--- title: "News - Mainline" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "/category/news/page/18/" source_url: "https://www.mainlineatl.com/category/news/page/18/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/BLACK.jpg)](/opinion-apocalypse-vibes-in-2020/) [ Jan 9 2020 ](/opinion-apocalypse-vibes-in-2020/) ## [Opinion: Apocalypse Vibes in 2020](/opinion-apocalypse-vibes-in-2020/) Let’s push that existential despair back down into our stomachs and figure out what the hell is going on If you’re anything like me, you spent the first week of 2020 curled up in the fetal position watching Australia burn […] [ Opinion: Apocalypse Vibes in 2020 Read More »](/opinion-apocalypse-vibes-in-2020/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/unnamed-3.jpg)](/white-nationalism-is-imperialism-come-home/) [ Jan 3 2020 ](/white-nationalism-is-imperialism-come-home/) ## [White Nationalism is Imperialism Come Home](/white-nationalism-is-imperialism-come-home/) This piece was published in the Mainline’s third print issue released for distribution on Thurs., Dec. 19, 2019. It was sent to print on Thurs., Dec. 5, 2019. I recently made the horrible mistake of exploring the bleak wormhole of [ White Nationalism is Imperialism Come Home Read More »](/white-nationalism-is-imperialism-come-home/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/unnamed-2.jpg)](/immigration-detention-equals-profit/) [ Jan 3 2020 ](/immigration-detention-equals-profit/) ## [Opinion: Immigration Detention Equals Profit](/immigration-detention-equals-profit/) Originally published in print on Dec. 19, 2019.     “If the majority of Americans had not spent decades turning away from the horrors of the prison-industrial complex, they would be far less tolerant of the terror that is currently [ Opinion: Immigration Detention Equals Profit Read More »](/immigration-detention-equals-profit/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/unnamed.jpg)](/the-evolution-of-ice/) [ Jan 2 2020 ](/the-evolution-of-ice/) ## [The Evolution of Ice: From Counter-Terrorism to Nationalism](/the-evolution-of-ice/) Originally published in print on Thurs., Dec. 19, 2019.     Since its founding in 2003, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has morphed from a small bureaucratic agency designed to prevent terrorism into a massive operation overseeing the widespread detention [ The Evolution of Ice: From Counter-Terrorism to Nationalism Read More »](/the-evolution-of-ice/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Voting-rights-2-scaled-1-1024x619.jpg)](/ongoing-secretary-of-state-admits-georgias-voter-purge-was-erroneous/) [ Dec 27 2019 ](/ongoing-secretary-of-state-admits-georgias-voter-purge-was-erroneous/) ## [Ongoing: Secretary of State admits Georgia’s voter purge was erroneous](/ongoing-secretary-of-state-admits-georgias-voter-purge-was-erroneous/) Published: Dec. 19, 2019Updated: Dec. 27, 2019, 6:29 p.m. ET ATLANTA — Just hours before a federal court hearing called by Judge Steve Jones on Thurs., Dec. 19, following an emergency motion filed by voting rights group Fair Fight Action [ Ongoing: Secretary of State admits Georgia’s voter purge was erroneous Read More »](/ongoing-secretary-of-state-admits-georgias-voter-purge-was-erroneous/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Collage.jpg)](/issue-three-editorial/) [ Dec 20 2019 ](/issue-three-editorial/) ## [Editorial: Come On, Somebody](/issue-three-editorial/) An editorial by Aja Arnold, Elliot Fullerton, & Jamie Jones This piece was published in the Mainline\’s third print issue released for distribution on Thurs., Dec. 19, 2019. It was sent to print on Thurs., Dec. 5, 2019. While this [ Editorial: Come On, Somebody Read More »](/issue-three-editorial/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Breaking2.jpg)](/breaking-emergency-motion-filed-against-georgias-next-massive-illegal-voter-purge/) [ Dec 16 2019 ](/breaking-emergency-motion-filed-against-georgias-next-massive-illegal-voter-purge/) ## [BREAKING: Emergency motion filed against Georgia’s next massive illegal voter purge](/breaking-emergency-motion-filed-against-georgias-next-massive-illegal-voter-purge/) Ah, the holiday season is here. While many become consumed in holiday shopping and planning, finals at school, fallen under the crunch of deadlines, etc., the State of Georgia has been just as busy preparing to execute yet another massive [ BREAKING: Emergency motion filed against Georgia’s next massive illegal voter purge Read More »](/breaking-emergency-motion-filed-against-georgias-next-massive-illegal-voter-purge/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Voting-Rights-Town-Hall-Ellenwood-11-7-19-0318-1024x683.jpg)](/targeted-hits-notes-from-voting-rights-town-hall/) [ Nov 13 2019 ](/targeted-hits-notes-from-voting-rights-town-hall/) ## [TARGETED HITS: NOTES FROM VOTING RIGHTS TOWN HALL](/targeted-hits-notes-from-voting-rights-town-hall/) Just over a year since Georgia’s excruciating gubernatorial race brought in its ultimate results—former Secretary of State Brian Kemp securing just over 54,000 votes more than former Minority Leader Stacey Abrams—Rep. Bee Nguyen of House District 89 hosted a voting [ TARGETED HITS: NOTES FROM VOTING RIGHTS TOWN HALL Read More »](/targeted-hits-notes-from-voting-rights-town-hall/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/BLACK.jpg)](/no-friends-but-the-mountains/) [ Oct 27 2019 ](/no-friends-but-the-mountains/) ## [Opinion: No Friends but the Mountains](/no-friends-but-the-mountains/) Trump’s most recent foreign policy disaster in Syria isn’t the first time America has betrayed the Kurds As the Syrian civil war winds down and ISIS has been mostly imprisoned or killed, northern Syria has become the sight of extreme tension [ Opinion: No Friends but the Mountains Read More »](/no-friends-but-the-mountains/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/BLACK.jpg)](/inherent-racism-continues-in-present-day-politics/) [ Oct 18 2019 ](/inherent-racism-continues-in-present-day-politics/) ## [Opinion: Inherent Racism Continues in Present Day Politics](/inherent-racism-continues-in-present-day-politics/) The story of Brooks County and the Quitman 10+2 Content warning: This article contains descriptions of racial violence. There\’s an underlying illness in Georgia resting in small, rural counties outside of Atlanta’s perimeter. While these smaller counties on their own [ Opinion: Inherent Racism Continues in Present Day Politics Read More »](/inherent-racism-continues-in-present-day-politics/)