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National School Walkout this Friday

This Friday, thousands of students will walk out of class in schools all over the United States to protest the lack of change in gun regulations as a result of mass school shootings. The National School Walkout was started by Lane Murdoch, a 16-year-old who grew up just 20 miles from Sandy Hook Elementary School – where 20 students were killed in a mass shooting in 2012. The movement started as a Change.org petition following

Domestic Gun Violence

While students march, Georgia’s conservatives do the NRA’s bidding

According to the March For Our Lives website, there were at least eleven satellite marches across Georgia. An estimated 30,000 people attended the Atlanta march alone. Two Norcross students, Nia Hemphill and Kiara Edwards, were some of the earliest participants waiting for the march to start. “I think that it’s important to come out and march because I feel like you need your voice to be heard,” Hemphill said. “Guns have no place in school.

Education

Save a life: March For Our Lives

This Saturday, March 24, students and people of all ages, led by survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, are headed to the nation’s Capital to demand stricter gun control laws. Marches on the same date are also planned in cities around Georgia. Here’s more info. on how you can take part: Athens Atlanta (Center) Atlanta (West) Clarkesville Covington Dahlonega Ellenwood Rome Savannah Statesboro Watkinsville About a week ago yet another school

Diverse group of parents at Walton High School hold sign reading "Walton parents are PROUD of our kids for walking out!"
Education

Thousands of students across the state participate in #NationalWalkOutDay

Students in Georgia walked out in droves yesterday in protest of the gun violence that has taken place on campuses around the country. On March 14, students across the nation participated in #NationalWalkOutDay. In Georgia, there have been reports from nearly every corner of the state of students participating in walkouts, hosting moments of silence and organizing school-wide events. One student from South Georgia, described how writing out the names of all the victims of

2018 Legislative Session

Bills to watch in Georgia: Gun control, anti-LGBT adoption and more

Last week in the Georgia Legislature marked the passage of Crossover Day, the final day for bills to pass out of the chamber in which they were introduced. The bills that don’t pass from senate to house or house to senate are considered dead. Here’s a rundown of the bills that made it through that we’re keeping a close eye on — the good, the bad and the “needs improvement.” We’re keeping a close eye

Casey Cagle

Cagle’s tax cuts for wealthy, those who don’t question the NRA

It’s been a busy week for Ga. Republicans at the Capitol. Lt. Gov. Cagle started this week by slamming Delta Airlines, Georgia’s biggest employer, for ending discounts for NRA members. He decided to punish the airline by striking a provision that would have given Delta a $50 million dollar tax break on jet fuel. Deal, apparently angry that Cagle would go to the mat for gun lobbyists by penalizing a Georgia company that employs 33,000