--- title: "Our Picks - Mainline" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "/category/our-picks/page/2/" source_url: "https://www.mainlineatl.com/category/our-picks/page/2/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Ajaphoto-1200x900-1-1024x768.jpeg)](/police-killing-of-protester-brings-grief-urgency-to-atlantas-stop-cop-city-movement/) [ Jun 5 2023 ](/police-killing-of-protester-brings-grief-urgency-to-atlantas-stop-cop-city-movement/) ## [Police killing of protester brings grief, urgency to Atlanta’s ‘Stop Cop City’ movement](/police-killing-of-protester-brings-grief-urgency-to-atlantas-stop-cop-city-movement/) Organizers are calling on national support for their continued efforts to halt the construction of a police militarization facility in the Atlanta forest. This story was published in partnership with The Appeal. It was originally published in The Appeal on Jan. […] [ Police killing of protester brings grief, urgency to Atlanta’s ‘Stop Cop City’ movement Read More »](/police-killing-of-protester-brings-grief-urgency-to-atlantas-stop-cop-city-movement/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/fakurian-design-1r0TPtmhEZA-unsplash-1200x801-1-1024x684.jpg)](/why-atlantans-are-pushing-to-stop-cop-city/) [ Jun 5 2023 ](/why-atlantans-are-pushing-to-stop-cop-city/) ## [Why Atlantans are pushing to stop ‘Cop City’](/why-atlantans-are-pushing-to-stop-cop-city/) After the city council passed the ground lease for massive police facility known as “Cop City,” local opposition hasn’t ceased; it’s evolved. This story was published in partnership with The Appeal. It was originally published in The Appeal on Dec. [ Why Atlantans are pushing to stop ‘Cop City’ Read More »](/why-atlantans-are-pushing-to-stop-cop-city/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PeachTreePineSocialHeader-1024x576.jpg)](/the-taking-of-peachtree-pine-and-the-dawning-of-cop-city/) [ May 10 2023 ](/the-taking-of-peachtree-pine-and-the-dawning-of-cop-city/) ## [The Taking of Peachtree-Pine and the Dawning of Cop City](/the-taking-of-peachtree-pine-and-the-dawning-of-cop-city/) This story was originally published by Scalawag as a part of A Week of Writing: Stop Cop City.  I remember the very day I unknowingly began the process of homemaking inside the Peachtree-Pine shelter operated by the Metro Atlanta Task [ The Taking of Peachtree-Pine and the Dawning of Cop City Read More »](/the-taking-of-peachtree-pine-and-the-dawning-of-cop-city/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/priscilla-header-1024x576.jpg)](/31-days-in-dekalb-county-hell/) [ May 8 2023 ](/31-days-in-dekalb-county-hell/) ## [31 Days in Dekalb County Hell](/31-days-in-dekalb-county-hell/) This story was originally published by Scalawag as a part of A Week of Writing: Stop Cop City. This essay mentions state-sanctioned death, violent prison conditions, and suicide. Names have been changed to protect privacy.  “One day closer to home.” [ 31 Days in Dekalb County Hell Read More »](/31-days-in-dekalb-county-hell/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/3125528-1646355301539-801cf4fbfe841-scaled-1-1024x1024.jpg)](/mainline-news-hour-gentrification-is-violence-interview-with-community-movement-builders/) [ Mar 4 2022 ](/mainline-news-hour-gentrification-is-violence-interview-with-community-movement-builders/) ## [Gentrification is violence: Interview with Community Movement Builders](/mainline-news-hour-gentrification-is-violence-interview-with-community-movement-builders/) This week, Aja is joined with Jasmine and Kwame of Community Movement Builders to discuss current events unfolding in District 12 as CMB continues to organize and build life-affirming solutions for residents. Organizers report they are being met with “misconduct, [ Gentrification is violence: Interview with Community Movement Builders Read More »](/mainline-news-hour-gentrification-is-violence-interview-with-community-movement-builders/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/apd-swat-1024x681.jpg)](/cop-city-and-the-prison-industrial-complex-in-atlanta/) [ Feb 7 2022 ](/cop-city-and-the-prison-industrial-complex-in-atlanta/) ## [Cop City and