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Georgia High School Students Set to Hold First Integrated Prom
by Jorge Rivas on April 26 2013, 3:00PM
A group of Georgia high school students are making history by challenging the segregation of their high school prom.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Georgia Marks First Conviction for Federal Hate Crime Targeting a Gay Person
by Brentin Mock on April 19 2013, 3:20PM
Two African-American men from Atlanta plead guilty today to attacking a man outside of a store because he is gay.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, /NOW Blog
Man Who Killed Latino For Pulling in to Wrong Drive Way Out on Bail
by Jorge Rivas on January 31 2013, 11:29AM
Phillip Walker Sailors, the man who shot and killed 22-year-old Rodrigo Diaz for pulling in to his driveway is out on bail.
Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog
Georgia Man Kills Latino After GPS Sends Him to Wrong Driveway
by Jorge Rivas on January 30 2013, 10:10AM
Phillip Walker Sailors, 69, has been charged with malice murder in the killing of Rodrigo Abad Diaz, a 22-year-old Cuban immigrant who mistakenly pulled into his driveway due to faulty GPS directions.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Judge Clears Way for Georgia’s ‘Show Me Your Papers’ Provision
by Jorge Rivas on December 11 2012, 4:30PM
A Judge has cleared the way for the show me your papers provision to take effect in Georgia.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Georgia State Supreme Court Grants Stay in Warren Hill Case
by Jorge Rivas on July 24 2012, 1:56PM
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday stayed the execution of a man with an intellectual disability, but not for the reason his case attracted national attention.
Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog
Georgia Set to Execute First Inmate Since Troy Davis, and He’s Disabled
by Jorge Rivas on July 23 2012, 2:25PM
The case is making international headlines because Hill has an undisputed intellectual disability.
Topics: Criminal Justice, /NOW Blog
Georgia’s Political Cudgel Against the Poor: Drug Testing
by Seth Freed Wessler on July 10 2012, 9:49AM
Georgia followed Florida’s example in forcing safety-net recipients to get drug tests, despite the fact that neither law is likely to stand up in court. Why? Because actual policymaking was never the point.
Topics: Drug Tests, Economy, Politics
Georgia Governor Signs Welfare Drug Testing Bill Into Law
by Seth Freed Wessler on April 18 2012, 9:43AM
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal approved a bill on Monday evening that will soon require all applicants to the state cash assistance program to pass a drug test.
Topics: Jobs Crisis, /NOW Blog
Georgia’s Statewide Undocumented Students College Ban Fails
by Julianne Hing on March 30 2012, 3:18PM
The bill, which also included HB 56-like provisions that would have blocked immigrants’ access to basic utilities, died.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog, SB 1070 Copycats
The Coming Battle Down South: Latino Voters vs. Anti-Immigrant Lawmakers
by Julianne Hing on March 7 2012, 9:47AM
Latino and Asian immigrants are the fastest-growing segments of the South, but their voting power still lags.
Topics: Politics
Georgia Senate Bans Undocumented Students from Public Colleges
by Jorge Rivas on March 6 2012, 3:15PM
On Monday the Georgia Senate passed a bill that would ban undocumented students from Georgia’s 60 public colleges.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Bulldogs Lose Recruit as Georgia Demands He Prove Immigration Status
by Jorge Rivas on January 26 2012, 3:13PM
Georgia is the second state, after South Carolina, to enact a ban on undocumented students at public colleges.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
‘The View’ on Slave Homework: ‘They Knew What They Were Doing’
by Jorge Rivas on January 10 2012, 12:25PM
Sherri Shepherd calls it what it is, racism.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Atlanta School Sends 8-Year Olds With Math Homework About Beating Slaves
by Jorge Rivas on January 10 2012, 8:03AM
Nine third-grade math teachers in Gwinnett County, Georgia sent a class of mostly black and Latino students home with questions about beating slaves and picking fruit.
Topics: /NOW Blog, Schools & Youth
Antone De’Jaun Correia Writes Obituary For His Uncle, Troy Davis
by Jorge Rivas on December 12 2011, 10:34AM
On the heels of mounting losses in his family, the brave 17-year-old publishes an obituary remembering his uncle for the wisdom and love he showed others while in prison.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Troy Davis
A History of Georgia’s 1%: Why You Must Face Race to Occupy Atlanta
by Kung Li on October 13 2011, 10:12AM
When Occupiers decided civil rights icon John Lewis was no exception to their process of ordering speakers, critics said it revealed the movement’s blind spots on race. Kung Li explains how race defines the very space protestors occupy.
Breaking: Georgia Parole Board Denies Clemency for Troy Davis
by Jorge Rivas on September 20 2011, 9:19AM
The board decided Tuesday morning to deny Davis clemency, despite increasing doubt in his case.
Topics: Troy Davis
Supporters Rally to Save Troy Davis Days Before Scheduled Execution
by Jorge Rivas on September 16 2011, 1:10PM
Time is running out for Troy Davis, the death row inmate who many believe is innocent. Here’s a list of rallies happening across the country to save his life.
Topics: Troy Davis
Georgia Plans to Kill Troy Davis Next Week. Can It Still Be Stopped?
by Jen Marlowe on September 14 2011, 9:30AM
The answer remains unclear. But the state clemency board is being bombarded with letters requesting it pay attention to deeply troubling evidence suggesting Davis’s innocence.
Topics: Criminal Justice, Troy Davis
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