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My conversation today was heard by hundreds or thousands on Georgia NOW & Progressive Voices, but truly, it was meant for an audience of one - former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who's now the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Georgia. MARTA's a PR disaster. A ⁠ghoulish, murderous stabbing of a grandmother.⁠ ⁠New trains (again) delayed⁠ prior to the FIFA World Cup. "More MARTA" ⁠underwhelming the voters⁠ that supported […]

It's now abundantly clear that not only are the Georgia Republican Party's two Senate options of poor candidate quality with mid-20th century 'Jim Crow' vision, they're corrupt. Even worse for the Georgia GOP, they're golden boy - governor Brian Kemp - has been pulled into the woodchipper and exposed as well. With good local journalism disappearing - even in major hubs like Atlanta - it's important to pay attention to […]

Last Thursday, ⁠WXIA-TV's Doug Richards reported⁠ on findings that showed a bit of a taxpayer cash corruption loop showing itself between Governor Brian Kemp and the Dooley family, where Brine influenced upwards of $27 million in school safety contracts, taking donations from Daniel Dooley and funneling it back to Daniel's brother Derek Dooley's Senate campaign. Meanwhile, Mike Collins had to cut ties (finally!) with Congressional staffer and campaign manager Brandon […]

Atlanta-based journalist George Chidi (⁠The Atlanta Objective⁠, ⁠The Guardian⁠) penned ⁠a thorough Substack piece⁠ taking a deep dive into the 2026 Georgia Democratic primary - going way down the ballot to give voters as much information as needed. Plus, hear how he's intrinsically tied to the death of Secoriea Turner and how that still affects him to this day, and what that wrongful death case could mean to the Keisha […]

The Atlanta Voice - ⁠celebrating sixty years in publication⁠ - is guided by ⁠editor-in-chief Donnell Suggs⁠, who's made himself available for this show on many occasions, and the Monday before the Georgia primary, it was great to catch up and get a sense where his readership and metro Atlanta's Black voting bloc is leaning on a handful of races. He recently ⁠sat down with former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms⁠, […]

Gerald Griggs, ⁠Atlanta-based attorney⁠, advocate and activist - and former NAACP Georgia chapter President, joined me Friday morning to weigh in on the landscape in a post-'Callais' U.S. and Georgia. He and I discussed the near-immediate aftermath of fever-pitch GOP redistricting to dilute Black voter power in Congress and even at the state level. Georgia's governor, Brian Kemp, this week announced he, too, is reconvening the state legislature to further […]