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- GOP Lawmaker Slammed For Calling White House Press Secretary ‘DEI Hire’atlantadailyworld.com GOP Lawmaker Slammed For Calling White House Press Secretary ‘DEI Hire’ | Atlanta Daily World
Photo: Getty Images A GOP lawmaker is facing backlash after referring to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre as a “DEI hire.” On Tuesday (July 2), Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) suggested that Jean-Pierre was only hired to fill a diversity quota. “I couldn’t care less about what @PressS...
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! Photo: Getty Images A GOP lawmaker is facing backlash after referring to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre as a “DEI hire.” On Tuesday (July 2), Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) suggested that Jean-Pierre was only hired to fill a diversity quota. “I couldn’t care less about what @PressSec has to say today,” Boebert tweeted. … Continued
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- Exclusive: Family Pursues Justice Against Middle School Coach Who Allegedly Strangled 13-Year-Old Student, Causing Him To Pass Outatlantadailyworld.com Exclusive: Family Pursues Justice Against Middle School Coach Who Allegedly Strangled 13-Year-Old Student, Causing Him To Pass Out | Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta Public Schools (APS) is being held to the fire after an incident involving a teacher allegedly strangling a child occurred back in May. Chennault Legal & Consulting Group has taken up the case for the family of 13-year-old Tavoris Johnson, a former student at Crawford Long Middle School, fo...
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! Atlanta Public Schools (APS) is being held to the fire after an incident involving a teacher allegedly strangling a child occurred back in May. Chennault Legal & Consulting Group has taken up the case for the family of 13-year-old Tavoris Johnson, a former student at Crawford Long Middle School, following the traumatic incident which took … Continued
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- CNN Fails To Grant Credentials To Black-Owned Media Ahead Of Biden-Trump Debateatlantadailyworld.com CNN Fails To Grant Credentials To Black-Owned Media Ahead Of Biden-Trump Debate | Atlanta Daily World
CNN continues face backlash after failing to grant credentials to Black-owned media outlets ahead of tonight’s debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. The highly-anticipated debate is taking place at the CNN studio in Atlanta this evening. However, 800 media outlets around the world was...
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! CNN continues face backlash after failing to grant credentials to Black-owned media outlets ahead of tonight’s debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. The highly-anticipated debate is taking place at the CNN studio in Atlanta this evening. However, 800 media outlets around the world was granted credentials, but there is zero representation from Black-owned … Continued
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- Ayana Parsons Steps Down As Fearless Fund’s COO, Organization Continues To Fight As DEI Efforts Face Legal Challengesatlantadailyworld.com Ayana Parsons Steps Down As Fearless Fund's COO, Organization Continues To Fight As DEI Efforts Face Legal Challenges | Atlanta Daily World
Ayana Parson has stepped down as the COO of Fearless Fund. Parsons, who announced she stepped down in April, helped to start the Fearless Fund in 2019 along with Arian Simone and Kiesha Knight-Pulliam. The fund was created to assist Black women-owned businesses which receive less than 1 percent of ...
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! Ayana Parson has stepped down as the COO of Fearless Fund. Parsons, who announced she stepped down in April, helped to start the Fearless Fund in 2012 along with Arian Simone and Kiesha Knight-Pulliam. The fund was created to assist Black women-owned businesses which receive less than 1 percent of overall funding annually. Parsons did … Continued
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- White Supremacist Group At General Mills Used KKK Imagery To Intimidate, Silence Black Workers, Lawsuit Allegesatlantadailyworld.com White Supremacist Group At General Mills Used KKK Imagery To Intimidate, Silence Black Workers, Lawsuit Alleges | Atlanta Daily World
A number of Black employees have come together to file a lawsuit against General Mills, alleging that the company permitted “a racially hostile work environment” at its Covington, Georgia plant. According to the lawsuit, a group of white managers and HR administrators, dubbed the “Good Ole Boys,” s...
