ATLANTA — This week will be a busy one for City Council as members will attend regular committee meetings and discuss the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY2022) budget in the City of Atlanta overview meetings. The Public Safety and Legal Administration […]
What we’re watching in Atlanta City Council on Mon., May 10 Read More »
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 »
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 »
ATLANTA — Atlanta City Council will meet on Monday for its first of two regular meetings in May. City council members will discuss the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY2022) budget in the City of Atlanta overview meetings. According to the meeting’s
What we’re watching in Atlanta City Council on Mon., May 3 Read More »
This article was originally published on Tue., April 27. It has been updated to reflect the names of city council members present during the vote on new resolutions introduced. ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council Public Safety and Legal Administration
Your Atlanta City Council briefing for Mon., April 26 Read More »
This article was co-authored by Aja Arnold and Liz Mytinger. ATLANTA — Atlanta City Council will reconvene for its next Public Safety and Legal Administration Committee meeting on Mon., April 26 beginning at 2 p.m. According to the meeting’s agenda,
What we’re watching in Atlanta City Council on Mon., April 26 Read More »
This article was published on April 20, 2021. ATLANTA — On Mon., April 19, Atlanta City Council was flooded with over six hours of public comment calls from constituents. A majority were calling about the same thing: the fate of
RAUOL, GA. — On Fri., April 9, the Southern Center for Human Rights issued a letter to Warden Murray Tatum of Lee Arrendale State Prison, the largest women’s facility in Georgia. The human rights organization outlines concerns with multiple abuses,
Inhumane and illegal conditions uncovered at Lee Arrendale State Prison in Georgia Read More »
ATLANTA — On Thurs., March 25, Gov. Brian Kemp signed SB 202, Georgia’s newest voter suppression bill, alongside six white male legislators underneath a framed image of a plantation. While Kemp signed the bill behind closed doors, which is against
The voter empowerment bills that didn’t make it in Georgia Read More »
The nation is alarmed by the bill’s provisions criminalizing activities like providing water to voters in long lines — but the bill contains plenty of other provisions that warrant sustained attention ATLANTA — What has arguably been one of the
The dangers of SB 202, Georgia’s latest voter suppression bill Read More »
