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May 02, 2007
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(APN) ATLANTA – H Res 333, the bill introducing Articles of Impeachment against Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney, now has two co-sponsors, for a total of 3 current total supporters, including sponsor US Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), ...
July 21, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA –“You’ve got electronic voting machines. Many people called in and shared their concern. They pushed the button for Cynthia McKinney and Hank Johnson came up. It wasn’t one time, it wasn’t two times, it was many, many times,” Karen ...
July 14, 2006
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By Kristina Cates, Staff Writer, Atlanta Progressive News (July 13, 2006)
(APN) ATLANTA – Representatives from VoterGA filed suit this morning against Secretary of State Cathy Cox, the Georgia State Election Board, and Governor Sonny Purdue ov...
July 14, 2006
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By Matthew Cardinale and Betty Clermont, Atlanta Progressive News (July 13, 2006)
(APN) ATLANTA – With the Georgia Primary for Secretary of State only days away, Atlanta Progressive News has learned Democratic Candidate Michael “Scott” Holcomb...
July 05, 2006
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All five Democratic Candidates for Lieutenant Governor spoke at a recent forum at the Druid Hills Presbyterian Church, on June 6, 2006, on topics such as education, transportation, immigration, and faith-based government programs. The forum was s...
July 05, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA – A newly formed advocacy coalition VoterGA announced plans to sue the State of Georgia for denying the citizens of Georgia an elections system that will ensure that their votes count. The announcement was made at a downtown press c...
July 03, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA – Marcy Winograd may have lost her primary race against Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), but she vows to keep fighting.
She was a bit disappointed after the election, but has already sprung back into action on the issue of questionabl...
July 03, 2006
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“I’m shocked, I’m surprised, and I’m also very saddened, to relive some of these issues over again, using some of the same language that was used in the 1950s and 1960s,” US Rep. John Lewis told Atlanta Progressive News in a phone interview.
“...
May 19, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA – Al Gore may be a “recovering politician,” but “You always have to worry about a relapse,” Gore told Atlanta Progressive News.
The in-person exchange with the former Vice President took place following a special screening of “An I...
May 11, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA ? The City Council of Atlanta has voted 12-2 to support a resolution calling for a US Department of Peace, The Georgia Alliance for a US Department of Peace announced at a press conference today on the steps of the Georgia State Capi...
May 11, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA ? It?s difficult to talk about the leftist scene in Atlanta in the 1960's and 70's without someone bringing up The Great Speckled Bird, the leftist alternative newspaper which influenced so many minds of the time. But what was The Bi...
May 06, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA -- 36 US House Representatives have signed on as sponsors or co-sponsors of H. Res 635, which would create a Select Committee to look into the grounds for recommending President Bush’s impeachment, Atlanta Progressive News has learne...
April 29, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA ? Dozens of Atlanta?s leftists gathered for a preview of the stage version of Barbara Ehrenreich?s book, ?Nickled and Dimed,? this evening, which was preceded by a panel discussion at The Five Spot on the living wage crisis.
The pl...
April 29, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA ? Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine is being accused of taking improper actions which benefitted his cab industry campaign contributors, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.
Godfrey Waterhouse claims his son, Robert Wat...
April 22, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA ? The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has been sitting on an explosive report showing Zimbabwe?s 2002 elections were free and fair, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.
?In sum, we are confide...
April 20, 2006
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By Betty Clermont, Staff Writer, Atlanta Progressive News (April 11, 2006)
(APN) ATLANTA – "!Si se puede!" April 10, 2006, will go down as a turning point in our state, where 60,000 immigrants, many of Hispanic origin, and their supporters, joi...
April 20, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA ? ?Georgia is at a critical point, at a crossroads. We can go one of two ways. We can reverse the progress we made, that is a distinct possibility,? Georgia State Rep. Nan Orrock (D), 62, told Atlanta Progressive News. Or we can cre...
April 10, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA ? 800 women and women?s advocates marched on and around the Georgia Capitol today at a rally sponsored by Georgia for Choice.
The theme of the rally was preserving a woman?s choice in being able to have an abortion; however, many ...
April 07, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA – Marcy Winograd was so shocked to see US Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) enable President Bush’s illegal wiretapping program, that she decided to run for her seat this November. But now, Winograd’s grassroot campaign has been so successful,...
April 05, 2006
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By Betty Clermont, Staff Writer, Atlanta Progressive News (April 03, 2006)
(APN) ATLANTA ? About 3,000 peace activists from throughout the US South gathered on Saturday, April 1, in Atlanta, and marched from downtown's The King Center to mid...
March 23, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA – Denise Majette’s announcement yesterday that she is running for State School Superintendent has displeased many Democratic party leaders throughout Georgia, sources tell Atlanta Progressive News. Majette, a former Republican who h...
March 16, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA – 32 US House Representatives have signed on as sponsors or co-sponsors of H. Res 635, which would create a Select Committee to look into the grounds for recommending President Bush’s impeachment, Atlanta Progressive News has learne...
March 11, 2006
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By Sarah Epting, Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA – A Senior US District Judge found that Georgia Secretary of State (SOS), Cathy Cox, violated voter rights by undermining voter registration drives, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. C...
March 11, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA – 30 US House Representatives have signed on as sponsors or co-sponsors of H. Res 635, which would create a Select Committee to look into the grounds for recommending President Bush’s impeachment, Atlanta Progressive News has learne...
March 04, 2006
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28 members of US Congress have now signed on to H Res 635, including US Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), the original co-sponsor, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Meanwhile, US cities of Arcata, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco, each in California, ha...