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! A number of Black employees have come together to file a lawsuit against General Mills, alleging that the company permitted “a racially hostile work environment” at its Covington, Georgia plant. According to the lawsuit, a group of white managers and HR administrators, dubbed the “Good Ole Boys,” systematically enforced discriminatory policies against Black workers, harassed … Continued
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- Fani Willis Files Appeal Against Judge’s Dismissal of Six Counts In Trump Election Interference Caseatlantadailyworld.com Fani Willis Files Appeal Against Judge's Dismissal of Six Counts In Trump Election Interference Case | Atlanta Daily World
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has filed an appeal after six counts were dismissed in the election interference case involving Donald Trump and his co-defendants. In March, Judge Scott McAfee dismissed the six counts stating that they lacked details to move forward. “They do not give t...
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! Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has filed an appeal after six counts were dismissed in the election interference case involving Donald Trump and his co-defendants. In March, Judge Scott McAfee dismissed the six counts stating that they lacked details to move forward. “They do not give the defendants enough information to prepare their defenses … Continued
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- Trump says he is open to restrictions on contraception. His campaign says he misspokewww.wabe.org Trump says he is open to restrictions on contraception. His campaign says he misspoke - WABE
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was open to supporting regulations on contraception and that his campaign would release a policy on the issue “very shortly.” The comments, […]
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Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was open to supporting regulations on contraception and that his campaign would release a policy on the issue “very shortly.” The comments, […]
- Georgia Republicans choose Amy Kremer, organizer of pro-Trump Jan. 6 rally, for seat on the RNCwww.wabe.org Georgia Republicans choose Amy Kremer, organizer of pro-Trump Jan. 6 rally, for seat on the RNC - WABE
Georgia Republicans on Saturday elected to the Republican National Committee a conservative activist who helped organize the Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump rally that led to a mob storming the U.S. […]
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Georgia Republicans on Saturday elected to the Republican National Committee a conservative activist who helped organize the Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump rally that led to a mob storming the U.S. […]
- Conservative media personality appointed to seat on Georgia State Election Boardwww.wabe.org Conservative media personality appointed to seat on Georgia State Election Board - WABE
A media personality who co-founded a conservative political action committee has been appointed to a seat on the Georgia State Election Board, which is responsible for developing election rules, investigating […]
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A media personality who co-founded a conservative political action committee has been appointed to a seat on the Georgia State Election Board, which is responsible for developing election rules, investigating […]
- Ex-Prosecutor Who Framed Innocent Black Man Surrenders Law Licenseatlantatribune.com Ex-Prosecutor Who Framed Innocent Black Man Surrenders Law License - Atlanta Tribune
Terra Morehead, a former prosecutor who helped frame an innocent Black man for a murder he didn’t commit, has agreed to surrender her law license and is set to be disbarred. According to KCUR, Morehead, who retired from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Kansas in August 2023, surrendered her license as ...
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Terra Morehead, a former prosecutor who helped frame an innocent Black man for a murder he didn’t commit, has agreed to surrender her law license and is set to be disbarred. According to KCUR, Morehead, who retired from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Kansas in August 2023, surrendered her license as part of an agreement with the […]
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- atlanta.urbanize.city 'World-class' overhaul planned for CNN Center, a downtown landmark
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'World-class' overhaul planned for CNN Center, a downtown landmark Josh Green Thu, 04/04/2024 - 16:32 Say so long to downtown Atlanta’s landmark CNN Center and hello to simply… “The Center.”
CP Group, a commercial restate and management firm with a huge Atlanta portfolio, announced today it’s planning to remake the 1.2-million-square-foot, 1970s high-rise property into a “world-class” hub of dining, retail, entertainment, and content creation called The Center.
The announcement comes after CNN has departed the building and stripped off its branding as its offices are moved to Midtown, following nearly four decades of being headquartered downtown.
With Atlanta’s full month of 2026 FIFA World Cup matches a little more than two years away, CP Group is focusing its energy on activating the ground-floor level of the complex, which includes Omni Atlanta Hotel. The goal is to land retailers and “innovative tenants” who want space at a recognizable, centrally located property where no office space has been available for lease for 40 years.
[!](https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/default/files/styles/1140w/public/2024-04/CNN%20Center%20The%20Center%20CP%20Group%201.png?itok=f4jiONXb "CP Group; designs, ASD/SKY ") Plans for The Center's revised Marietta Street facade. CP Group; designs, ASD/SKY
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The Center’s retail leasing agent, Coleman Weatherholtz of Healey Weatherholtz Properties, said his company is “already engaged with several new-to-market retail concepts to join the repositioning of this legendary building,” in today’s media announcement. CBRE has been tapped to lease the office component.
