By Tammy Joyner for Atlanta Civic Circle Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger isn’t one to call attention to himself. But the last two years have thrust Raffensperger and his family under the white-hot glare ...
Sixtyone years ago in Miami Beach, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of doubling the number of Black registered voters in the South through a campaign of peaceful protests at places that had barred ...
Corporations that funded Georgia lawmakers who voted to restrict voting access are under increasing scrutiny that goes beyond national headlines about Coca-Cola Co. and Delta Air Lines reversing their positions in the face of public ...
Five of Georgia’s S&P 500 companies are among the most transparent in the nation about their political spending. Three companies are in the bottom tier, according to an annual index.
Editor’s note: See charts at the bottom of this story for campaign finance information. / Kasim Reed dominated campaign contributions in his losing bid for Atlanta mayor.
With the Oct. 4 deadline looming to register to vote, MARTA on Tuesday is helping to register voters for local elections that include $4.1 billion in proposed sales taxes to improve school facilities and mobility.
The debate over human rights issues related to DeKalb County’s “Indian War” cannon has now reached the U.S. Supreme Court, even as a new resolution to remove the cannon is pending before DeKalb County’s Board ...
The Census confirmed Wednesday it expects to provide to states by Aug. 16 all the information states need to start the redistricting process, which is the creation of boundaries for posts ranging from U.S. House ...
In most stories last week, the news that the U.S. Justice Department is forming a task force to investigate and prosecute violent threats and intimidation of election officials and poll workers was played several paragraphs ...
It wasn’t remarkable that Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr got booed at the state Republican convention last weekend. Johnny Isakson, Saxby Chambliss and Nathan Deal are among those who’ve been booed in ...
By Guest Columnists FONTA HIGH and PAUL MCLENNAN, co-chairs of the Beacon Hill Black Alliance for Human Rights’ Decolonize Decatur Committee As organizers and board members of Decatur’s Beacon Hill Black Alliance for Human Rights, we ...
The pandemic has played havoc with our national calendar. There was a time not long ago when April 15 was looked upon as a shared day of tribulation, that day every year when our taxes ...
So far, Joe Biden has been the most deliberative of the past several presidents, seldom making a move without carefully weighing its political implications. On the eve of his 100th day in office, the president ...
Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey reiterated his company’s support to protect voting rights in Georgia at the company’s virtual annual meeting Tuesday morning.
The in-person gathering of former chairs of the Atlanta Regional Commission drove home the point.
Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has been the most interesting character in the Georgia Republican soap opera of the past year, if only because he’s the one whose intentions haven’t been entirely clear.
There are a lot of overlapping bills.
What is truly dangerous for Republicans about all this tinkering with election laws is that it prolongs the idea that eliminating drop boxes or requiring more identification for absentee voting would really change very much, ...
Photo by Kelly Jordan Municipal races key to mapping growth in your city By Tammy Joyner The big-money, high-stakes elections may be over but don’t shelve your voting obligations just yet. Some of the most ...
Historic U.S. Senate wins in Georgia were overshadowed by an insurrection involving violent Trump supporters, including some from Georgia.
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