The elections of Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in Georgia on January 5 allowed Democrats to take control of the US Senate and made the passage of the ambitious, transformational American Rescue Plan possible. Yet while the rescue plan did not receive the support of a single Republican in the US Senate or US House […]
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Harris condemns ‘tragic’ Atlanta shooting and expresses solidarity with Asian American community
Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the recent lethal shootings at a series of spas in the Atlanta area, marking her most formal remarks about the ongoing issue of violence against the Asian American community. “It is tragic. Our country, the President and I and all of us, we grieve for the loss,” said Harris, the […]
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Police say, Robert Long, suspect in Atlanta spa shootings, may have ‘sex addiction’
State and federal investigators are scrambling to learn more about Robert Aaron Long, the suspect in a string of deadly shootings at three Atlanta-area Asian spas, and his alleged motive. Not much information has surfaced about the 21-year-old from Woodstock, about a half-hour drive north of Atlanta. He is presently detained without bond in Cherokee […]
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Asian Americans were already living in fear. The Atlanta-area spa killings feel like a terrifying escalation for them
A restaurant was spray-painted with the message “Kung flu” in Texas. A travel agency employee in California was nearly blinded. An 84-year-old man from Thailand died after being shoved to the ground during his morning walk. Many Asian Americans across the United States have been verbally harassed, spat on and injured for months in a […]
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Georgia Republicans make unexpected push on another bill to restrict voting
A key committee in the Republican-controlled Georgia legislature on Wednesday made a surprise move and began work on a massive new voting bill that would give the state broad powers over local election officials, set limits on weekend early voting and add voter ID requirements for absentee ballots. Word of a new 93-page bill came […]
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Atlanta City Council approves funding to complete the BeltLine
Monday night, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the approval of funding to complete the 22-mile Atlanta BeltLine. The Atlanta City Council approved legislation creating a Special Service District (SSD) that will provide approximately $100 million towards completing the Atlanta BeltLine’s 22-mile multi-use trail loop. Plus, the passage of the SSD will open the avenue […]
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Mayor’s Westside Park Housing Overlay Ordinance approved by City Council
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ Westside Park Housing Overlay Ordinance was approved by the Atlanta City Council—a new measure to require affordable housing in new neighborhoods around the Westside Quarry Park. Bottoms proposed the ordinance to ensure that as new development occurs, affordable housing will be created for all Atlantans. “With our new Westside Quarry Park […]
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Gov. Kemp, AG Carr warn medical professionals of elevated scam threat
Governor Brian P. Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr are warning medical professionals of a scam making its rounds in Georgia. The Georgia Composite Medical Board staff has received several phone calls from multiple licensees stating that someone is either sending a letter and/or calling and pretending to be an agent of the Medical Board. […]
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Trump is facing probes from 5 independently elected investigators
Five independently elected investigators have turned their attention to former President Donald Trump, a sign his legal woes are mounting as he no longer enjoys the protections once afforded to him by the Oval Office. Trump is now facing inquiries run by elected officials from Georgia to New York to Washington with only their constituents […]
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Georgia adds 3.3M to those eligible for COVID-19 vaccination
Georgia threw open the doors for COVID-19 vaccination to a majority of adults Monday, as the state seeks to improve its worst-in-the-nation share of the population that has been inoculated against the respiratory illness. At the Macon State Farmers Market mass vaccination site, cars full of people waiting their turn for a shot formed a […]
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‘Mank’ leads Oscar nominations in a year of record diversity
After a pandemic year that shuttered movie theaters and upended the movie business, Academy Awards nominations on Monday went to two female filmmakers for the first time, to a historically diverse slate of actors and to David Fincher’s lead-nominee “Mank,” a traditional kind of Oscar contender — an old Hollywood homage — in very untraditional […]
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A by-the-numbers look at a year of Oscar diversity, firsts
A look, by the numbers, at notable facts, figures and trivia from the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards: 11 — First-time acting nominees. With the pandemic prompting Hollywood to hold back most of its major motion pictures in 2020, pulling big stars from the competition, newbies became the norm in the four acting categories. […]
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AARP Georgia celebrates founder for Women’s History Month
March is celebrated as so many wonderful things. It’s Women’s History Month, and we recognize the founder of AARP, Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus who had a dream to help “seniors” live life on their own terms and age in place. To read more about Dr. Andrus’s remarkable life, please check here: https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/champions-of-aging-photos/ethel-percy-andrus-aarp-founder.html AARP also uses […]
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Racial diversity in children’s books grows, but slowly
In the world of children’s books, villagers can protect their water from a black snake, dark skin is as beautiful as the night sky, and a little girl’s two puffs of hair can make her feel like she’s floating above the clouds. Kids are seeing more of these possibilities in the books they read as […]
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In Pennsylvania, Biden showcases aid to small businesses
President Joe Biden turned up at a minority-owned flooring business in suburban Philadelphia on Tuesday to highlight how his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package can help small businesses and to put a face on those who have struggled throughout the pandemic. The visit to Smith Flooring, Inc. was Biden’s first stop in a cross-country administration […]