Nicole Goldsmith, senior vice president of CBRE in Atlanta, called the building’s branding opportunities “unmatched.”
“Our vision includes curating an unparalleled selection of dynamic users, dining and retail experiences, entertainment offerings, and elevated lifestyle amenities,” added CP Group partner Chris Eachus, “all of which will be carefully crafted to draw the community into the heart of the city.”
Built in 1976 as the Omni Complex, the property was reshaped by mogul Ted Turner into CNN Center in 1986. Three years ago, CP Group bought the complex from CNN’s former parent company, AT&T, by way of a sale-leaseback that ran through this year.
Along with Mercedes-Benz Stadium, The Center’s neighbors include State Farm Arena, Centennial Olympic Park, and the country’s fourth-largest convention center—attractions that draw more than 12 million visitors per year, per CP Group.
[!](https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/default/files/styles/1140w/public/2024-04/CNN%20Center%20The%20Center%20CP%20Group%20.png?itok=b4DNCwAS "CP Group; designs, ASD/SKY ") CP Group; designs, ASD/SKY
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No timeline for The Center’s construction start and opening was provided in today’s announcement. We’ve asked CP reps for more details and will post any that come.
Elsewhere in Atlanta, the company is moving forward with additional changes to another landmark property it owns—Bank of America Plaza, the tallest building in the Southeast—where a new plaza, outdoor café, and top-floor amenity space are now planned.
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- Elderly Man Forced Out Of Atlanta Area Home, Arrested After Alleged Fraudster Fakes Deedatlantadailyworld.com Elderly Man Forced Out Of Atlanta Area Home, Arrested After Alleged Fraudster Fakes Deed | Atlanta Daily World
Photo: Getty Images A 77-year-old Georgia man was forced out of his home and arrested after someone allegedly used fraudulent paperwork to claim ownership of the residence, WSB-TV reports. Charmaine and Charles Allman said they had been living in their home in Stone Mountain, Georgia for the past tw...
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- atlanta.urbanize.city Affordable rental community debuts near Atlanta BeltLine section
Rents start in $500s monthly at project called Stanton Park Apartments
Affordable rental community debuts near Atlanta BeltLine section Josh Green Fri, 02/23/2024 - 14:26 The explosion of new housing options near the BeltLine due south of downtown now includes a complex with rents that might actually qualify as affordable for most Atlantans.
A grand opening is scheduled Tuesday for a 56-unit project called Stanton Park Apartments in Peoplestown, a joint venture between Woda Cooper Companies and Parallel Housing.
The complex stands roughly a block north of an access point (Milton Avenue) for the BeltLine’s Southside Trail corridor, where construction to pave the multi-use trail is expected to begin early this year.
Other landmarks in the area include Peoplestown’s DH Stanton Park and The Beacon food-and-beverage district, both located a few blocks east. Also within walking distance is the Terminal South food hall project, which officially broke ground a couple of weeks ago.
[!](https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/default/files/styles/1140w/public/2024-02/1%20Stanton%20Park%20Apartments%20map.png?itok=ApeFGnBA "Google Maps") The project's proximity to the Southside Trail, DH Stanton Park, and other landmarks. Google Maps
[!](https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/default/files/styles/1140w/public/2024-02/1%20Stanton%20Park%20Apartments.png?itok=orC1jUGH "Stanton Park Apartments; Woda Cooper Companies/Parallel Housing Inc.") The Stanton Park facade at 1056 Hank Aaron Drive in Peoplestown. Stanton Park Apartments; Woda Cooper Companies/Parallel Housing Inc.
Project leaders call Stanton Park unique in that it’s a combination of public, nonprofit, and private business efforts meant to provide housing for Atlantans who’ve faced homelessness, in addition to other renters who qualify.
Having risen four stories on a previously vacant corner lot, Stanton Park offers 36 one-bedroom and 20 two-bedroom apartments for residents earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income. (Ten units are reserved via the Project Based Voucher rental assistance program for formerly homeless residents, with support services included, officials say.)
Rents for standard, single-bedroom apartments with 650 square feet start at $542 and climb up to $925.
