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2 天之前 · The homeless count conducted in 2023 revealed a 33% year-over-year rise in the number of unhoused people living in the Atlanta metro area. Last year, their ranks grew by 7% to nearly 2,900, enough to make Atlanta’s homeless population the 25th largest in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report.. Black people, who constitute about 47% of the city’s population, made up roughly 86% ...

Chauncey Alcorn is the state and local politics reporter at Capital B Atlanta. He previously worked as a staff writer at CNN Business, the Daily Mail, and Mic. He has also written for theGrio, Fortune.com, Vice News, Salon, and the New York Daily News, among other major publications.

2024年9月5日 · The presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump has been dominating headlines, but there’s another important political matchup on the ballot in November that will directly impact everyone living in Atlanta.. Five contenders are vying to be the newest face on Atlanta City Council this fall. Black Futurists Group founder Devin Barrington Ward, civil ...

2025年1月24日 · Advancing civil rights for all marginalized groups has been a core tenant of the Democratic Party for decades, but continuing to advocate for transgender rights has been a controversial issue for Black Georgia Democrats still stinging from former Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss to Trump during last year’s presidential election.

2024年11月8日 · The dread many Black people in Atlanta feel about Donald Trump’s triumph in the 2024 presidential election isn’t misplaced: He organized his reelection campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris around revenge — around how he and his allies can inflict the greatest amount of suffering on vulnerable groups and on those he considers enemies.

2024年12月3日 · Atlanta has a new City Council member, and her name is Eshé Collins. The 44-year-old civil rights attorney and veteran Atlanta Board of Education member is projected to defeat business owner Nicole Evans Jones in their post 3 at-large runoff race on Tuesday.

2025年1月10日 · Republicans lawmakers, who have maintained majority control of the state House and the state Senate for two decades, ultimately determine which bills advance and get signed into law by GOP Gov. Brian Kemp.But Democrats, whose base of constituents is disproportionately Black, tend to represent the interests of most Black voters in the state.

2025年1月16日 · The initiative was widely deemed a success, helping to bring Fulton County Jail’s population from 2,618 people in December 2021 to 1,642 in the second week of December 2024 — more than 500 people below capacity — according to Fulton County data.