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Georgia 2016

Georgia Democrats lost the 2016 election…in 2015

The votes were counted last November, but Democrats lost Georgia more than a year ago. In 2016, Democrats fielded the fewest candidates in decades (or as far back as records show). For the third cycle in a row, Democrats failed to contest enough seats in the state House of Representatives to even win back the chamber if everything broke their way. Likewise for the chamber across the hall, where Democrats fell two short of contesting

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

Democratic control of Senate could lead to big changes in Georgia

Democrats have a good chance of flipping the Senate. Although Clinton and Trump are getting most of the airtime, Senate elections will be held in 34 states and it looks like Dems are pulling ahead. The political analysts at fivethirtyeight.com estimate a 65 percent chance in favor of Democrats. If things go well, Bernie Sanders will be Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. That powerful position would give Sanders access to congressional spending and also give him a

Brian Kemp

Brian Kemp has done it again

America’s worst Secretary of State Brian Kemp has done it again. In the past year, Kemp has released 6.1 million social security numbers, allowed voters to vote in the wrong district, issued the wrong ballots in the primary election, and perpetuated the targeting and disenfranchisement minority voters. On the second-to-last-weekend before the voter registration deadline, Kemp’s lack of oversight has prevented an unknown number of potential voters to register. In a statement made yesterday, Kemp’s

Education

Trump declares war on public education

Last week, Trump added education plans to his fairly small list of policy proposals. Through his ideas for education reform, he shows he believes that — like everything else in his world — children are for sale. “There’s no failed policy more in need of urgent change than our government-run education monopoly,” Trump said, along with accusations that the Democratic party has “trapped millions of African-American and Hispanic youth in failing government schools that deny them