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Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: James White for District 2

As the first formerly incarcerated person in the U.S. to become a prosecutor, District 2 candidate James White III says safer, well-maintained streets should be a priority—not through arrests, but via compassion, prevention and opportunity.

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Entry sign for the Atlanta City Detention Center, home to Atlanta and Fulton County's Center for Diversion Services.
Fate of Fulton’s Atlanta City Detention Center lease withdrawal further delayed in committee

Several public commenters joined Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat in addressing the committee on whether to extend the Atlanta City Detention Center lease or seek alternatives.

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GA Working Families Party endorses six Atlanta candidates as “progressive champions”

As Atlanta elections hit the official candidate qualifying period, the Georgia chapter of Working Families Party endorsed 16 area municipal candidates Thursday night.

Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Alex Bevel Jones for District 2

From congressional intern to Virginia-Highland Civic Association president, small-business entrepreneur to Georgia government employee, Alex Bevel Jones has an array of work and life experiences that inform his run for the District 2 council seat.

Courtney Smith, District 2 candidate for Atlanta City Council
Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Courtney Smith for District 2

With experience as chair of NPU-E and Midtown Neighbors’ Association president, Courtney Smith believes she has solutions for interconnected issues facing District 2 and all of Atlanta, none greater than affordable housing.

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Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Kelsea Bond for District 2

Local organizer Kelsea Bond sees Atlanta at a crossroads, with District 2 as a microcosm of the city’s affordable housing, mass transit and public infrastructure needs.

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Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Rohit Malhotra for city council president
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Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Marci Collier Overstreet for city council president

District 11 Council Member Marci Collier Overstreet stresses keeping the same people on the Council as crucial to Atlanta’s advancement.

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Explainer: Holding the Georgia Public Service Commission accountable with the People’s Power Union

The People's Power Union, an organizing initiative by Georgia Conservation Voters, seeks to ensure the Public Service Commission works for all Georgians.

Students at Emory University set up a Gaza solidarity encampment on April 25, 2024.
One year after the Gaza solidarity encampment at Emory, Atlantans recount law enforcement brutality

One year after Emory University students launched a pro-Palestine encampment protesting the Gaza genocide and "Cop City," activists demand justice for the 28 arrested and call for institutional accountability.

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