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What Georgia’s #BlackLivesMatter protests have accomplished so far

Change is coming to our nation and to Georgia. The spark began with the May 5 video release showing the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick. Less than a month later, the nation saw the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Ever since, the Black Lives Matter protests have grown into a national movement. Thousands of protesters are drawing attention to the murders of Black people at the hands of police and white supremacist vigilantes.

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Kemp might not be racist, but racists sure love him

Hateful, xenophobic rhetoric have become the norm amongst the Right. Trump has been fanning the flames of fear and vitriol since before he was elected. He treats women, especially female reporters, disrespectfully and encourages violence toward the free press. He’s denigrated Jews, Muslims, Hispanics, African Americans, the disabled and members of the LGBTQ community. In the past two weeks, we’ve seen horrific events unfold in the U.S. A Trump supporter mailed bombs to people and

Race & Racism

Militarized police target counter-protestors at Nazi demonstration in Newnan

Members of the Neo-Nazi hate group, National Socialist Movement, demonstrated in Newnan, Ga .over the weekend. The group had obtained a permit to host a rally in Newnan about a month ago, supposedly to discuss “hot button” issues. An estimated few dozen Neo-Nazis filled the streets, dressed in black and carrying shields and NSM flags. Members of loose-knit anti-fascist groups, joined by Newnan citizens, also showed up to demonstrate against the white supremacist group’s messages

Brian Kemp

Georgia’s “exact match” name laws target minority voters

Georgia’s “exact match” name laws disproportionately affect minorities, who are refused their right to vote because of a backwards conservative “solution” to a problem that doesn’t exist. With incident rates between 0.0003 percent and 0.0025 percent, “voter fraud” is a debunked conservative myth. The “exact match” laws put registered voters on a “pending registration” list if the name on their registration doesn’t exactly match the name on their license, including hyphens, apostrophes and spaces. In

Criminal Justice

New bill waives bail, fails to address the root of the problem

A new bill being sponsored by six Republicans in the State Senate would provide additional opportunities for judges to choose not to require bail for poor defendants accused of low-level offenses. The bill would also give police officers the flexibility to issue citations in place of criminal charges. Deal is supporting this bill and claims it’s the next step for criminal justice reform and a “foundation for a more equitable criminal justice system and brings

2018 Legislative Session

Sensing a shift in power, Republicans aim to carve new city along racial lines

Republicans in the state legislature are up to their same old tricks, using racist tactics to try to save their own hides. They’re currently trying to create a new, very white city in a part of metro Atlanta where people of color make up nearly three-quarters of the population. Stockbridge is a majority minority city in Henry County, just south of Atlanta. Henry County is on track to become a majority minority county — that