Georgia is going through a mental health crisis. People with mental illness are not getting the care they need and are ending up in jails and prisons at an alarming rate. Once incarcerated, their mental health crises are considered bad behavior and are punished. They are surrounded by guards and officers who don’t understand mental health… [Read More]
Vote for State Superintendent May 22
The five candidates for State Superintendent this year all have at least one thing in common: they all say they want lawmakers and the governor to put more money into education. The three Democrats include Sid Chapman, a former high school teacher and president of the Georgia Association of Educators (GAE), Otha Thornton, Army veteran… [Read More]
Gov. Deal signs bill to silence minority voters
Gov. Deal recently approved a measure carving out land from the city of Stockbridge near Atlanta, giving some voters the opportunity to create a new municipality with more concentrated wealth and much fewer minority voters. The new city, Eagles Landing, was named for its local country club of the same name and proposes to take… [Read More]
Let’s bring honesty to the insurance commissioner’s office
Although it lacks the flash of the governor’s office, Georgia’s Insurance Commission has the ability to transform the lives of Georgians by protecting Georgia families and overseeing insurance corporations. The Insurance Commissioner chooses whether to help insurance companies to continue to rake in obscene profits by taking advantage of consumers or whether to help improve… [Read More]
Arming school staff would endanger students, teachers
Laurens School District near Warner Robins, Ga. is becoming the first school district to allow staff members to carry guns in order to protect students, despite all the research showing that increasing the amount of guns at schools decreases student safety. Although Trump has touted arming teachers and school personnel as a solution to school… [Read More]
Georgia is sick of gun “jokes,” ready for legislation
Competition for Georgia’s top political positions is starting to reveal just how out of touch GOP candidates really are about gun control. While a new poll shows that Georgians of all political stripes are increasingly in favor of tightening gun laws and regulations, a gubernatorial candidate can be seen pointing his gun at a minor… [Read More]
DeKalb bus drivers strike for better pay, get fired immediately
Perhaps inspired by the success of the school worker strikes in Oklahoma, West Virginia and South Carolina, 393 of Dekalb County’s 908 school bus drivers, called out sick on Thursday as a way to fight for improvements in salaries and benefits. Many continued calling out for the entire “sick out” from Thursday through Monday. Bus drivers… [Read More]
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…. [Read More]
Every statewide office up for grabs in 2018 (pt. 1 of 2)
2018 will be a huge year in Georgia politics. We can use our votes to elect elected officials who will stand up to Trump, protect the rights of Georgians and fix education. Governor There are only about seven short months before we elect our next governor. And the primary is right around the corner next… [Read More]
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… [Read More]
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