the Prison Industrial Complex in Atlanta](/cop-city-and-the-prison-industrial-complex-in-atlanta/) How cops, corporations, local government, and the media fueled an undemocratic process to build a massive police training center one year after #DefundThePolice uprisings Anyone listening to the virtual Atlanta City Council meeting on September 8, 2021 could hear the [ Cop City and the Prison Industrial Complex in Atlanta Read More »](/cop-city-and-the-prison-industrial-complex-in-atlanta/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-09-at-5.03.57-PM-1.jpg)](/muscogee-creek-tribal-members-migrate-to-homelands-200-years-after-ancestors-forced-removal/) [ Dec 9 2021 ](/muscogee-creek-tribal-members-migrate-to-homelands-200-years-after-ancestors-forced-removal/) ## [Muscogee (Creek) tribal members migrate to homelands 200 years after ancestors’ forced removal](/muscogee-creek-tribal-members-migrate-to-homelands-200-years-after-ancestors-forced-removal/) Indigenous natives to so-called Atlanta return from Helvpe Ceremonial Grounds in Oklahoma for historic stomp dance ceremony in South River Forest, which is currently under threat of becoming a police militarization base known as “Cop City”. This story and its [ Muscogee (Creek) tribal members migrate to homelands 200 years after ancestors’ forced removal Read More »](/muscogee-creek-tribal-members-migrate-to-homelands-200-years-after-ancestors-forced-removal/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Screen-Shot-2021-11-16-at-8.59.05-AM-1024x537.jpg)](/coca-cola-atlanta-police-foundation-cop-city/) [ Oct 7 2021 ](/coca-cola-atlanta-police-foundation-cop-city/) ## [Coca-Cola steps down from Atlanta Police Foundation, Color of Change releases groundbreaking report](/coca-cola-atlanta-police-foundation-cop-city/) The corporation reportedly left the APF\’s Board of Trustees as Color of Change releases report exposing police foundation ties to Fortune 500 companies, corporate mega-donors following longstanding community organizing efforts against police violence and to Stop Cop City in Atlanta [ Coca-Cola steps down from Atlanta Police Foundation, Color of Change releases groundbreaking report Read More »](/coca-cola-atlanta-police-foundation-cop-city/) [![Protesters at night; one holds a large hand-lettered sign reading ](/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/mainline-a-better-world-is-possible.jpg)](/a-walk-through-the-atlanta-forest/) [ Aug 8 2021 ](/a-walk-through-the-atlanta-forest/) ## [A Walk Through the Atlanta Forest](/a-walk-through-the-atlanta-forest/) Debunking the Atlanta Police Foundation’s pro-Cop City talking points This article was contributed by a local author and researcher born and raised in DeKalb County and a graduate from the Odum School of Ecology at University of Georgia. The author [ A Walk Through the Atlanta Forest Read More »](/a-walk-through-the-atlanta-forest/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/002_forestw.StreamStats_WBT_71321-1024x681.jpg)](/research-shows-that-weapons-testing-at-new-police-training-facility-could-expose-the-public-to-toxic-chemicals-contaminate-urban-farm-and-south-river/) [ Jul 14 2021 ](/research-shows-that-weapons-testing-at-new-police-training-facility-could-expose-the-public-to-toxic-chemicals-contaminate-urban-farm-and-south-river/) ## [Research shows weapons testing at new police facility could expose public to toxic chemicals, contaminate urban farm and South River](/research-shows-that-weapons-testing-at-new-police-training-facility-could-expose-the-public-to-toxic-chemicals-contaminate-urban-farm-and-south-river/) The City of Atlanta and Atlanta Police Foundation’s renderings for a new police training facility in Dekalb County, commonly referred to as “Cop City,” could pose disastrous effects for communities inside and outside the greater metro Atlanta area This article [ Research shows weapons testing at new police facility could expose public to toxic chemicals, contaminate urban farm and South River Read More »](/research-shows-that-weapons-testing-at-new-police-training-facility-could-expose-the-public-to-toxic-chemicals-contaminate-urban-farm-and-south-river/)