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Equality, Rights & Justice Issues

Women resist: 5 leaders we love in Georgia

Georgia is full of amazing progressive leaders, and women of color are at the forefront of addressing issues like abortion access, voting rights, immigration reform and Islamophobia. Over the past year, the Better Georgia blog has highlighted some of these amazing women. In a year often described as a “dumpster fire” of a year, following the election and subsequent inauguration of Donald J. Trump, it’s been easy for progressives to feel their voices have been

Elections

Vote in the runoff elections tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the last day to vote in the Georgia runoff elections. Ga. voters in certain counties will decide the Atlanta mayor’s race and four Georgia Legislature races – two in the Senate and two in the House. The race for mayor of Atlanta comes down to Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood. There’s too much at stake to sit this election out – vote tomorrow! Log in to Georgia My Voter Page here

Georgia 2016

Five times Full Frontal’s Samantha Bee stood up for Georgia

Samantha Bee, host of the TBS show Full Frontal, has aimed more than her fair share of political satire at Georgia conservatives. With her quirky humor and spot-on wit, Bee has made Georgia progressive issues national news. She has shared our outrage and held conservatives accountable by shining a national spotlight on what they try to keep in the dark. There are clips linked in of each episode mentioned, however the clips feature adult language and

Environment

Atlanta keeps moving policy forward

Atlanta continues to push progressive policy even as national and state policy stumbles. While Trump has been vacationing at Mar-A-Largo, threatening the health of people everywhere and terrorizing immigrants, Atlanta has been busy making improvements that will actually help people. The city recently decriminalized marijuana, updated it’s climate change goals and increased sustainability efforts at the airport. One of Atlanta’s main environmental initiatives is the Better Buildings Challenge, a project designed to cut water and energy

Healthcare

Oppose Graham-Cassidy, oppose greater restrictions on abortion

Senate Republicans are resurrecting a last ditch effort to kill Obamacare in the form of the Graham-Cassidy bill. Thanks to intense public pressure, a few Senate Republican holdouts are joining with Democrats to oppose the measure, but it will take continued public pressure to keep the measure at bay. Abortion care is a top target of the Graham-Cassidy bill. Like previous iterations of Obamacare repeal measures that Republicans have tried to push through, this bill

Equality, Rights & Justice Issues

Fate of Stone Mountain, other confederate monuments up for debate

An openly white supremacist President and stunning violence from white supremacists around the country has reignited a debate about this country’s history and how we remember it. In Georgia, discussions about Confederate monuments — and whether or not they should stay up — have prompted protests in Atlanta and Augusta. Leaders from around the state have had a range of responses, with the likes of U.S. Sen. David Perdue and civil rights icon Andrew Young