Two-bedroom options with between 860 and 885 square feet are renting from between $670 and $1,080 per month. Some have a single bathroom, others a bathroom and ½.
[!](https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/default/files/styles/1140w/public/2024-02/2%20Stanton%20Park%20Apartments.png?itok=BAdMd1wg "Stanton Park Apartments; Woda Cooper Companies/Parallel Housing Inc.") Stanton Park Apartments; Woda Cooper Companies/Parallel Housing Inc.
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Amenities at the complex include a fitness center, barbecue and picnic area, laundry facilities, on-site management, and a community room. No pets are allowed.
Other partners in the project include Atlanta BeltLine Inc., Invest Atlanta, Atlanta Housing, Partners for HOME, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Sugar Creek Capital, and Walker & Dunlop.
In the gallery above, find more Stanton Park context and photos.
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[!](https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/default/files/styles/1140w/public/2024-02/1%20Stanton%20Park%20Apartments.png?itok=orC1jUGH "Stanton Park Apartments; Woda Cooper Companies/Parallel Housing Inc.") The Stanton Park facade at 1056 Hank Aaron Drive in Peoplestown. Stanton Park Apartments; Woda Cooper Companies/Parallel Housing Inc.
[!](https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/default/files/styles/1140w/public/2024-02/1%20Stanton%20Park%20Apartments%202.png?itok=-b7BpFIE "Google Maps") The 1056 Hank Aaron Drive location in relation to downtown Atlanta on the southside. Google Maps
[!](https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/default/files/styles/1140w/public/2024-02/3%20Stanton%20Park%20Apartments.png?itok=THGO-kXc "Stanton Park Apartments; Woda Cooper Companies/Parallel Housing Inc.") Model living room at Stanton Park Apartments. Stanton Park Apartments; Woda Cooper Companies/Parallel Housing Inc.
[!](https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/default/files/styles/1140w/public/2024-02/4%20Stanton%20Park%20Apartments.png?itok=YpGG7Hfl "Stanton Park Apartments; Woda Cooper Companies/Parallel Housing Inc.") Example of a Stanton Park kitchen. Stanton Park Apartments; Woda Cooper Companies/Parallel Housing Inc.
[!](https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/default/files/styles/1140w/public/2024-02/5%20Stanton%20Park%20Apartments.png?itok=GLFtnwGO "Stanton Park Apartments; Woda Cooper Companies/Parallel Housing Inc.") Stanton Park Apartments; Woda Cooper Companies/Parallel Housing Inc.
[!](https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/default/files/styles/1140w/public/2024-02/2%20Stanton%20Park%20Apartments.png?itok=BAdMd1wg "Stanton Park Apartments; Woda Cooper Companies/Parallel Housing Inc.") Stanton Park Apartments; Woda Cooper Companies/Parallel Housing Inc.
[!](https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/default/files/styles/1140w/public/2024-02/6%20Stanton%20Park%20Apartments.png?itok=JN7KEVT2 "Stanton Park Apartments; Woda Cooper Companies/Parallel Housing Inc.") Stanton Park Apartments; Woda Cooper Companies/Parallel Housing Inc.
[!](https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/default/files/styles/1140w/public/2024-02/1%20Stanton%20Park%20Apartments%20map.png?itok=ApeFGnBA "Google Maps") The project's proximity to the Southside Trail, DH Stanton Park, and other landmarks. Google Maps
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- atlanta.urbanize.city In push for density, Habitat building first all-townhome project
50-unit community north of Atlanta aims to have “generational impact on families”
In push for density, Habitat building first all-townhome project Josh Green Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:05 As part of a push for higher-density affordable housing, a nonprofit organization is moving forward with its first all-townhome community on acreage north of Atlanta.
Roswell-based Habitat for Humanity–North Central Georgia recently received approval to move forward with a 50-unit community that’s been in the works for a year in Cherokee County’s Holly Springs.
The 6.3-acre site is located just east of Interstate 575 and north of Woodstock, about 30 miles from Midtown.
The Holly Springs City Council unanimously voted in January to approve the nonprofit builder’s request to annex and rezone the acreage on Edmondson Lane off Old Ga. Highway 5 to a designation more suitable for urban-style development. That followed a year of public hearings and community events that aimed to educate area residents on Habitat’s review and qualification process for its homeowners, according to project reps.
