A partnership between Blackstone LaunchPad and three Atlanta University Center (AUC) schools will bring new opportunities for entrepreneurial development to students. Spelman, Morehouse and Clark Atlanta University (CAU) are going to be the first HBCUs to join the Blackstone LaunchPad Network. “At Blackstone LaunchPad we were looking at— regionally, where we can have the most […]
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Spiritually Speaking: Jesus was Anti-Theology and Pro-Faith
It is at times ironic to me that so many different churches profess the belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, was crucified, died and was buried to arise again on the third day and sits at the right hand of His Father in heaven. From Catholic to Pentecostal, from Baptist to Presbyterian, […]
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COMMENTARY: Black Lives Matter: A Self-Evident Truth
Now that Black Lives Matter is a part of the country’s social infrastructure, I like so many other Blacks and whites – contemplated if this was a movement for the ages, or a knee jerk reaction to the killing of teen Trayvon Martin. Was it the battle cry that follows in the aftermath of a […]
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announces findings from anti-violence council report
Friday morning at City Hall, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant, and their anti-violence council laid out the findings from their report into the city’s rise in crime. Bottoms said the committee is recommending an existing program that aims to use community and neighborhood leaders to intervene in situations before they […]
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Filipovic: Tennessee vaccine official’s story reveals an ugly truth about GOP and children’s rights
The Donald Trump-fueled descent of the GOP into a party of reality-rejecting, science-denying conspiracy theorists is well-documented, and a growing phenomenon, as the extreme factions of the party overtake or push out the relatively few moderate Republicans remaining. And almost nowhere is the enduring harm of the Trump years more apparent than in the American […]
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Senators Ossoff and Warnock celebrate as Child Tax Credits head to parents’ bank accounts
Starting today, families will begin receiving $300 in monthly tax refunds per child under the age of 6, and $250 per child ages 6 to 17 through the end of the year. Families that qualify will receive a tax refund worth $3,600 per child under 6 and $3,000 per child from 6 to 17. All […]
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U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar will hold voting rights hearing this Monday in Atlanta
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Chairwoman of the Rules Committee, will preside over a rare field hearing in Atlanta this Monday at 10:00 AM on the heels of Georgia Republicans’ fight to restrict voting access in the state. The hearing, titled, ‘Protecting the Freedom to Vote: Recent changes to Georgia voting laws and the need for […]
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Pace Academy senior Xavier Agostino commits to Harvard University
Wednesday marked an interesting day for Pace Academy rising senior Xavier Agostino as he celebrated his 18th birthday. The decision to choose his college on his birthday marked an immense step in his life as he committed to Harvard University for the first decision he’s had in his young adult life. “Committing on my birthday […]
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Clayton and DeKalb Counties implement new mask mandate ahead of 21-22 school year
Clayton and DeKalb county school districts have announced they will be implementing a universal mask mandate ahead of the start of the 2021-2022 school year. This is in direct opposition to an executive order signed by Governor Brian Kemp on May 28, banning public schools from using the Public Health Emergency to require face coverings […]
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Donald Trump doesn’t believe in coups. But if he did …
Donald Trump wants to get something straight. He’s not a big coup guy. “Despite massive Voter Fraud and Irregularities during the 2020 Presidential Election Scam, that we are now seeing play out in very big and important States, I never threatened, or spoke about, to anyone, a coup of our Government,” Trump said in response […]
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‘He’s not going to sit in silence’: How General Mark Milley found himself caught up in Trump’s political wars
In December 2018, then-President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he would nominate Gen. Mark Milley as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Milley was not the consensus pick, and then-Defense Secretary James Mattis objected to his selection. But Trump wanted the square jawed, barrel-chested general whom he saw as straight from central casting […]
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Trump slams Georgia lawmaker for not fighting voting results
Former President Donald Trump is declaring his opposition to a high-ranking Georgia Republican’s bid for lieutenant governor, another sign of how state-level politics is being reordered by Trump’s insistence that all Republicans repudiate his 2020 election loss. Trump invited other Republicans to run against Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller in the statement released late […]
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Senator Warnock raises $7.2M in quest to keep Senate seat in 2022
Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock raised money at a brisk pace from April through June, outstripping his currently announced Republican rivals for the 2022 senatorial election in Georgia. Warnock’s campaign raised $7.2 million during the second quarter and finished June 30 with $10.5 million in cash on hand. Warnock’s campaign spent nearly $2.3 million during […]
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Georgia tax revenue leaps more than $3B over last year
Georgia’s state tax receipts jumped by more than $3 billion in the budget year ended June 30, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday, setting up an election-year session in which lawmakers will have many options for new spending or tax cuts. Georgia collected $26.9 billion in revenue, up 13.5% from $23.7 billion in the 2020 budget […]
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In rural Georgia, a door-to-door push to get neighbors vaccinated against Covid-19
If it were the fall, this group of volunteers — folders in hand, walking shoes on their feet — would be knocking on doors to get out the vote in rural Cuthbert, Georgia. As they walked in the hot spring sun this April and May, these four have another mission. They are using their powers […]