Tag: Georgia
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We Need To Talk
2020 candidates are beginning to wander Georgia in search of coins, volunteers and votes. Some are absolutely not worth your time, talent or treasure. Let’s talk about one possible US Senate contender. In 2012 she had just a 29% chance of voting for the incumbent President, Barack Obama, which isn’t surprising since she donated a total of…
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What’s Next?
For those of us who’ve been observers and erstwhile participants in the Georgia Progressive Community we still have work to do. For me, I’ll attempt to reclaim a tiny piece of the vast “inter webs” by blogging here, encouraging local organizing and highlighting groups doing meaningful work. Many members of the original BfD community have found…
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Honor Our Veterans with a Stable Economic Future
by Sandra Givens Scott, a state representative in Georgia and a member of the Women Legislators’ Lobby, a program of Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND). As a veteran, I have some particular worries about how our nation is meeting the needs of our men and women in uniform and their families. The political brinkmanship Congress…
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RIP Piccolo
When we think about the Civil Rights heroes of the 1960s most of us think about MLK, Rosa Parks, The Little Rock Nine and countless others. They are often said to have been “on the front lines” of the Movement. Yesterday, we lost a man who never left that front line. John Pierce simply known…
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Ladies’ Night
Last night, when Elena Parent defeated Rep. Jill Chambers, she became the only Democrat in Georgia, and one of only ten in the entire nation, to take a seat in the state legislature from an incumbent Republican. Those aren’t the only waves Georgia women made last night. When the Georgia General Assembly convenes in January,…