by gapeachpitd | May 4, 2022 | Metro Atlanta, Reproductive Justice, South Atlanta Suburbs
“I’m here today to tell you that it is okay to be angry,” one of the speakers, who declined to provide their name, told the crowd, who gathered in Atlanta Tuesday night to protest a draft Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the day after its unprecedented...
by gapeachpitd | Apr 29, 2022 | Education, Metro Atlanta, Middle Georgia, South Atlanta Suburbs, SW Georgia
The significant presence of children from private Christian schools at the signing of Kemp’s education bills Thursday, was notable for two reasons, according to progressive activists who showed up to sign the wave: firstly, because these religious institutions showed...
by gapeachpitd | Apr 21, 2022 | Criminal Justice
While waiting to testify in opposition to SB 504, a bill that would have required cash bail for all felony offenses, District Attorney of the Macon Judicial Circuit, Anita Howard, listened, along with other attendees of the Public Safety and Homeland Security...
by gapeachpitd | Apr 18, 2022 | Education, Metro Atlanta, Peach Tea, South Atlanta Suburbs
June 30th, 2022 is the last day that students across Georgia and the United States will receive free lunch. Free lunch waivers were distributed at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 and it was a big help to families struggling during the pandemic. These...
by gapeachpitd | Apr 14, 2022 | Education, Metro Atlanta, South Atlanta Suburbs
Q&A with Senator Elena Parent on HB 1084 Interview took place on April 11, 2022 Around midnight on Sine Die, and just a few blocks away from where the Walking Dead zombies once dragged themselves around Georgia State University campus, a zombie bill was in the...