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Rep. Park Cannon thegrio.com
March 26, 2021
Georgia state Rep. Park Cannon stated that she is not the first Georgian to be arrested over voting rights and…
March 26, 2021
A Georgia man said his former employer owed him a pretty penny, $915 to be exact, after leaving his job…
March 26, 2021
Church leaders called for a statewide boycott of Georgia-based Coca-Cola Enterprises until the company opposes the new voting measures.
March 26, 2021
Martin Luther King III criticized Georgia’s new restrictive voting laws which were signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp yesterday.
March 26, 2021
Raphael Warnock visited Rep. Park Cannon at Fulton County Jail after she was detained by police for knocking on Brian…
theGRIO.com
March 25, 2021
Georgia Rep. Park Cannon was detained by police Thursday for knocking on Gov. Kemp’s door and demanding to see him…
Bishop Reginald Jackson speaks through a bullhorn
March 25, 2021
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections that includes new restrictions on voting.
March 22, 2021
HB 531, which passed Georgia's House, doesn't specify whether refreshments can be sold to waiting voters. But giving them food?…
March 21, 2021
If Georgia had required Robert Aaron Long to wait before getting a gun, lawmakers and advocates say, he might not…
March 20, 2021
Georgia's law does not provide for a standalone hate crime, instead allowing an additional penalty when a person is convicted…
theGRIO.com
March 18, 2021
Captain Jay Baker of the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office will no longer serve as the spokesperson in the Atlanta-area spas…
March 18, 2021
A 1-year-old girl at the center of an abduction case in Georgia after her mother’s car was stolen has been…
March 17, 2021
The racist past of Cherokee County Sheriff's Capt. Jay Baker, the official who said the man accused of killing six…
Atlanta shooting thegrio.com
March 16, 2021
A series of shootings over nearly an hour at three Atlanta-area massage parlors left eight people dead, many of whom…
Stacey Abrams thegrio.com
March 14, 2021
Stacey Abrams criticized Republicans' efforts to restrict voting rights in Georgia, calling them "a redux of Jim Crow in a…
March 12, 2021
Stephen Styles' death has been deemed a suicide by authorities, but his close kin thinks there has been a rush…
March 10, 2021
Former President Jimmy Carter declared his opposition Tuesday to a slate of restrictive voting proposals moving through his native Georgia.
Voting Access Bill Sparks Controversy In Georgia
March 9, 2021
Georgia Senate passes the sweeping voter restriction bill following the Democrat election win during the senate runoffs and 2020 election.
Kendrick Johnson thegrio.com
March 9, 2021
The case of Kendrick Johnson has been reopened whose body was discovered at a Georgia high school on January 11,…
March 6, 2021
Republicans in Georgia have created new proposals in a measure to reduce the impact of Black voters by removing Sunday…