The target market for the townhomes will be qualified families who can't quite afford homeownership because of today's tough housing market, according to HFH–NCG.
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“This is a project that will have a generational impact on families living, working, and building better lives for themselves in our service area,” in an era of high mortgage rates and restricted housing supply, Mike Stafford, HFH–NCG’s president and board chair, said in a prepared statement.
“For several years now,” Stafford continued, “we have known that we need to have some higher-density settings in order to make homeownership affordable to the growing number of qualified Habitat for Humanity families.”
We’ve asked HFH–NCG representatives about the size and estimated pricing of the proposed townhomes—and the timeline for building them—but had not heard back as of press time. All units will qualify as affordable housing, according to the organization.
Amenities at the Edmondson Lane community will include pickleball courts, open greenspaces, and a nature trail. All townhomes will feature decks off the back and two-car garages, according to a project rendering provided to Urbanize Atlanta.
HFH–NCG was founded in 1994 and today serves North Fulton, Cherokee, Dawson, and Forsyth counties.
Find more information on volunteering and other services here. Have a look at the forthcoming Holly Springs project below.
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- R Kelly: Illiterate and Stuck in the Closetatlantatribune.com R Kelly: Illiterate and Stuck in the Closet - Atlanta Tribune
Singer R. Kelly is being forced to come to terms with more than his criminal acts and convictions that have landed him behind bars. Kelly apparently has been living in another type of prison all of his life, one of illiteracy. The “Bump and Grind” hitmaker who has been sentenced to 30 years in priso...
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- atlanta.urbanize.city After 4 years, unique Midtown condo stack still gunning for sellout
J5 sales push with lower interest rates aims to attract more buyers, who’ve run the gamut thus far
After 4 years, unique Midtown condo stack still gunning for sellout Josh Green Fri, 01/19/2024 - 12:59 For all the hype during construction about its eye-catching, stair-stepped design and enviable location half a dozen blocks from Piedmont Park, the J5 condo project in Midtown was beset by terrible timing: Developers declared it finished in March 2020, just as pandemic lockdowns were taking hold in Atlanta—and the thought of living stacked atop other people lost its luster.
Almost four years later, nearly 30 percent of J5’s new condos have yet to land buyers.
But the building’s sales team is optimistic that will change as another new year dawns, and they’re dangling relatively low (starting) interest rates as incentives to bring in more buyers, who’ve come from across the metro—and the country—so far.
[!](https://atlanta.urbanize.city/sites/default/files/styles/1140w/public/2024-01/J5%20condos%207.png?itok=0J2aPqiT "Photos courtesy of J5/Engel & Völkers Atlanta ") The J5 building's uniquely stair-stepped design near amenities levels at 775 Juniper Street NE. Photos courtesy of J5/Engel & Völkers Atlanta
Designed by Smith Dalia, the six-story project by Dezhu US replaced a surface parking lot and several low-rise buildings, marking the largest condo venture to take shape in Midtown since the Great Recession. It delivered 149 condos total, each with outdoor space, and was billed as an alternative to so much high-rise living in the area.
J5 flaunted a “sunset lounge” near the roof, 24-hour security, greenspaces and a pool set like alcoves into the building, and floorplans ranging from 703-square-foot one-bedrooms to two-bedrooms with just shy of 1,400 square feet.
Later, in 2021, a $1-million renovation aimed to retrofit the new building to better suit post-pandemic buyers. That included a redo of lobbies and other shared spaces, more WiFi capacity across the property, and two model condos designed by Musso Design Group and Habachy Designs meant to showcase flexible floorplans.
As banners draped from J5 balconies have declared, price discounts of more than $100,000 per unit have come in the years since.
According to Jessica Dortch, Engel & Völkers Atlanta marketing coordinator, 43 condos remain unsold at J5, but just one of them is a one-bedroom unit, now priced at $529,900.
Two-bedroom offerings start at $549,900 and top out at $764,900 these days, according to Dortch.
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In recent days the sales team has released what’s called a 3-2-1 rate buy-down incentive. That means interest rates on condo purchases start at 3.99 percent for the first year and gradually climb until year four, when rates would top out at an estimated 6.99 percent.
With the J5 condos that have sold, Dortch says there’s been “no definable trend” as to where buyers have been coming from.
