“I refuse to be another hashtag.” The spirit of this message on a placard is driving efforts across the country to defund police departments or to reform police practices. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has set a June 18 deadline for recommendations to reform the city’s use-of-force policy, adopted in 2018.
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Reflecting on Obama 50 years after Stonewall
By Guest Columnist ERIC PAULK, deputy director of Georgia Equality
During the eight years the Obamas occupied the White House, two moments stand out vividly in my mind. July 19, 2013: President Obama made the following comments during an impromptu press briefing in the days following the Trayvon Martin verdict – “When Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is, Trayvon Martin could have been me, 35 years ago.”
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Obama blocked Trump from offshore oil drilling; House votes to oppose drilling
President Obama’s administration blocked President Trump from expanding the area open to offshore oil drilling, including off Georgia’s coast, a federal judge has ruled. On a related front, the Georgia House approved Tuesday a resolution opposing the exploration and drilling for oil off Georgia’s coast.
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Remembering Papa on Father’s Day; knowing how mad he would be about Trump’s reversal on Cuba
As I write this, Father’s Day is coming to a close.
The day has been filled with memories of Papa – interrupted by the news of the day.
One memory of Papa keeps colliding with today’s news of President Donald Trump refreezing the thawing of restrictions in U.S. trade and travel to Cuba.
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Still weathering the superstorm
We’ve all seen the damaging effect “Frankenstorm” has had on the east coast – and now we’re seeing the nation come together in the relief effort. With elections this week, a new set of problems has joined the massive list. From electronic voting machines without power and shortages of backup paper ballots; polling centers without power, […]
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Trending – Social Media and the POTUS
Do followers = votes? In history class we learned about the first televised presidential debates. In 1960, Americans could turn on their television sets to see Richard Nixon – a sweaty man, gripping the podium and blending into the grey background – versus John F. Kennedy – a calm, tanned, extremely handsome man. In an election where every […]
