By Daniel Richardson|Mar 21, 2025|18 min
Region
Southern Environmental Law Center and South Augusta Residents Rally for Transparency in Solvay/SYENSQO Expansion Plan
Trans Folks in Georgia Fight Against Hate and Anti-Trans Legislation
Albany Resident Diane Brown Takes Housing Advocacy to HUD Offices
Stop Cop City Movement Advocates for Victims of Police Violence a Year on after Referendum Campaign
GE Tower Residents Accuse Apartments of Mismanagement and Neglect
Party For Socialism and Liberation Fight for Ballot Access in Georgia
Neesha Powell-Ingabire: An Open Conversation with the Author of Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia’s Geechee Coast
Lift Every Voice: Black voters in Georgia Act in the Face of Opposition
Bodies as the Battleground: Reproductive Justice in Georgia
The results of the upcoming election season may impact the legal restrictions placed upon the clinic and abortion funds like ARC. Rice-Henry works to ensure that in electoral politics, the conversation “is around reproductive justice and reproductive care … it’s so much bigger and broader than abortion.”
Summer of Resistance: Paving a United Path Forward for Georgia
For decades, Black activists, specifically in Atlanta, have led the charge for change, and each generation has passed the torch to the next.
A Brief Break Down: Redistricting- Why your vote matters!
Redistricting, redistricting, redistricting. We’ve all heard about it. We’ve seen the topic thrown around in the media and the internet, but why is it important? What does it mean, and why should you care? Today we will break down redistricting so that you have an…
Savannah Homelessness: A Moral Issue
Savannah’s homelessness issue has become so prevalent that the mayor noticed it and felt the need to comment on the severity of the situation. Mayor Van Johnson said, “There has been a proliferation of homeless people, roofless neighbors in our community, in our…
Medicaid Unwinding: A time for expansion?
This article first appeared in Political Peach News Medicaid, the federal health insurance program for low-income adults and children, is designed to keep citizens healthy and provide necessary medical care. It also provides critical funding for hospitals and other…
School Vouchers: A bad idea for Georgia schools
The premise of school vouchers is for the state to give tax money to students to use in private schools. The scheme has been around for many years, and like a bad penny, it just seems to keep turning up. The current iteration is SB 233. This bill would give a $6,000..
Two ways to protect the Okefenokee
This article first appeared in Political Peach News My family’s budget is a plan to match our expenses with our income. The money going out can be divided into two buckets: what we must spend on essential necessities like food, shelter, and clothing, and discretionary…
Cop City: How did we get here?
This article first appeared in Political Peach News The growing tensions around the planned Atlanta police training facility have sadly escalated resulting in the death of a protestor, the wounding of a state patrolman, and property damage in downtown Atlanta. This…
Scorecard developed for Georgia’s electric membership cooperatives
Georgians get their electricity in one of three ways. Most receive electricity from the investor-owned utility, Georgia Power which is regulated by the Public Service Commission. Others are served by a utility that is owned and operated by a municipality, for example,…
Georgia Public Service Commissioners put profits over people
This article first appeared in Political Peach News Almost half a century ago, when I was a local news reporter for the Great Speckled Bird, we frequently wrote scathing news articles about Georgia Power and the Public Service Commission (PSC). Sadly, the story…
Black (Voting) Power in Georgia: Plaintiff Brionté McCorkle discusses Victory in Rose v. Raffensperger case
Following the cascade of Supreme Court decisions, stripping away federally protected rights from bodily autonomy to proving one’s innocence, a group of Black voters from Georgia took a Voting Rights Act case all the way to SCOTUS and won. “I was stunned,” Brionté…
Smoke and Mirrors: Corporate and Environmental Policy in Augusta Contribute to Hazardous Air Pollution
Southern Environmental Law Center and South Augusta Residents Rally for Transparency in Solvay/SYENSQO Expansion Plan
Trans Folks in Georgia Fight Against Hate and Anti-Trans Legislation
Albany Resident Diane Brown Takes Housing Advocacy to HUD Offices
Stop Cop City Movement Advocates for Victims of Police Violence a Year on after Referendum Campaign
GE Tower Residents Accuse Apartments of Mismanagement and Neglect
Party For Socialism and Liberation Fight for Ballot Access in Georgia
Neesha Powell-Ingabire: An Open Conversation with the Author of Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia’s Geechee Coast
Lift Every Voice: Black voters in Georgia Act in the Face of Opposition
Bodies as the Battleground: Reproductive Justice in Georgia
The results of the upcoming election season may impact the legal restrictions placed upon the clinic and abortion funds like ARC. Rice-Henry works to ensure that in electoral politics, the conversation “is around reproductive justice and reproductive care … it’s so much bigger and broader than abortion.”
Summer of Resistance: Paving a United Path Forward for Georgia
For decades, Black activists, specifically in Atlanta, have led the charge for change, and each generation has passed the torch to the next.
A Brief Break Down: Redistricting- Why your vote matters!
Redistricting, redistricting, redistricting. We’ve all heard about it. We’ve seen the topic thrown around in the media and the internet, but why is it important? What does it mean, and why should you care? Today we will break down redistricting so that you have an…
Savannah Homelessness: A Moral Issue
Savannah’s homelessness issue has become so prevalent that the mayor noticed it and felt the need to comment on the severity of the situation. Mayor Van Johnson said, “There has been a proliferation of homeless people, roofless neighbors in our community, in our…
Medicaid Unwinding: A time for expansion?