“We have buyers from other major cities,” Dortch wrote via email, “[plus] regional buyers looking for a place in the city, homeowners trading in Cabbagetown or Reynoldstown for a condo in Midtown, parents buying for their children that are going to Emory [University] , Georgia State, or Georgia Tech, and parents buying a condo here to be close to children and grandchildren that live in Atlanta.”
As intown condo sales go, it sounds like the definition of across the board.
Swing up to the gallery for the latest photography showing the J5 building today.
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- White Conservatives Submit Names of Thousands of Black, Young and Unhoused Voters for Challengeatlantatribune.com White Conservatives Submit Names of Thousands of Black, Young and Unhoused Voters for Challenge - Atlanta Tribune
State election rules now allow individuals to challenge an unlimited number of voters in the Nov. 8 general election, and they specify when and how eligibility can be challenged, and conservative election deniers are taking full advantage of the questionable practice to deny some voters the right to...
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State election rules now allow individuals to challenge an unlimited number of voters in the Nov. 8 general election, and they specify when and how eligibility can be challenged, and conservative election deniers are taking full advantage of the questionable practice to deny some voters the right to vote. Georgia voters are facing another very […]
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- George Floyd’s Killer Derek Chauvin to Remain in Prison, No Appealatlantatribune.com George Floyd's Killer Derek Chauvin to Remain in Prison, No Appeal - Atlanta Tribune
The former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the murder of George Floyd got his day in court, but he will not get his day in the Supreme Court as he and his attorneys had hoped. Chauvin who was found guilty of kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes over a year ago, asked the Supreme …
From the Atlanta Tribune:
The former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the murder of George Floyd got his day in court, but he will not get his day in the Supreme Court as he and his attorneys had hoped. Chauvin who was found guilty of kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes over a year ago, asked the Supreme […]
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The post George Floyd’s Killer Derek Chauvin to Remain in Prison, No Appeal appeared first on Atlanta Tribune.
- Mother Denied Chance to See Exhumation of Black Man Who Was Secretly Buriedatlantatribune.com Mother Denied Chance to See Exhumation of Black Man Who Was Secretly Buried - Atlanta Tribune
Photo: GoFundMe A mother was denied the chance to witness the exhumation of her son after he was killed by an off-duty police officer in Jackson, Mississippi and buried without the family’s knowledge. On Monday (November 13), the body of Dexter Wade, 37, was exhumed at 8 a.m. at Hinds County Penal F...
From the Atlanta Tribune:
Photo: GoFundMe A mother was denied the chance to witness the exhumation of her son after he was killed by an off-duty police officer in Jackson, Mississippi and buried without the family’s knowledge. On Monday (November 13), the body of Dexter Wade, 37, was exhumed at 8 a.m. at Hinds County Penal Farm, per WAPT. […]
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- Stacey Abrams Fights For Voters In Court; Georgia District Lines Violated Voting Rights ActAtlanta Less Safe From Fires: ADW Top 5 Stories Of The Weekatlantatribune.com Stacey Abrams Fights For Voters In Court; Georgia District Lines Violated Voting Rights ActAtlanta Less Safe From Fires: ADW Top 5 Stories Of The Week - Atlanta Tribune
Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight Sues Conservative Group For Intimidating Voters Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight organization filed a lawsuit claiming that a conservative organization intimidated voters. According to court documents, Fair Fight says that Texas-based True the Vote came to Georgia to intimidate vo...
From the Atlanta Tribune:
Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight Sues Conservative Group For Intimidating Voters Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight organization filed a lawsuit claiming that a conservative organization intimidated voters. According to court documents, Fair Fight says that Texas-based True the Vote came to Georgia to intimidate voters during the 2020 election. The organization announced it was challenging the eligibility […]
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The post Stacey Abrams Fights For Voters In Court; Georgia District Lines Violated Voting Rights ActAtlanta Less Safe From Fires: ADW Top 5 Stories Of The Week appeared first on Atlanta Tribune.
- ($) Ahead of Her Georgia Trial, Sidney Powell Seeks Distance From Trumpwww.nytimes.com Ahead of Her Georgia Trial, Sidney Powell Seeks Distance From Trump
Ms. Powell, a lawyer who promoted conspiracy theories about election fraud after Donald J. Trump’s 2020 defeat, now says she never represented him or his campaign.
