The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday protecting gay and transgender workers from discrimination highlights the progress that’s been made, and the work toward equality yet to be done. Those issues are also explored in a number of documentaries amid Pride month, including two upcoming ones of note: “Disclosure,” on Netflix; and “Welcome to Chechnya” on HBO. […]
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Streaming services are missing this feature if they want to dominate the pandemic era
Streaming is surging because of coronavirus. With millions of people stuck at home, the services are seeing an influx of subscribers and viewership is up. However, the pandemic era could have another big effect on the streaming world. It could make it more, well, social. Virtual watch parties over Zoom and social products like Netflix […]
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Lieutenant Gov. Duncan introduces his version of Hate Crimes Bill
Wednesday morning, Georgia’s Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan introduced a Hate Crimes Bill that has not been on Georgia’s books in sixteen years. Duncan worked late into the night Tuesday putting it together while differentiating it from House Bill 426, currently stuck in neutral inside a Senate committee. Essentially, Duncan’s bill would make a hate crime […]
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Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks charged with murder
Wednesday afternoon inside the Fulton County Courthouse, District Attorney Paul Howard brought murder charges against former Atlanta Police officer Garrett Rolfe for firing the two shots that killed Rayshard Brooks June 12th at a Wendy’s on 125 University Avenue. If convicted of murder, Rolfe could face a maximum sentence of life in prison or death […]
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Trump says Colin Kaepernick should be given another chance in the NFL ‘if he has the playing ability’
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Colin Kaepernick should get another chance in the National Football League — “if he has the playing ability.” Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, has been a free agent for more than three years after he began kneeling during the National Anthem to protest police brutality. Trump has […]
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Atlanta awaits decision on charges in Rayshard Brooks murder
Atlanta awaits a decision from prosecutors Wednesday on whether to bring charges against two white police officers in the killing of Rayshard Brooks, who was shot in the back in a case that has unfolded as the U.S. grapples with widespread protests over the treatment of black people. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard scheduled […]
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New Georgia virus cases most since April as easing disputed
An increasing number of Georgians are getting infected by the coronavirus and ending up in the hospital as Gov. Brian Kemp continues to ease restrictions on gatherings and businesses. Figures posted Tuesday show that Georgia has reported an average of 777 infections over the last 14 days, the highest level since April, when widespread transmission was […]
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Voices of protest, crying for change, ring across US, beyond
They are nurses and doctors, artists, students, construction workers, government employees; black, brown and white; young and old. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in big cities and tiny towns in every U.S. state – and even around the world – to protest the killing of George Floyd, who died after […]
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Senate GOP proposes policing changes in ‘Justice Act’
Senate Republicans unveiled proposed changes to police procedures and accountability Wednesday, countering Democratic policing legislation with a bill that stays clear of federal mandates. The “Justice Act” is the most ambitious GOP policing proposal in years, a direct response to the massive public protests over the death of George Floyd and other black Americans. Senate […]
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‘Still scared’: Health workers feel the toll of virus fight
Outside a back door to a hospital where the coronavirus hit like a hurricane, a half-dozen staffers gathered recently to look back, and look inward. “I am still scared,” Dr. Gwen Hooley told her colleagues at Elmhurst Hospital, which was swamped with patients in late March as the virus rampaged through New York. Physician’s assistant […]
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Model projects 200,000 people in the US could die from coronavirus by October
The United States could see more than 200,000 deaths from Covid-19 by October 1, a closely watched model predicted Monday as states continue to reopen. More than 2 million have been infected by the virus and 116,125 have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Though many states are seeing improved conditions, the pandemic […]
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NBA or social justice? ‘I just feel like our people — we need attention,’ says LA Laker Dwight Howard
The 2020 NBA season is set to resume on July 31, but right now Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard thinks there are more important matters at hand. Following George Floyd’s death and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests, Howard says his focus is on the social change the protests have been calling for rather […]
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People under 20 half as likely to catch Covid-19, study finds
Children and teenagers are estimated to be about half as likely to get infected by the coronavirus than those aged 20 or over, according to research published Tuesday. The modeling study, carried out by epidemiologists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and published in the journal Nature Medicine, used transmission models to […]
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CDC report offers detailed demographic breakdown of who is getting coronavirus
New numbers released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer a comprehensive picture of who in the United States has been diagnosed with Covid-19 and how they fared. The latest figures confirm that older people, minorities and those with preexisting health conditions are at the highest risk of death. There was a […]
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Georgia will give voters more time to correct rejected absentee ballots
Georgia voters will receive additional time to correct their rejected absentee ballots following last week’s calamitous primary. Following a legal challenge by state Democrats on Friday, voters will now get three business days after the date they are notified that their ballot is rejected to fix issues, Georgia election director Chris Harvey said in a […]