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4 Key Takeaways from Democrats sweep of the Georgia Runoffs. In keeping with the 2020 Presidential election, the Georgia Senate runoff elections were a nail-biter with just the narrowest of Democratic wins coming through. Democrat Raphael Warnock, a pastor who spent the past 15 years leading the Atlanta church where…
All eyes on today’s Georgia Senate runoff elections which could determine success of Biden’s presidency. It’s run-off election day in Georgia. The eyes of the nation, and every politician in Washington, will be focused on the state today as two hotly contested elections will ultimately determine which party controls the…
Georgia officials reduce early voting availability ahead of monumental state runoff elections. With the balance of the U.S. Senate — and much of what President-elect Joe Biden might be able to accomplish during his first two years in office — hanging on the results of the two Georgia runoff elections…
The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus is pushing for a hate crime bill in the state after a white female teenager was arrested last week for planning to kill Black churchgoers with knives and other sharp objects. The caucus, made up of 65 state representatives and Senate members, released a statement…
A white female teenager has been arrested in Gainesville, Ga., after her high school peers told administrators on Friday about her notebook filled with plans to kill Black churchgoers at the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, according to police. The 16-year-old girl was charged with criminal attempt to commit murder…
A victory for pro-choice advocates was handed down by District Judge Myron Thompson on Tuesday when he blocked the near-total abortion ban from going into effect next month in Alabama. The Human Life Protection Act (HLPA) was set to take effect on Nov. 15 and now a challenge to the…
Former DeKalb County Sheriff’s Deputy Antonio Perryman was terminated from his job three days before he was to retire from an illustrious 20-year career with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia. According to WSB-TV News, Perryman wanted to end his career on a fun note and decided to don…
Then-Georgia Officer Zechariah Presley shot Tony Green, 33, in coastal Camden County near the Georgia-Florida state line on the night of June 20, 2018. Presley was following Green’s car because he thought that he was driving on a suspended license — it’s not clear why he thought that — when…
In Cobb County, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, parents and teachers are demanding the majority white school board take racism in the district seriously. The school board has said that it takes it “seriously” but a grassroots movement there wants more. In March 2017, a white student at North Cobb…
In Cobb County, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, an unnamed substitute teacher was fired after Black children took photos of a note, she allegedly wrote describing Black children as devils and white children as angels. The students showed the note to their parents, who tipped off CBS Atlanta affiliate WGCL-TV….
