--- title: "News - Mainline" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "/category/news/page/13/" source_url: "https://www.mainlineatl.com/category/news/page/13/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/BLACK.jpg)](/georgia-flipped-blue-now-what/) [ Nov 22 2020 ](/georgia-flipped-blue-now-what/) ## [So, Georgia flipped blue for Joe Biden. Now what?](/georgia-flipped-blue-now-what/) Listen to Ep. 3: So, Georgia flipped blue for Biden. Now what? on Spreaker. ATLANTA — Georgia flipped blue for President-Elect Joe Biden the morning of Sat., Nov. 7. The state then headed for a hand recount of over 5 […] [ So, Georgia flipped blue for Joe Biden. Now what? Read More »](/georgia-flipped-blue-now-what/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/apd-demo-cropped-scaled-1-1024x817.jpg)](/know-your-rights-the-legal-system-and-constitutionally-protected-activity/) [ Nov 14 2020 ](/know-your-rights-the-legal-system-and-constitutionally-protected-activity/) ## [Know your rights: The legal system and constitutionally protected activity](/know-your-rights-the-legal-system-and-constitutionally-protected-activity/) Some basic information about the right to demonstrate and tips about navigating police harassment Author’s note: This article contains information received during the “Know Your Rights for Mediamakers” seminar hosted by local documentary filmmaker Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz, with panelists Ría [ Know your rights: The legal system and constitutionally protected activity Read More »](/know-your-rights-the-legal-system-and-constitutionally-protected-activity/) [![Protesters at night; one holds a large hand-lettered sign reading ](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/mainline-a-better-world-is-possible.jpg)](/op-ed-why-we-need-to-stop-glamorizing-american-politics-and-politicians/) [ Nov 8 2020 ](/op-ed-why-we-need-to-stop-glamorizing-american-politics-and-politicians/) ## [Op-Ed: Why we need to stop glamorizing American politics and politicians](/op-ed-why-we-need-to-stop-glamorizing-american-politics-and-politicians/) It’s cheap. It’s lazy. It\’s anti-activist. And above all else, it’s an illusion. Author’s note: It’s interesting to be a dissenting voice in such an intense air of celebration. While I certainly don’t want to rain on some Americans’ parade [ Op-Ed: Why we need to stop glamorizing American politics and politicians Read More »](/op-ed-why-we-need-to-stop-glamorizing-american-politics-and-politicians/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/BLACK.jpg)](/op-ed-on-voting-and-the-ambiguity-of-submission/) [ Oct 23 2020 ](/op-ed-on-voting-and-the-ambiguity-of-submission/) ## [Op-Ed: On voting and the ambiguity of submission](/op-ed-on-voting-and-the-ambiguity-of-submission/) [ Content warning: This article discusses rape and abuse. ] Author’s note: This article is starved of visual juxtaposition. It needs a montage flickering with the linearity of the human condition in this disjointed time. Time is blurring and if [ Op-Ed: On voting and the ambiguity of submission Read More »](/op-ed-on-voting-and-the-ambiguity-of-submission/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Freedom-Ride-Roll-III-7-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg)](/feature-know-your-rights-at-the-polls/) [ Oct 15 2020 ](/feature-know-your-rights-at-the-polls/) ## [Feature: Know your rights at the polls](/feature-know-your-rights-at-the-polls/) This piece was published in collaboration with Georgia 55 Project. Just a few days into early voting in the most crucial election year in U.S. history and recent Georgia history, Georgia voters are already experiencing symptoms of systemic voter suppression. [ Feature: Know your rights at the polls Read More »](/feature-know-your-rights-at-the-polls/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BLACK.jpg)](/op-ed-your-atlanta-general-election-cheat-sheet/) [ Oct 15 2020 ](/op-ed-your-atlanta-general-election-cheat-sheet/) ## [Op-Ed: Your Atlanta general election cheat sheet](/op-ed-your-atlanta-general-election-cheat-sheet/) Informative pieces in this article were written in collaboration with Georgia 55 Project. The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of the Georgia 55 Project or the Mainline as a whole. ATLANTA — Here we are, folks. [ Op-Ed: Your Atlanta general election cheat sheet Read More »](/op-ed-your-atlanta-general-election-cheat-sheet/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BLACK.jpg)](/report-upcoming-questions-on-the-georgia-ballot/) [ Oct 7 2020 ](/report-upcoming-questions-on-the-georgia-ballot/) ## [New: A guide to the upcoming questions on the ballot in Georgia](/report-upcoming-questions-on-the-georgia-ballot/) ATLANTA — As the nation moves closer to Election Day, now just 27 days away, voters are configuring their voting plans, learning how to volunteer as poll workers and poll watchers, and dotting their i\’s and crossing their t\’s on their [ New: A guide to the upcoming questions on the ballot in Georgia Read More »](/report-upcoming-questions-on-the-georgia-ballot/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/BLACK.jpg)](/report-georgia-sen-kelly-loeffler-votes-in-support-of-anti-health-care-lawsuit/) [ Oct 1 2020 ](/report-georgia-sen-kelly-loeffler-votes-in-support-of-anti-health-care-lawsuit/) ## [Report: Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler votes in support of anti-health care lawsuit](/report-georgia-sen-kelly-loeffler-votes-in-support-of-anti-health-care-lawsuit/) A look into what\’s at risk if the ongoing Republican lawsuit succeeds — and what Georgians can expect more of if Loeffler holds on to her seat following this year\’s special election in the Senate     ATLANTA — Today, [ Report: Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler votes in support of anti-health care lawsuit Read More »](/report-georgia-sen-kelly-loeffler-votes-in-support-of-anti-health-care-lawsuit/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Protest-photo-1-scaled-1-1024x739.jpg)](/feature-why-atlanta-needs-a-right-to-the-city-and-five-ways-to-make-it-happen/) [ Sep 28 2020 ](/feature-why-atlanta-needs-a-right-to-the-city-and-five-ways-to-make-it-happen/) ## [Feature: Why Atlanta needs a Right to the City, and five ways to make it happen](/feature-why-atlanta-needs-a-right-to-the-city-and-five-ways-to-make-it-happen/) ATLANTA — On May 29, 2020, as Atlanta Police Department cars burned, lights flickered in the shattered storefront of the College Football Hall of Fame, and fires raged in at least two Targets, Killer Mike took the mic at Mayor [ Feature: Why Atlanta needs a Right to the City, and five ways to make it happen Read More »](/feature-why-atlanta-needs-a-right-to-the-city-and-five-ways-to-make-it-happen/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ICP-park-1024x685.png)](/feature-a-proposed-land-deal-between-dekalb-county-and-blackhall-studios-seeks-to-bulldoze-history-as-well-as-trees/) [ Sep 27 2020 ](/feature-a-proposed-land-deal-between-dekalb-county-and-blackhall-studios-seeks-to-bulldoze-history-as-well-as-trees/) ## [Feature: A proposed land deal between DeKalb County and Blackhall Studios could bulldoze 40 acres of forest](/feature-a-proposed-land-deal-between-dekalb-county-and-blackhall-studios-seeks-to-bulldoze-history-as-well-as-trees/) This article was originally published on Sept. 27, 2020. Updated, Jan. 31, 6:57 p.m. A previous version of this article described Intrenchment Creek Park, including the land at play in the Dekalb County/Blackhall studios land swap, as if it were [ Feature: A proposed land deal between DeKalb County and Blackhall Studios could bulldoze 40 acres of forest Read More »](/feature-a-proposed-land-deal-between-dekalb-county-and-blackhall-studios-seeks-to-bulldoze-history-as-well-as-trees/)