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Elections

‘From a march to a movement:’ Organizers shape 2018 Atlanta Women’s March into a rally

Last year, the Atlanta March for Social Justice and Women became one of the largest social-justice gatherings in Georgia history. Over 60,000 people — six times the predicted number — showed up to march for civil liberties and human rights. The march, which was part of a nationwide movement with 673 sister marches across the country, came a day after Trump’s inauguration. His presidency was one of the many reasons Georgians stood up to march.   This Saturday,

Healthcare

Trump threatens health of 380,000 Georgians

An abrupt move by the White House has put the health of hundreds of thousands of Georgians on the line. Trump is using the move to single-handedly dismantle Obamacare, and pressure Senate Democrats into voting on a new health care “compromise” bill. Trump unilaterally decided to cut the payments to insurers that lower the cost of health care for low-income consumers buying insurance through the marketplace. Georgia is projected to lose about $56 million between

Healthcare

Sonny Perdue’s assault on the working poor

Food stamp policy is going to change, and not for the better. Enter Georgia’s own Sonny Perdue, who serves as the Secretary of Agriculture under the Trump administration. He has been panning the food stamps program, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), all year. There’s been a push — both in this state and across the nation — to go back to having a work requirement. If you are an able-bodied adult,

Healthcare

Tom Price resigns

Tom Price resigned as Secretary of Health and Human Services on Friday. But let’s not get the story twisted. Price did not resign because, under his leadership, his Department sought to decimate Obamacare, strip transgender people of basic protections in the healthcare system, and make access to contraception and abortion even harder for women. His ethically dubious history in Congress — trading healthcare stocks while serving on a committee that oversaw that industry — was

Weather & Emergency

Trump doesn’t care about Puerto Rico

Donald Trump has tweeted about the NFL 24 times over the past five days. Puerto Rico has been worthy of a whole four tweets. Yes, a U.S. territory home to 3.4 million Americans and facing a devastating humanitarian crisis, has received the president’s attention a whole four times. The entire island lost power, and there continue to be water, food and fuel shortages. Less than 20 percent of the hospitals have power, while everyday people

Immigration and Refugees

End of DACA absolutely unacceptable

Donald Trump’s administration has officially ended the DACA program. It took just ten minutes for Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions to announce the end of the popular Obama-era program. Thousands of young people who want to work and study in the only country some of them have ever known will now have their lives thrown into limbo by a president determined to push through a racist, xenophobic agenda. DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,