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Our children are watching

For the last 22 years, I have been a family therapist, and in that role, I have treated many, many children and teens. In the days since the election on November 8, I have heard from many parents, teachers and others who work with children. What they are seeing in our children in the wake of the tenor of a brutal election season is troubling. Regardless of the political ideology of their parents, the fear,

President 2016

Clinton v. Trump on LGBT issues

Both Clinton and Trump claim to be the most LGBT-supportive candidates their parties have seen yet. However, their endorsements from LGBT groups and support of LGBT policy widely differ. Many national and state-based LGBT groups have endorsed Clinton: the Human Rights Campaign, the Lesbian Political Action Committee, the Congressional LGBT Caucus political action committee, the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, Equality California and Equality Pennsylvania. She has also won the support of prominent

Podcast Ep. 21: Election Day

It’s almost election day, and over at Better Georgia we are feeling the final push. We recorded this episode on the Friday before the election, so all of our information is from polls and articles before the weekend. There have been some clear signs that Amendment 1, the school takeover amendment, might fail, which is good news for us here and great news for parents, students and teachers. In this episode, we’re talking about that

Healthcare

Misogyny of Trump, other leaders, have policy implications for Ga. women

Donald Trump is in the news (no surprise there) for his recent super creepy, very sexual comments about women. Since then, multiple women have stepped forward with allegations of facing exactly the kinds of behaviors he boasts of in the video — groping, forcibly kissing and other unwanted sexual contact. But his gross misogyny and disregard for women extends beyond his personal behavior and into important policy realms. Late last month, Trump announced his anti-abortion

Elections

DNC increasing efforts to turn GA blue

The Democratic National Committee is launching a new program, the Victory Leaders Council, which is designed to “flip states to Democrats” and lead volunteers and grassroots campaigning. Georgia, along with Arizona and Utah, has been selected as a launching ground for the VLC. The DNC’s southern political director, Ron Allen, will relocate to Georgia this week and will stay in Georgia through the presidential election. Allen also worked on Obama’s 2008 campaign in Georgia. He

Podcast Ep. 13: DNC 2016

Today on the show we’re talking about the Democratic National Convention, which Louis and Bryan were both able to attend last week in Philadelphia. Listen in as we talk about who was there representing the state of Georgia and what speeches we found to be the most fiery, touching, and inspiring. You can Subscribe and Listen to the podcast on iTunes, and be sure to leave us a rating and review! The Democrats didn’t simply embrace diversity this