How cops, corporations, local government, and the media fueled an undemocratic process to build a massive police training center one year after #DefundThePolice uprisings Anyone listening to the virtual Atlanta City Council meeting on September 8, 2021 could hear the …
Cop City and the Prison Industrial Complex in Atlanta Read More »
Southern Center for Human Rights sends second warning letter to the state prison over human rights violations taking place in the facility, which has failed to respond ALTO, GA. — On Mon., July 19, the Southern Center for Human Rights …
ATLANTA — Women on the Rise, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), Communities Over Cages, and Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR) held a press conference in Buckhead on Fri., April 16, to demand that Atlanta City Council vote …
ATLANTA — Atlanta City Council will meet on Monday for its first of two regular meetings in May. City council members will discuss the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY2022) budget in the City of Atlanta overview meetings. According to the meeting’s …
What we’re watching in Atlanta City Council on Mon., May 3 Read More »
This article was published on April 20, 2021. ATLANTA — On Mon., April 19, Atlanta City Council was flooded with over six hours of public comment calls from constituents. A majority were calling about the same thing: the fate of …
RAUOL, GA. — On Fri., April 9, the Southern Center for Human Rights issued a letter to Warden Murray Tatum of Lee Arrendale State Prison, the largest women’s facility in Georgia. The human rights organization outlines concerns with multiple abuses, …
Inhumane and illegal conditions uncovered at Lee Arrendale State Prison in Georgia Read More »
Originally published in print on Dec. 19, 2019. “If the majority of Americans had not spent decades turning away from the horrors of the prison-industrial complex, they would be far less tolerant of the terror that is currently …
The story of Brooks County and the Quitman 10+2 Content warning: This article contains descriptions of racial violence. There\’s an underlying illness in Georgia resting in small, rural counties outside of Atlanta’s perimeter. While these smaller counties on their own …
Opinion: Inherent Racism Continues in Present Day Politics Read More »
