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… [Read More]
Public schools still paying for Vogtle
Public schools shouldn’t be stuck with the bill for what’s now been dubbed the “Plant Vogtle Vortex,” named as such because money and time seem to disappear into the black hole of Georgia Power’s failed project. The nuclear power plant is years behind schedule and is billions of dollars over budget. A bill passed in 2009… [Read More]
Stop paying for Plant Vogtle, replace corrupt Public Service Commissioners
Plant Vogtle continues to be a testament to corporate greed and government cronyism at the cost of $91 million per month for ratepayers. The project is five years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. Georgia Power/Southern Company executives are giving themselves millions of dollars in annual bonuses (on top of their salaries), while… [Read More]
After years of cuts, Ga. schools are funded at basic level
A major win that came out of this year’s General Assembly was the decision to fully fund the Quality Basic Education (QBE) funding formula. This means that for the first time since 2002, Georgia lawmakers are actually giving school districts the basic amount of money they need to operate. But from 2010 to 2014, Deal… [Read More]
High school sex ban bill passes House and goes to the Senate
One of the most fundamental promises of public schooling is that it is supposed to keep students safe while they are away from their parents’ care. When parents think about the safety of their children while at school, the last thing they should have to worry about are the flimsy laws that protect their child… [Read More]
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… [Read More]
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:… [Read More]
Ga. conservatives continue to stall medical marijuana
Don’t be fooled — conservative politicians don’t want legal medical marijuana in Georgia. Their calls for Congress to “get off their duffs” and reclassify marijuana are completely disingenuous. As further proof of their unwillingness to join the 29 U.S. states and D.C. that have legalized medical marijuana, a new proposed bill that would add chronic pain… [Read More]
Everything Trump says about the opioid epidemic is wrong
Trump has no understanding of addiction. His own brother was an alcoholic who died a premature death because of alcoholism and yet his solution is to tell people “just don’t do it.” When prompted for evidence, he has said that he doesn’t drink alcohol and it isn’t that hard. Trump’s new emergency solutions to the… [Read More]
Sen. David Shafer accused of sexual harassment in the courtroom
Another Ga. Republican lawmaker is being sued for sexual harassment in the courtroom. Sen. David Shafer, who is also a leading Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, is referring to the accusation that he sexually harassed a veteran lobbyist as “politics, not the truth.” The lobbyist making the accusation, a 20-year Capitol veteran, said Shafer retaliated… [Read More]
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