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Ms. Powell, a lawyer who promoted conspiracy theories about election fraud after Donald J. Trump’s 2020 defeat, now says she never represented him or his campaign.
- Entrepreneur Makes History, Launches First Black-Owned Credit Monitoring Companyatlantatribune.com Entrepreneur Makes History, Launches First Black-Owned Credit Monitoring Company - Atlanta Tribune
Photo: Quintel Sumrall, the visionary entrepreneur behind ISeeCredit.com (Photo, BlackNews.com). By BlackNews.com In a historic milestone for the financial and technology sectors, Quintel Sumrall, the visionary entrepreneur behind ISeeCredit.com, has become the first African...
From the Atlanta Tribune:
Photo: Quintel Sumrall, the visionary entrepreneur behind ISeeCredit.com (Photo, BlackNews.com). By BlackNews.com In a historic milestone for the financial and technology sectors, Quintel Sumrall, the visionary entrepreneur behind ISeeCredit.com, has become the first African American to own a credit monitoring company. His groundbreaking venture is set to reshape the landscape of identity theft protection and credit monitoring services. In a […]
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- Fani Willis Has Received 150 Personal Threats, Harassed With Racial Slurs Since Indicting Donald Trumpatlantatribune.com Fani Willis Has Received 150 Personal Threats, Harassed With Racial Slurs Since Indicting Donald Trump - Atlanta Tribune
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis continues to face threats since indicting former President Donald Trump in August. While speaking with Fulton County leaders, Willis shared that she has received more threats and racial harassment. “(The threats) come in through my phone line, they come in...
From the Atlanta Tribune:
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis continues to face threats since indicting former President Donald Trump in August. While speaking with Fulton County leaders, Willis shared that she has received more threats and racial harassment. “(The threats) come in through my phone line, they come into the magistrate court, they come in through written letter, […]
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- 'Stop Cop City' campaigners decry state's refusal to charge Georgia troopers who shot activist 57 timeswww.commondreams.org Stop Cop City Campaigners Decry Decision to Not Charge Georgia Troopers Who Shot Activist 57 Times
"The system has, once again, declared its own innocence," lamented one activist after a Georgia prosecutor's office said it would not charge the killers of Manuel Terán, better known as "Tortuguita."
- Rudy Giuliani Will Have to Pay Damages to Falsely Accused Mother and Daughter Election Workersatlantatribune.com Rudy Giuliani Will Have to Pay Damages to Falsely Accused Mother and Daughter Election Workers - Atlanta Tribune
Disgraced former New York mayor and Trump cohort was found guilty of defamation against a mother and daughter who worked Georgia election polls during the infamous 2020 election. Giuliani falsely accused the women of election tampering and in August a U.S. District Judge ruled that Giuliani was guil...
From the Atlanta Tribune:
Disgraced former New York mayor and Trump cohort was found guilty of defamation against a mother and daughter who worked Georgia election polls during the infamous 2020 election. Giuliani falsely accused the women of election tampering and in August a U.S. District Judge ruled that Giuliani was guilty of defaming Ruby Freeman and her daughter […]
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- ($) The Republican Party Has Devolved Into a Racketwww.nytimes.com Opinion | The Republican Party Has Devolved Into a Racket
The G.O.P. has lost a commitment to solving the nation’s problems and become purposeless.
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The G.O.P. has lost a commitment to solving the nation’s problems and become purposeless.
- ($) America’s Shift Away From Religionwww.nytimes.com Opinion | America’s Shift Away From Religion
Readers react to a column by Nicholas Kristof. Also: Making driverless taxis accessible; Fulton County jail conditions; what makes a good person.
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Readers react to a column by Nicholas Kristof. Also: Making driverless taxis accessible; Fulton County jail conditions; what makes a good person.
- www.nytimes.com With Racketeering Charges, Georgia Prosecutor Aims to ‘Tell the Whole Story’
Prosecutors have found racketeering laws to be powerful tools in targeting not only foot soldiers in a criminal enterprise, but also high-level decision makers.
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Prosecutors have found racketeering laws to be powerful tools in targeting not only foot soldiers in a criminal enterprise, but also high-level decision makers.