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This story has been updated. By Patrick Saunders, contributor Atlanta, GA — The race to replace Natalyn Archibong on the Atlanta City Council just got more crowded as civic activist Sam Bacote and community organizer ...
My congressman knows my name. If he wasn’t Hank Johnson, I’d probably be worried about that. There’s a trail of pissed off politicians in this town that’s big enough for the cops to have trouble ...
By State Sen. Elena Parent, Nationwide, voting rights are under attack. After their recent electoral defeats, Republicans have employed an ever-growing list of anti-democratic tactics in an attempt to hold onto their waning power in ...
Decatur, GA — DeKalb Voter Registration and Elections (DeKalb VRE) encourages voters to plan ahead and obtain a voter identification card from the DeKalb County VRE office. There is no cost for obtaining the ID ...
By Logan C. Ritchie, contributor Decatur, GA — The DeKalb County Republican Party censured a longstanding member on April 17 in a move they call “a simple and unanimous decision.” The group denounced Baoky Vu, ...
DeKalb County, GA — Vernon Jones, the ex-CEO and former legislator from DeKalb County who changed parties this year, has announced a campaign for governor. Jones, who now identifies as Republican, would face incumbent Gov. Brian ...
By Logan C. Ritchie, contributor DeKalb County, GA — DeKalb County Commissioner Ted Terry is proposing the reinstatement of an ad hoc committee that has some DeKalb Elections Board members frustrated. A vote on the ...
BY EMMA HURT, WABE Atlanta, GA — Hours after Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian called the state’s new Republican-led voting law “unacceptable” and “based on a lie,” Republican state lawmakers nearly scrapped a jet ...
Decatur, GA — A panel of writers and creators will join the Decaturish Twitch Show on March 31 to discuss Senate Bill 202, Georgia’s new voter suppression law. The show starts at 6 p.m. and can ...
This story has been updated. Atlanta, GA — Local writer Austin L. Ray was fed up. According to a press release, he’d been planning a fundraiser for a couple of months, and had been planning ...
