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By Logan C. Ritchie, contributor DeKalb County, GA — DeKalb County Elections Board members said their goodbyes on June 10, the final meeting of the two-year term. Board member Dele Lowman Smith said the election ...
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp sent a letter to the Georgia State Board of Education demanding that it bar the teaching of critical race theory in schools. Kemp called the theory “divisive and anti-American.” Because of ...
By Logan C. Ritchie, contributor Atlanta, GA — Local leaders called to support the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community after taking a hit from Republicans last week. On May 18, all eight Republicans from ...
By Logan C. Ritchie, contributor DeKalb County, GA — The fate of DeKalb County Elections Board is now in the hands of Chief Judge Asha F. Jackson, as the window to apply for an appointment ...
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 ...
