In this report, Sylvia and Aja unpack the results and events leading up to Election Day, what it means for abolitionist movement building in the city, and what’s ahead for community building in Atlanta. Plus, Aja shares data from New Georgia Project…
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File under: local politics, abolition, mutual aid, ATL municipals 2021, voter suppression, New Georgia Project [ IMPORTANT CORRECTION before you listen: Liliana Bakhtiari did not clear the win in the district 5 race, and is actually heading to a runoff
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This week’s episode of Mainline News Hour aired on WRFG features our host Sylvia Johnson in an interview with Organizing and Elections Director Fallon McClure of the Georgia Working Families Party. Just a few days out from the elections, Sylvia and…
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This week, founding editor Aja Arnold returns with an audio version of a previously published feature “How the Atlanta Police Department spends its money,” written by Christopher Luke and published in The Mainline in July 2020. While noise around the…
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Following city council\’s vote to authorize a lease agreement of 381 acres of forest to Atlanta Police Foundation, demonstrators demand corporate sponsors divest from APF, the foundation be dissolved, and the Cop City lease agreement cancelled This article was originally
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This week we’re back with a rebroadcast of an audio report by Mainline contributor Nolan Huber-Rhodes about the Atlanta police murder of Sam Parker. Sylvia and Nolan catch up at the end of the episode to discuss the case with updated context.
On…
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As Atlanta nears its municipal elections, Aja takes us back to an important story that has remained a source of much confusion among constituents and journalists alike: what happened to the Rayshard Brooks Bill.
While national outlets have cited this…
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We’re back this week with part two of our in-depth discussion of critical race theory featuring Sylvia, Aja, Nolan, and King. The original broadcast is available along with other lines of coverage via our Patreon, which is linked in our bio.
In this…
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