Several states have been deliberating for months over the passage of a mandate that would require welfare recipients to pass a drug test to receive benefits. Although the controversial measure would no doubt impact a number of African Americans, Georgia’s Gov. Nathan Deal (pictured) signed the proposal and raised another debate over the fairness of […]
After contentious debate, the Georgia House of Representatives has passed House Bill 954, which would require that abortions done after 20 weeks gestation be performed in a way that the fetus could potentially be removed alive, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. SEE ALSO: Rev. Al Sharpton To Appear In April Issue of Vanity Fair Quoting […]
A triple shooting in Gwinnett County, Georgia, has left two men dead and one critically injured, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The Gwinnett County Police Homicide Unit is currently on the scene investigating the apparent murders of one White male and one Black male in the unincorporated area of Buford, Georgia. The two men were […]
Republican officials across the country continue their campaign to delegitimize the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama. Yesterday, the Georgia Secretary of State, Republican Brian Kemp, wrote a strongly-worded letter to President Barack Obama’s lawyer, Michael Jablonski, warning him that “if you and your client choose to suspend your participation in the… proceedings, please understand that […]
ATLANTA-Students at Camp Creek Elementary School in Lilburn, Georgia claim that a teacher organized a tag like slave and slave catcher game. While school officials admit that students did play a slavery-based game at recess, they deny that a teacher organized the activity. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: Ericka Lasley told Channel 2 that her 8-year-old […]
MACON, Ga. — Former Georgia state Sen. Robert Brown, who led the chamber’s Democrats from 2005 until this year, has been found dead at his home. Macon Police Department spokeswoman Jami Gaudet says the 61-year-old Brown died of a single gunshot wound to the head. Police said it was an apparent suicide. The 19-year senator […]
CANTON, Ga.— A body found in a trash container is believed to be that of a 7-year-old girl who went missing last week from an apartment complex playground north of Atlanta, authorities said Monday. GBI spokesman John Bankhead said Monday that “everything points to it being” 7-year-old Jorelys Rivera of Canton. Bankhead said officials were […]
At one time, the state of Georgia was known as one of the easiest states for a Black man in which to get lynched. Between 1915 to 1970 a wave of Black Americans left the deep South to find new opportunities in cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit and Chicago. A new story in […]
SNELLVILLE, Ga. — A teenage girl’s teeth were shattered when a large porcelain bowl struck her in the face during a brawl inside a suburban Atlanta nail salon that may have been touched off by a dispute over pricing.
Four Georgia women are suing a nursing company because they say their management wouldn’t send Black nurses to take care of white patients. Also read: Bistro Chez Lucienne: French in the Heart of Harlem Also read: Ex-Cop To Be Sentenced For Cover-up Of Hurricane Katrina Shootings The women claim Accord Services violated their civil rights […]
ATLANTA — An Atlanta television station is reporting that Atlanta police have launched an investigation into the case of a woman who was arrested by mistake and held in jail for nearly two months. WSB-TV reports police are trying to determine the facts involving Teresa Culpepper, who spent 53 days in the Fulton County Jail. […]
A 9-year-old girl’s wheelchair was stolen from a Georgia family’s van last weekend, and the family is asking their community to return it. Aysia Clements requires a wheelchair because of her medical condition, cerebral palsy. Without her custom made wheelchair, Aysia Clements is homebound and unable to attend school. Â Read more at theGrio.com RELATED: […]
