Monday afternoon, the State of Georgia awarded a $107 million contract to Dominion Voting, a Toronto-based firm to install a new voting system that combines electronic touchscreens and paper ballots. This announcement signifies the first time Georgia has updated their voting systems since the state switched to electronic ballots in 2002. “Elections security is my […]
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issues executive order prohibiting issuance of additional scooter permits
Citing two scooter-related deaths in Atlanta, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has issued an executive order prohibiting the issuance of additional permits for shareable dockless mobility devices. On Wednesday, July 19, a CobbLinc bus collided with a 37-year-old man at the intersection of 15th and West Peachtree streets. The man, who was pronounced dead on the […]
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Congressional Black Caucus launches its ‘Census 2020’ taskforce
On July 23, the Congressional Black Caucus launched a new taskforce that will focus on the upcoming 2020 Census and the legacy of undercounting the African American community. The taskforce will be led by Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV). According to a release, members of the CBC will meet with stakeholders and leading professionals to discuss […]
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Cross-genre crooner Abraham Alexander shares tips for Atlanta artists breaking into the music biz
It’s country porch music. Or maybe it’s make-strangers-feel-like-family music. When soul singer and guitarist Abraham Alexander strums serenading cords on his acoustic then adds bluesy vocals, it’s rather dreamy. “For me, it’s about emotion,” said Alexander, originally from Fort Worth, Texas. “Every note and lyric to my songs are important — so important that I […]
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Leslie Danielle teaches women how to make the shift from overwhelmed to abundance
Leslie Danielle is a Love & Legacy strategist with more than 10 years of experience helping women transition from being overwhelmed to operating in their divine unique gifts and abundance, which is overflow. “Knowing there were other women suffering in silence from the same feelings of suffocation and being overwhelmed, just like me, ignited a […]
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Judge orders improvements at county jail in Georgia
A U.S. judge ordered officials in a metro Atlanta county Tuesday to improve conditions at a local jail where women with mental health problems said in a lawsuit that they were subject to prolonged solitary confinement and dirty cells. Fulton County Sheriff Theodore Jackson must permit the women at South Fulton jail to have one […]
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100-year old legendary African-American debate coach awarded 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from NSDA
100-year old legendary African-American debate coach Dr. Thomas Freeman has been awarded the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Speech & Debate Association. Freeman’s 70-plus year resume includes teaching Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during his time at Morehouse, former U.S. Reps. Leland and Jordan, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, gospel superstar Yolanda Adams, […]
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Mueller: ‘I did not clear Trump of obstruction of justice’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump-Russia special counsel Robert Mueller told lawmakers Wednesday he could not exonerate President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice and that the president’s claims that he had done so in his report are not correct. “The president was not exculpated for the acts that he allegedly committed,” Mueller declared at the […]
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Driving while Black: Police continue to profile, stop, search African American drivers
Two new recently published reports show that racial profiling – particularly “Driving While Black” – remains a crisis in America. A recent report issued by Missouri’s attorney general Eric Schmitt revealed that black drivers across that state are 91 percent more likely than white motorists to get pulled over by police. What’s more, the profiling […]
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Atlanta psychiatrist Patrice Harris takes office as American Medical Association’s first Black female president
In June, Dr. Patrice A. Harris, a psychiatrist from Atlanta, was sworn-in as the 174th president of the American Medical Association (AMA). She is the first African-American woman to hold the position. During her inauguration ceremony in Chicago, Dr. Harris said she plans to implement effective strategies to improve healthcare education and training, combat the […]
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Brown: ‘If you’re poor in America, debtor’s prison is real’
Despite a centuries-old Supreme Court ruling that outlawed the practice, debtor’s prison remains very much alive in America, experts told NNPA Newswire. Being poor is challenging enough, but some states, like Missouri, have continued to punish those of lesser means. A federal class-action suit claims thousands of those living in Missouri were jailed because they […]
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Will Packer drama, ‘Ambitions,’ brings star power to OWN
Entertainment juggernaut Will Packer, the man behind hit films like “Girls Trip,” “Straight Outta Compton,” “Little,” “Stomp the Yard, Ride Along,” “Ready to Love,” and “The Atlanta Child Murders” has brought “Ambitions,” a big drama starring Robin Givens, Essence Atkins, Kendrick Cross, Brian Bosworth and Brian White, to the small screen. Robin Givens plays the […]
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Georgia abortion law foes seek to keep it from taking effect
Opponents of a Georgia law that bans most abortions on Tuesday asked a judge to keep it from taking effect while their legal challenge plays out. The law is set to become enforceable Jan. 1. Lawyers with the American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights sued on behalf of Georgia […]
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Boris Johnson wins race to become UK’s next prime minister
Brexit hardliner Boris Johnson won the contest to lead Britain’s governing Conservative Party on Tuesday and will become the country’s next prime minister, tasked with fulfilling his promise to lead the U.K. out of the European Union “come what may.” He defeated his rival Jeremy Hunt overwhelmingly in a vote of Conservative Party members. He […]