Atlanta mayor defends pro-gay marriage stance
theGRIO REPORT - Yesterday Atlanta Mayor and President Obama supporter Kasim Reed came out with his support on same-sex marriage...
Atlanta mayor reveals support for gay marriage
theGRIO REPORT - Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has just announced his support of gay marriage, reversing the position he held during his 2010 mayoral campaign...
Atlanta mayor comes under fire for Bain comments
ATLANTA - Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is catching some heat for comments he made on NBC's 'Meet the Press' Sunday...
Atlanta mayor under fire for busting Occupiers
theGRIO REPORT - Mayor Reed now says the city had no choice but to close the park down because a protester was seen with an AK-47...
Atlanta police arrest Wall Street protesters
ATLANTA (AP) - With helicopters hovering overhead, police moved into a downtown Atlanta park and arrested around 50 Occupy Wall Street protesters who had been encamped there for about two weeks early Wednesday...
Occupy Atlanta: Rainbow PUSH leader calls for ouster of Mayor Reed
Joe Beasley, the southern regional director of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, on Tuesday called on Atlantans to oust Mayor Kasim Reed from office because of what he calls the mayor's overreaction in his standoff with protesters occupying Woodruff Park...
Obama jobs plan heartens frustrated African-Americans
ATLANTA (AP) - President Barack Obama's jobs pitch is already playing well with blacks, who had grown plenty irked with him over what they perceived as his indifference to their needs...
Atlanta mayor juggles national profile, local aims
ATLANTA (AP) - For his first 18 months, Reed has juggled the city's day-to-day business with frequent travel outside of Georgia to promote the country's ninth-largest metropolitan area...
Efforts to revive 'Freaknik' squashed in Atlanta
Candace Byrd, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed's chief of staff, has rejected an attempt for an event with a similar name that would revive the notorious party to take place this weekend...
TheGrio's 100: Kasim Reed, Atlanta mayor keeping his city in the black
TheGrio's 100 - Reed has more than sextupled Atlanta's reserves to $58 million, largely through pension reform, all while maintaining a 70 percent approval rating...
