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Tenant, health, equity advocates rally to defend challenge to CDC eviction ban
Affordable housing, LGBTQ rights and pediatric health are among the issues that have emerged in a federal lawsuit in Atlanta that pits landlords of millions of rental homes against the CDC’s efforts to prevent evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Debate shows distance among gubernatorial candidates on Georgians and the law
The candidates who are running to replace outgoing Republican Gov. Nathan Deal are splitting on what’s probably the incumbent’s marquee policy: changes to the criminal justice system that have driven down the state’s prison population.
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‘RBG’ – a love letter movie to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Never mind The Avengers. The real superhero in theaters right now is Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the focus of “RBG.”
More valentine than documentary, the film is a spritely and affectionate tribute to the 84-year-old judge and unlikely pop-culture phenom who, like some fairy godmother many of us never knew we had, helped change the landscape of women’s rights in 20th and 21st century America.
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New ‘Access to Justice’ map provides treasure trove of data in easy-to-use format
A new mapping tool intended to quantify the disparity of legal access in Georgia also shows some striking facts about the state’s population. For instance, a third of Gwinnett County residents don’t speak English at home and a third of Gwinnett’s households don’t have Internet access.
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Center of Civil and Human Rights inspires Atlanta to keep fighting for justice
The Center for Civil and Human Rights 2017 Power to Inspire Tribute dinner on May 18 provided nourishment for the soul.
And that’s just what event planners intended.
“We wanted to articulate the spirit of human and civil rights, and honor those who lift that spirit up – those who do the heavy lifting,” said Ingrid Saunders Jones.
