--- title: "News - Mainline" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "/category/news/page/14/" source_url: "https://www.mainlineatl.com/category/news/page/14/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [![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-what-i-did-instead-of-calling-911/) [ Sep 15 2020 ](/op-ed-what-i-did-instead-of-calling-911/) ## [Op-Ed: What I did instead of calling 911](/op-ed-what-i-did-instead-of-calling-911/) Community members in District 2 of Atlanta respond to evolving incidents involving a homeless person of color, revealing the city’s dire need for reformed systems and current leadership’s failure to act ATLANTA — Since July, there have been numerous reports […] [ Op-Ed: What I did instead of calling 911 Read More »](/op-ed-what-i-did-instead-of-calling-911/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/klb-1-1024x697.jpg)](/op-ed-in-regards-to-keisha-lance-bottoms/) [ Sep 13 2020 ](/op-ed-in-regards-to-keisha-lance-bottoms/) ## [Editorial: In regards to Keisha Lance Bottoms](/op-ed-in-regards-to-keisha-lance-bottoms/) Who’s funding Keisha Lance Bottoms? A look into the mayor’s campaign financing and transition into office “In so many words, your community, Keisha, feels like you don’t care about us. We feel as if you don’t wanna be bothered; like [ Editorial: In regards to Keisha Lance Bottoms Read More »](/op-ed-in-regards-to-keisha-lance-bottoms/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/census-feature-img.png)](/feature-if-they-cant-census-they-wont-pay-us/) [ Sep 9 2020 ](/feature-if-they-cant-census-they-wont-pay-us/) ## [Feature: If they can’t census, they won’t pay us](/feature-if-they-cant-census-they-wont-pay-us/) Originally published digitally on March 22, 2020, in the Mainline’s fourth issue, “The Boundary Issue”. It has been revised to reflect changes that have occurred throughout the year.  Source: The U.S. Census Bureau, 2020. Note from the Author: Back in [ Feature: If they can’t census, they won’t pay us Read More »](/feature-if-they-cant-census-they-wont-pay-us/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/BLACK.jpg)](/theres-no-climate-justice-in-capitalism/) [ Sep 8 2020 ](/theres-no-climate-justice-in-capitalism/) ## [There’s no climate justice in capitalism](/theres-no-climate-justice-in-capitalism/) Migration, displacement, and the fight for people and planet Originally published in print on Dec. 19, 2019. Across the world, more people are being forcibly displaced than ever before. Yet, distinctions between why people move and how they are treated [ There’s no climate justice in capitalism Read More »](/theres-no-climate-justice-in-capitalism/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/BLACK.jpg)](/op-ed-labor-day-means-something-different-to-me/) [ Sep 7 2020 ](/op-ed-labor-day-means-something-different-to-me/) ## [Op-Ed: Labor Day means something different to me](/op-ed-labor-day-means-something-different-to-me/) “A privately owned world can never be a free world and a society based upon warring classes cannot stand.” – Eugene V. Debs, 1915. For many, Labor Day is a welcome reprieve from the drudgery of work in the form [ Op-Ed: Labor Day means something different to me Read More »](/op-ed-labor-day-means-something-different-to-me/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/apd-swat-1024x681.jpg)](/from-atlanta-to-palestine-the-georgia-international-law-enforcement-exchange/) [ Sep 2 2020 ](/from-atlanta-to-palestine-the-georgia-international-law-enforcement-exchange/) ## [From Atlanta to Palestine: The Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange](/from-atlanta-to-palestine-the-georgia-international-law-enforcement-exchange/) For 24 years, the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University has sponsored a leadership program known as the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange. This exchange has seen American law enforcement and public safety officials being sent [ From Atlanta to Palestine: The Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange Read More »](/from-atlanta-to-palestine-the-georgia-international-law-enforcement-exchange/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/joyce-barlow-1-1-1024x687.jpg)](/interview-joyce-barlow-returns-to-fight-for-the-georgia-representative-seat-in-hd-151/) [ Sep 1 2020 ](/interview-joyce-barlow-returns-to-fight-for-the-georgia-representative-seat-in-hd-151/) ## [Interview: Joyce Barlow returns to fight for the Georgia Representative seat in HD 151](/interview-joyce-barlow-returns-to-fight-for-the-georgia-representative-seat-in-hd-151/) Following a narrow loss to Republican incumbent Gerald Greene in 2018, Democratic candidate returns for a seat in the House in this year’s election ALBANY, GA. — Joyce Barlow is making her second run against longtime incumbent Republican Gerald Greene [ Interview: Joyce Barlow returns to fight for the Georgia Representative seat in HD 151 Read More »](/interview-joyce-barlow-returns-to-fight-for-the-georgia-representative-seat-in-hd-151/) [![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-centrism-the-politics-of-insufferability/) [ Aug 31 2020 ](/op-ed-centrism-the-politics-of-insufferability/) ## [Op-Ed: Centrism, the politics of insufferability](/op-ed-centrism-the-politics-of-insufferability/) It’s a dark and grotesque metaphor that antagonizes me. I wonder if it’s me screaming into a void, because I am heartbroken at the thought of compromising my morals in an election that provides no avenue of safe haven for [ Op-Ed: Centrism, the politics of insufferability Read More »](/op-ed-centrism-the-politics-of-insufferability/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/primary-map-2020-scaled-1-989x1024.jpeg)](/feature-what-you-need-to-know-about-voting-in-georgia-during-the-pandemic/) [ Aug 31 2020 ](/feature-what-you-need-to-know-about-voting-in-georgia-during-the-pandemic/) ## [What you need to know about voting in Georgia during the pandemic](/feature-what-you-need-to-know-about-voting-in-georgia-during-the-pandemic/) A comprehensive guide to voting in Georgia as we near the most important election in our nation’s history under oppressive federal and state administrations, questions arise in Georgia concerning absentee ballots and current voter suppression efforts Updated: Mon., Aug. 31, [ What you need to know about voting in Georgia during the pandemic Read More »](/feature-what-you-need-to-know-about-voting-in-georgia-during-the-pandemic/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/IMG_1086-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg)](/opinion-what-keeps-you-up-at-night/) [ Aug 18 2020 ](/opinion-what-keeps-you-up-at-night/) ## [Opinion: What keeps you up at night?](/opinion-what-keeps-you-up-at-night/) ATLANTA — On Mon., Aug. 3, Atlanta City Council considered Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ veto of [ Opinion: What keeps you up at night? 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