This article first appeared in Political Peach News Medicaid, the federal health insurance program for low-income adults and children, is designed to keep citizens healthy and provide necessary medical care. It also provides critical funding for hospitals and other…
School Vouchers: A bad idea for Georgia schools
The premise of school vouchers is for the state to give tax money to students to use in private schools. The scheme has been around for many years, and like a bad penny, it just seems to keep turning up. The current iteration is SB 233. This bill would give a $6,000..
Two ways to protect the Okefenokee
This article first appeared in Political Peach News My family’s budget is a plan to match our expenses with our income. The money going out can be divided into two buckets: what we must spend on essential necessities like food, shelter, and clothing, and discretionary…
Cop City: How did we get here?
This article first appeared in Political Peach News The growing tensions around the planned Atlanta police training facility have sadly escalated resulting in the death of a protestor, the wounding of a state patrolman, and property damage in downtown Atlanta. This…
Scorecard developed for Georgia’s electric membership cooperatives
Georgians get their electricity in one of three ways. Most receive electricity from the investor-owned utility, Georgia Power which is regulated by the Public Service Commission. Others are served by a utility that is owned and operated by a municipality, for example,…
Georgia Public Service Commissioners put profits over people
This article first appeared in Political Peach News Almost half a century ago, when I was a local news reporter for the Great Speckled Bird, we frequently wrote scathing news articles about Georgia Power and the Public Service Commission (PSC). Sadly, the story…
Black (Voting) Power in Georgia: Plaintiff Brionté McCorkle discusses Victory in Rose v. Raffensperger case
Following the cascade of Supreme Court decisions, stripping away federally protected rights from bodily autonomy to proving one’s innocence, a group of Black voters from Georgia took a Voting Rights Act case all the way to SCOTUS and won. “I was stunned,” Brionté…
Smoke and Mirrors: Corporate and Environmental Policy in Augusta Contribute to Hazardous Air Pollution
Southern Environmental Law Center and South Augusta Residents Rally for Transparency in Solvay/SYENSQO Expansion Plan
Trans Folks in Georgia Fight Against Hate and Anti-Trans Legislation
Albany Resident Diane Brown Takes Housing Advocacy to HUD Offices
Stop Cop City Movement Advocates for Victims of Police Violence a Year on after Referendum Campaign
GE Tower Residents Accuse Apartments of Mismanagement and Neglect
Party For Socialism and Liberation Fight for Ballot Access in Georgia
Neesha Powell-Ingabire: An Open Conversation with the Author of Come By Here: A Memoir in Essays from Georgia’s Geechee Coast
Lift Every Voice: Black voters in Georgia Act in the Face of Opposition
Bodies as the Battleground: Reproductive Justice in Georgia
The results of the upcoming election season may impact the legal restrictions placed upon the clinic and abortion funds like ARC. Rice-Henry works to ensure that in electoral politics, the conversation “is around reproductive justice and reproductive care … it’s so much bigger and broader than abortion.”
Summer of Resistance: Paving a United Path Forward for Georgia
For decades, Black activists, specifically in Atlanta, have led the charge for change, and each generation has passed the torch to the next.
A Brief Break Down: Redistricting- Why your vote matters!
Redistricting, redistricting, redistricting. We’ve all heard about it. We’ve seen the topic thrown around in the media and the internet, but why is it important? What does it mean, and why should you care? Today we will break down redistricting so that you have an…
Savannah Homelessness: A Moral Issue
Savannah’s homelessness issue has become so prevalent that the mayor noticed it and felt the need to comment on the severity of the situation. Mayor Van Johnson said, “There has been a proliferation of homeless people, roofless neighbors in our community, in our…
Medicaid Unwinding: A time for expansion?
This article first appeared in Political Peach News Medicaid, the federal health insurance program for low-income adults and children, is designed to keep citizens healthy and provide necessary medical care. It also provides critical funding for hospitals and other…
School Vouchers: A bad idea for Georgia schools
The premise of school vouchers is for the state to give tax money to students to use in private schools. The scheme has been around for many years, and like a bad penny, it just seems to keep turning up. The current iteration is SB 233. This bill would give a $6,000..
Two ways to protect the Okefenokee
This article first appeared in Political Peach News My family’s budget is a plan to match our expenses with our income. The money going out can be divided into two buckets: what we must spend on essential necessities like food, shelter, and clothing, and discretionary…
Cop City: How did we get here?
This article first appeared in Political Peach News The growing tensions around the planned Atlanta police training facility have sadly escalated resulting in the death of a protestor, the wounding of a state patrolman, and property damage in downtown Atlanta. This…
Scorecard developed for Georgia’s electric membership cooperatives
Georgians get their electricity in one of three ways. Most receive electricity from the investor-owned utility, Georgia Power which is regulated by the Public Service Commission. Others are served by a utility that is owned and operated by a municipality, for example,…
Georgia Public Service Commissioners put profits over people
This article first appeared in Political Peach News Almost half a century ago, when I was a local news reporter for the Great Speckled Bird, we frequently wrote scathing news articles about Georgia Power and the Public Service Commission (PSC). Sadly, the story…
Black (Voting) Power in Georgia: Plaintiff Brionté McCorkle discusses Victory in Rose v. Raffensperger case
Following the cascade of Supreme Court decisions, stripping away federally protected rights from bodily autonomy to proving one’s innocence, a group of Black voters from Georgia took a Voting Rights Act case all the way to SCOTUS and won. “I was stunned,” Brionté…