Report: Officer who killed Rayshard Brooks reinstated to APD](/report-officer-who-killed-rayshard-brooks-reinstated-to-apd/) While the officer’s criminal justice trial remains in limbo, the Atlanta Civil Service Review Board delivered its decision to reinstate Garrett Rolfe to the force where he is placed on administrative leave ATLANTA — On Wed., May 5, the Atlanta [ Report: Officer who killed Rayshard Brooks reinstated to APD Read More »](/report-officer-who-killed-rayshard-brooks-reinstated-to-apd/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2021-05-03-at-11.35.53-AM-1024x574.jpg)](/video-closethejailatl/) [ May 3 2021 ](/video-closethejailatl/) ## [Video: #CloseTheJailATL](/video-closethejailatl/) ATLANTA — Women on the Rise, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), Communities Over Cages, and Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR) held a press conference in Buckhead on Fri., April 16, to demand that Atlanta City Council vote [ Video: #CloseTheJailATL Read More »](/video-closethejailatl/)