She had no symptoms prior to getting her test result Gerren Keith Gaynorwww.thegrio.comKeisha Lance Bottoms has tested positive for COVID-19, the Atlanta mayor announced Monday on Twitter.“COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive,” Bottoms tweeted.Bottoms, who is in the running to be Democratic presidential presumptive nominee Joe Biden‘s running mate, […]Read More
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Responds to Weekend Shootings Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms delivered an impassioned response Sunday to holiday weekend violence in Atlanta that killed three people, including an 8-year-old girl, and injured more than 20 in multiple incidents. Here is the text of Bottoms’ statement at a news conference: “We’ve talked a lot […]Read More
By Nicole Chavez, Atlanta, CNNMore than two minutes passed before two Atlanta police officers rendered first aid to Rayshard Brooks after he was shot. Now, they are facing more than a dozen charges combined for their actions.Brooks had fallen asleep in his car in a Wendy’s drive-thru lane in Atlanta last week when police were called. After he […]Read More
Across the land and across the world multitudes are expressing outrage over the killing of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the latest among countless victims to be killed at the hands of U.S. police. They are shouting an ultimatum that unchecked racism yields despicable injustice that can no longer be ignored, placated, justified or excused. […]Read More
The Brooklyn Complete Count Committee members are saddened and angered by the loss of George Floyd and the countless other black men, women and children killed at the hands of people with racist motivations. We condemn the police behavior in Minneapolis. We condemn the subsequent violence and systemic racist behavior happening in our communities by […]Read More
View From HereBy David Mark GreavesIt was the video recording of the casual way Derrick Chauvin murdered George Floyd — hand in pocket, dark glasses on his head, holding a conversation while Floyd lay on the ground begging to breathe with Chauvin’s knee on his neck, that made this death so painful and shocking.We already […]Read More
Voting should be as easy and convenient as possible, and in many cases it is. But across the U.S., too many politicians are passing measures making it harder to cast a ballot. The goal is to manipulate political outcomes, and the result is a severely compromised democracy that doesn’t reflect the will of the people. […]Read More
The Rev. Michael-Ray Mathews Deputy Director & Director of Clergy Organizing, Faith in Action responded to the president’s order to re-open churches despite still being in the COVID-19 pandemic. Mathews, an African American faith leader, is especially concerned about churches in hotbed communities reopening. He noted Jeremiah 23:1 “Woe to the shepherds who are destroying […]Read More
