What happens to Trump’s Georgia RICO prosecution if Judge McAfee loses the election?
Incumbent Georgia judges are rarely challenged in elections and usually retain their seats on the bench. But what happens to…
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In Her Hands: Can Georgia’s first guaranteed income program give Black women a lasting economic boost?
The Georgia Resilience and Opportunity (GRO) Fund is expanding its flagship guaranteed income program, In Her Hands, into additional Atlanta communities this year. The aim is to provide women of color juggling the demands of employment, housing, and raising children with a baseline minimum income, so they can climb the economic ladder to greater stability.…
Georgia labor groups push back on bill barring companies from voluntarily recognizing unions
A woman from a Georgia communications workers union stood up and told a room full of workers from across the state on Feb. 22 that she had just gone to the state Capitol for the first time, motivated by her opposition to a bill that labor organizers say would make it harder for employees to…
Could a novel “baby bond” pilot program help to close Atlanta’s racial wealth gap?
While Atlanta is often billed as a mecca for Black entrepreneurship, new findings from the Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative reveal that white Atlanta families have a staggering 46 times more total wealth than Black ones. (The racial wealth divide nationally is not as large, but white households still have six times as much wealth as…
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