March 02, 2006
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Mad Housers Build Huts for Homeless
By Jonathan Springston, Staff Writer, Atlanta Progressive News (March 01, 2006)
(APN) ATLANTA ? The Mad Housers, a non-profit, volunteer, charitable organization founded in 1988 by a group of Georg...
March 01, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA--RuthE Levy, Georgia State Senate Candidate for the 32nd District, was shocked when she found first one, and then another, of her family’s two cars vandalized in recent weeks, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Levy, an Air Force...
February 28, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA -- “The only person who’s lost their job to this point is Michael Brown and this whole debacle includes more people than Michael Brown,” US Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MI) told Atlanta Progressive News in a phone interview.
“Michael B...
February 20, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA--A US soldier stationed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) says he is being retaliated against for complaining when his superiors failed to fly the American Flag at half-mast in remembrance of civil rights leader Mrs. Coretta Scott K...
February 19, 2006
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What Annual Fee Would Jesus Charge?
By Betty Clermont, Atlanta Progressive News (February 19, 2006)
(APN) ATLANTA--Ralph Reed?s largest campaign financial supporters, members of Georgia?s Hanna family, are major owners of CompuCredit?the comp...
February 17, 2006
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(APN) ATLANTA–“The government was not prepared at all to deal with the people who did not have the means to evacuate, and it still is not prepared to provide solutions to people whose lives have been completely displaced,” US Rep. Cynthia McKinney...
February 16, 2006
(APN) ATLANTA–25 US Representatives–including two members of the Georgia delegation–have now signed on as co-sponsors of H. Res 635, demanding a probe which could recommend Bush’s impeachment, including the initial sponsor, US Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), Atlanta Progressive News has learned.
If the ...
February 08, 2006
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(APN) 22 US Representatives–including two members of the Georgia delegation–have now signed on as co-sponsors of H. Res 635, demanding a probe which could recommend Bush’s impeachment, including the initial sponsor, US Rep. John Conyers, Atl...
February 03, 2006
17 US Reps Want Impeachment Probe
20 Now Support Impeachment, Resignation, or Probe
By Matthew Cardinale, Editor, Atlanta Progressive News (February 2, 2006)
http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/pages/30/index.htm
(APN) EXCLUSIVE: The number of Members of US Congress supporting US Rep. John...
January 31, 2006
(APN) US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appears to have lied about the President?s approval of illegal domestic wiretapping, a letter from US Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) to Mr. Gonzales suggests.
In Gonzales?s confirmation hearings several months ago, Gonzales advised Feingold, "It is not the ...
January 28, 2006
(APN) ATLANTA–The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia released new documents on Pentagon spying on peaceful protesters, in a downtown press conference today at the Martin Luther King Federal Building. The documents are respondent to their Freedom of Information Act requests to several f...
January 27, 2006
(APN) ATLANTA–The Atlanta Stonewall Democrats (ASD) held a launch celebration this evening for its new Atlanta chapter, which is meant to replace [and absorb] a former Georgia-wide group.
About 70 people packed the Red Chair Club at Amsterdam Walk in Midtown Atlanta for the gala from 6-9pm. Appeti...
January 25, 2006
(APN) The investigative units of several federal agencies are denying their responsibility for probing Bush’s approval of–and the US Attorney General’s justifications for–wiretapping Americans without the consent of Congress, Atlanta Progressive News (APN) has learned.
The flowchart of non-account...
January 21, 2006
(APN) ATLANTA – Morehouse College has come under fire for the alleged brutality against civil rights veteran Willie Ricks, and activists are planning a protest next week on the campus, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.
Willie Ricks, 62, who also goes by Mukasa Dada, told Atlanta Progressive Ne...
January 20, 2006
(APN) ATLANTA – The Republican Party “came and invaded the Black Church and tricked people into supporting Bush,” Reverend Al Sharpton told a National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) Summit here.
“They couldn’t come to the Black Church and talk about war, health care, education, so they take the ch...
January 16, 2006
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By Matthew Cardinale, Atlanta Progressive News (January 14, 2006)
(APN) ATLANTA--All Black members of the Georgia General Assembly, the leadership of the House Minority Caucus, US Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), and some members of the King fa...
January 12, 2006
By Sarah Epting, Staff Writer, Atlanta Progressive News (January 10, 2006)
(APN) ATLANTA--"Don’t they have anything to do? I am just a mom of a teenage son. I just don’t want my son or anyone else go to a stupid war," Susan Keith told Atlanta Progressive News.
Last week, Keith learned the Penta...
January 10, 2006
(APN) ATLANTA -- 200 progressive activists from Georgia gathered here today for the first Georgia Progressive Summit (GPS). The historic summit was held at the Georgia State University Student Center and is lasting from Friday, January 6, 2006, through Sunday, January 8, 2006.
Georgia For Democrac...
January 06, 2006
A total of eight US House members have co-sponsored Resolution 635 to create a select committee to investigate the grounds for impeaching President Bush, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.
The co-sponsors are Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA), Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX), Rep....
June 29, 2005
"The bottom line is we can't trust the machines, and we can't trust the results being told to the American people," U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) said in a phone interview for the progressive news community, adding "we are planning some as-yet-undefined events in [our] district" around the iss...
June 20, 2005
“Can you hold on a second? I’m baking a pie,” says Jean Hay Bright, Progressive Democrat of Maine, 57, who is running for the US Senate seat currently held by moderate Republican Olympia Snowe (R-ME).
“Apple black raspberry,” she elaborates, returning to a telephone interview for the progressive...