Pridemore is one of three Republicans on the five-member Public Service Commission.

Bond has applied grassroots labor organizing to municipal politics.

Democratic Socialist Kelsea Bond scored an outright victory in crowded District 2 city council race, as five council and school board races head to runoffs

The measures will divert property tax revenue away from local public school systems.

Atlanta food pantries are scrambling to fill widening gaps in the social safety net as the federal government shutdown stretches into its fifth week. Food insecurity is rapidly spreading for Atlanta families since the federal government failed to make SNAP payments to roughly 42 million Americans on Nov. 1. The unexpected halt of SNAP benefits, which support about 260,000 people…

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Unionized Starbucks stores in Atlanta are gearing up to join a national strike over stalled contract negotiations, unless Starbucks makes a serious offer, says a local Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) organizer. 

The two candidates for Atlanta City Council president, Rohit Malhotra and Marci Collier Overstreet, offered competing approaches to governing in the face of uncertainty over federal funding at a Tuesday forum hosted by LGBTQ rights groups Georgia Equality and the Human Rights Campaign Georgia.

Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara’s last ditch appeal to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to block his deportation was denied on Wednesday. 

Backers say it’s a start; skeptics doubt it will deliver meaningful reform.

Khanna endorsed Rohit Malhotra for Atlanta City Council President

“Science is under attack,” from the Trump administration, warned state Sen. Josh McLaurin.

Negotiations resume Tuesday. Meanwhile, the 33 workers at Republic Services’ Cumming facility will keep picketing. 

Imprisoned Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara’s children demanded his release from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol on Tuesday. 

All pled not guilty to charges from their April 2024 arrests at pro-Palestine encampment

“Let's take this country back for working families!” local Teamsters leader Chuck Stiles exhorted the energetic crowd

Protesters decried ICE’s ‘secret police’ tactics

Brandon Beach vacated the seat, covering Cherokee and North Fulton, after Trump tapped him as US Treasury secretary.

Anger at the Trump administration, the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” and Israel’s war in Gaza dominated a two-hour town hall that US Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Atlanta) and Atlanta City Councilmember Andrea Boone co-hosted on Thursday night.

Anger at the Trump administration, the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” and Israel’s war in Gaza dominated a two-hour town hall that US Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Atlanta) and Atlanta City Councilmember Andrea ...

Guevara is unique in the US history of imprisoning news reporters

Did police have probable cause or was Mario Guevara’s arrest prior restraint?

Residents, press advocates demand release of Salvadoran reporter Mario Guevara

Guevara still faces charges in Gwinnett and remains in ICE custody

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DeKalb commissioner calls for his release, but county CEO stays silent

The arrest came in his latest visit to the courthouse to speak with migrants there.

Do two rapidly organized Atlanta rallies this week portend big summer demonstrations?

With just two days left of early voting before the Public Service Commission primary election on June 17 for Districts 2 and 3, the latest round of  campaign finance disclosures is mostly in.

At ‘No Kings’ demonstrations, thousands rallied without incident downtown. But at an anti-ICE protest in northeast Atlanta, police responded with force.

Mario Guevara, a Spanish-language journalist, arrested while covering an anti-ICE protest faces an ICE detainer.

Since the Districts 2 and 3 PSC special elections are being held in a non-election year, different financial disclosure deadlines apply. The most recent disclosures, filed by the two incumbents and two challengers, are from Jan. 31.

“From the very beginning, this looked too much like a slush fund, and not enough like a housing trust fund.”

Early voting is underway for the PSC districts 2 and 3 primary election

Cities like Boston and Chicago are rethinking how residents shape public spending. Could Atlanta follow suit?