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Keyanna Jones
Feb 4, 20233 min read
Atlanta North GA Labor Council, Georgia STAND-UP and New Georgia Project lead Transit Equity March
Originally published on The Revolutionary Report Most people know that Rosa Parks was a Civil Rights leader, most known for her refusal...
Alivia "Liv" Duncan
Jan 25, 20233 min read
Georgia Continues to be on the Front Lines: Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
On January 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision on Roe v. Wade, codifying the right to safe and accessible abortions...
AP - Associated Press
Dec 12, 20225 min read
Effect of Georgia's voting law unclear, despite high turnout
Posted originally in GPB Radio People gather during a get out the vote rally Nov. 27, 2022, in Atlanta, during early voting for the...
Jenny Jarvie
Dec 5, 20227 min read
Vampires, voter access and the turnout dance: Georgia’s Senate runoff remains a question mark
Originally published in the LA Times ATLANTA — Over the last week, LaTosha Brown has been in full-throttle mode, leading grassroots...
Adam Edelman
Dec 4, 20226 min read
HBCU students in Georgia face an extra obstacle in voting
Originally published on NBC News Under Georgia law, public colleges and university students can use their student ID to vote. But those...
Susanna Capelouto
Nov 8, 20221 min read
Groups find ways to hand out free food and water near Georgia polls despite voting law prohibitions
Originally published in the WABE Early Tuesday Cameron Britt stood in the corner of a parking lot across from the Metropolitan Library in...
Eugene Daniels
Oct 23, 20225 min read
Biden told Georgia voters he was up to the task on voting rights. They aren’t all feeling it.
Nine months after the president’s major address in Atlanta, those on the ground appreciate the rhetoric but still yearn for action.
Sudhin Thanawala
Oct 17, 20225 min read
Groups mobilize to help voters confronting new election laws
Originally published in The Associated Press ATLANTA - Rhonda Briggins spent much of Election Day in 2020 at an Atlanta polling place...
Georgia STANDUP
Aug 1, 20222 min read
Reproductive Freedom in a Post-Roe World
Protect the unborn? Georgia doesn’t even care for children after they are born. A restrictive anti-abortion law signed by Governor Kemp...
AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES
Mar 25, 20213 min read
Georgia Republicans enact sweeping bill to restrict voting
Originally published on AL JAZEERA Bill targets surge in absentee voting by Democrats in the state Joe Biden won in the 2020 presidential...
Vanessa Williams
Nov 19, 20207 min read
In Georgia, get-out-the-vote operations that helped Biden win haven’t stopped
Originally published in The Washington Post ATLANTA — For Deborah Scott, executive director of Georgia Stand-Up, it's as if Election Day...
Anagha Srikanth
Nov 6, 20203 min read
Meet five women who helped get out the vote in Georgia with Stacey Abrams
Originally published in The Hill Stacey Abrams lost the 2018 gubernatorial election in Georgia. But the first Black female major party...
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