Last week, research organization Social Insights Research—a woman of color-led firm working to decolonize research & evaluation to produce data that amplifies marginalized perspectives—released its findings from research conducted to learn how…
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Despite previous claims from Atlanta Police Foundation, documents show Public Safety Training Academy Advisory Council had no community members present, violation of mayor\’s administrative order ATLANTA — Official documents obtained and reviewed by The Mainline show that a Public Safety
This episode is a double feature: the debut of The Mainline News Hour on WRFG 89.3 in Atlanta as well as the People’s story about the growing #StopCopCity movement in the city. In this special report, founding editor Aja Arnold delivers a brief…
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File under: abolishing productivity myth, healing, #StopCopCity, addiction, recovery, decolonization, journalism crisis Part of being a slow news outlet means placing our healing/mental health/wellbeing over the capitalist/white supremacist productivity model, urgency culture, and the 24/7 news cycle. I talk about
ATLANTA — Around 8:15 a.m. on Thurs., Aug. 26, around six Atlanta Police Department squad cars gathered outside of the Central Presbyterian Church located in downtown Atlanta on the corner of Washington Street and Martin Luther King, Jr., Drive. They
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This week, King, Sylvia, and Aja are back to break down the recent news in Atlanta regarding #StopCopCity, the mayoral race — particularly aspiring candidate Brittney Geter, other candidate updates from Sylvia, a pretty deep F-word section, a new…
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Council members passed a motion to table legislation to authorize a ground lease for new police training facility last Monday in an 8-7 vote. The draft for the ground lease is now available for public scrutiny. ATLANTA — Last Monday,
Atlanta City Council tables Cop City legislation, introduces substitute Read More »
This week, Aja talks with Kamau Franklin of Community Movement Builders in Atlanta about the recent city council vote in which council members voted to table Cop City legislation that would have authorized a ground lease of 381 acres of green space to…
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An internal document obtained by The Mainline on Mon., Aug. 16, shows Atlanta Police Foundation\’s response to new amendments introduced by Atlanta City Council on ground lease legislation for Cop City ATLANTA — An internal memo addressed to Atlanta City
This week, King and Sylvia take on census data, face-to-face education, Trae Young, McDonald’s ice cream machines, and a last call for candidates in two uncontested city council races in Sylvia’s new candidate alert. In addition, they invite everyone…
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