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Angela Saxton, the senior organizer with WFP.

2022 Elections June 6, 2022

Cobb women participate in political training program for Black women and nonbinary people

By Arielle Robinson Two Cobb women were selected to participate in the Working Family Party’s “Bet on Us” training program, which prepares Black women and nonbinary people for involvement in…

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in suit at press conference with microphone toward face

2020 Elections June 3, 2022

Raffensperger testifies before grand jury in Trump 2020 election probe

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]June 3, 2022 Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Thursday testified before a Fulton…

Health Care June 2, 2022

Children can be traumatized by tragedy, even far away

By Melanie Dallas, LPC Let me begin by saying I do not want to dwell on the event that prompted this article. Nor will I make any statements about politics…

The "Star of Life" symbol represents medicine and health care. Three rectangles are arranged in a radial pattern to form a sort of abstract star shape, with a snake coiled around a staff superimposed on the center.

Health Care June 1, 2022

Abortion Opponents Take Political Risks by Dropping Exceptions for Rape, Incest, and the Mother’s Life

Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News June 1, 2022 If it seems as though the anti-abortion movement has gotten more extreme in recent months, that’s because it has. But it’s not…

National May 27, 2022

Why gun control laws don’t pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings

By Monika L. McDermott, Fordham University and David R. Jones, Baruch College, CUNY [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and…

National May 26, 2022

How the NRA evolved from backing a 1934 ban on machine guns to blocking nearly all firearm restrictions today

By Robert Spitzer, State University of New York College at Cortland [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The mass shootings at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket…

Environment May 25, 2022

Why the cost of climate change can’t be boiled down to one right number, despite some economists’ best attempts

By Matthew E. Kahn, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A group of economists has issued a new…

Former Vice President Mike Pence and Gov. Brian Kemp. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

2022 Elections May 24, 2022

Pence and Trump hold competing rallies to boost rival Georgia GOP campaigns

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission]May 24, 2022 Georgians will head to the polls Tuesday for the last day of…

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