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A Merry-Go-Round of Abortion Policies Impacts Georgia’s Lowest-Income Women

January 23, 2023

By Amani Southerland

A battle for reproductive justice is playing out after Georgia’s trigger abortion ban went into effect post-Roe. 

After a Busy Election, Organizers Have Year-Round Work to Do in Georgia

January 23, 2023

By Amani Southerland

A look ahead of Georgia politics for 2023.

Georgia’s Unsafe Gun Laws Shut Down Annual Music Festival

September 14, 2022

By Amani Southerland

A new open carry law on public land forced the cancellation of the Music Midtown Festival this year. But the dangerous bill is likely to have much worse casualties than a concert.

In Georgia, Young Grassroots Organizers Are Key to Keeping the State Blue

May 13, 2022

By Amani Southerland

As the Georgia primary nears, organizers on the ground have played an integral part in raising early voting numbers and mobilizing the youth vote.

‘They Want to Check A Box, Not Hear Us Out’

March 7, 2022

By Amani Southerland

Senate Bill 6 EX is an attempt to gerrymander the Georgia Board of Commissioners that state Democrats won in 2020.

Georgia Republicans Want to Take Away Local Control in Our Most Diverse County

February 16, 2022

By Amani Southerland

As Georgians look to their leaders to help us recover from the pandemic, Republicans in the General Assembly are fixated on ensuring that local governments only exist to serve them.

The Answer is Muhammad Ali: Who else?

June 10, 2016

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

Originally published in the Huffington Post. For most of my life, I haven’t idolized sports heroes. I may be the exception to the great American male rule-of-thumb. There have been…

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