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A south Georgia woman had a miscarriage, and to some in law enforcement, that necessitated an arrest. No, that's not a plot line from an episode of "The Handmaid's Tale," that's reality for women in their reproductive years while living in Georgia. With me to discuss the fallout of that miscarriage (of justice by local law enforcement) is Melita Easters of the Georgia WIN List. Of particular note: "the Friendly City" police press release. Disgusting. We also chew on

An Atlanta-based law firm is taking up the plight of more than a dozen college students who've had their student visas revoked by the Trump administration in recent days. Between this and people "disappearing" to el Salvador (admittedly by mistake!) ... with the Oval Office now ignoring a unanimous Supreme Court they largely crafted to be so conservative-leaning, has it sunk in yet that we're already in a "Constitutional crisis," as Tad Stoermer forewarned two months ago

A new 'Morning Consult' poll of Georgia voters - weeks before his tariff antics even took form - shows Georgia voters were already weary of his fomenting economic uncertainty. Georgia Recorder commentary guru Jay Bookman twice (twice!) forewarned of Trump's tariff antics potentially negatively impacting Georgians and now the pundits on yesterday's "The Georgia Gang" find themselves in agreement that the mixed messaging is worrisome. Oh, and today, China banned a small list

In normal election years its hard to get voters engaged in public service commission races. In 2025, Georgians have the rare opportunity to elect two to the five-seat PSC board, and the candidates are adding up. With data centers potentially impacting your utility bills (and why should they?) and rates continuing to climb while Georgia Power rakes in eye-popping profits, these two races could become high profile. An opportunity for utility customers to rebuke their rate increases has to be

Jason Cecil - like all of us - is defined by more than just a job; he's a husband, Dekalb County Ethics Board alternate, President of the LGBTQ+ recovery community-serving GALANO Club, to name a few of his attribuets. His job at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) was really important, too, though. Until yesterday, he had been a Public Health Analyst in Global Immunizations since 2003, focusing on polio eradication, measles elimination, and immunization systems

Wednesday was the rare reprieve from Wall Street hemorrhaging so naturally President Donald Trump felt the need to take a victory lap. Thank goodness Trump saved us from Trump when he put the pause on most tariffs, after realizing people were "getting yippy." So what's wild about all the suffering Americans and their 401(k) accounts are enduring is, it may all come down to Trump leaning on advisor Peter Navarro's belief in tariffs. Okay, no, what's really wild about that is

University of Georgia professor emeritus Peter Smagorinsky penned an op/ed in the Atlanta Journal Constitution last week that caught my attention: "How Trump’s battle with U.S. colleges is making Canadian universities great." Like 'Handmaids Tale" ex-pats, America's distinguished scholars are seeking "safe haven" to continue doing their work outside the U.S., and Canada seems to be benefitting quite a bit. Peter joins me to discuss the fallout.------We may actually

The "period of mourning" we've all sleep-walked through since election night last November may be subsiding for most of us, but Sunday's '60 Minutes' segment - detailing the callous disregard for due process and lack of contrition (let alone empathy) for those wrongly sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison - was, for me anyway, a setback. I kept telling myself "this isn't who we are as a country," while watching it, but having let it set in a couple days,

It's been a minute since 'Atlanta Voice' editor-in-chief Donnell Suggs and I last spoke, and with so much to discuss, today seemed like as good a day as any to reconnect. Suggs got to spend a wire-to-wire day with Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens recently, so naturally, I had questions. With his re-election campaign's coffers brimming with cash, is that positive or negative in the eyes of Atlantans? Will 'Cop City' be a drag for him? His 11th hour pivot on 'Beltline rail?'

It's easy to punch down after the results of the 2024 election left Americans wondering if Democrats can rebound, but The more we wade into this disastrous second Trump presidency, the more I contend the American people are realizing they got duped more than Democrats fell short. That doesn't absolve the party of their shortcomings and flaws, but you have to give credit where it's due, and in the case of Georgia's legislative Democrats in particular. Their numbers - suppressed by

Who among us isn't a little "Ferris Bueller," right? Outside of those rare, constantly driven and meticulous types, we all take little breaks and skirt by when we believe we can. The second Trump presidency seems like a lot of that - Donald and company just gliding by without putting in much effort to "show their work" but definitely there to hand in their assignment anyway. Such was the case with Trump's "Liberation Day" Rose Garden ceremony yesterday. So much

This week: With OfGem allowing a further increase to the Energy Cap, and BP getting back into oil, we examine an evolving market Sir Keir follows Emmanuel Macron to pay homage in Washington, while Trump plays cat and mouse with Vlodimir Zelensky - what's going on?

Outgoing state senator Brandon Beach - because he can fog a mirror - knows Donald Trump and Trump's seventeen co-defendatns were all guilty as hell in conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. How he sleeps at night after filing a bill to allow Trump to recoup legal fees from Fulton County taxpayers is beyond me, frankly. The ironic twist on it being that he was recently appointed by the president to serve as U.S. Treasurer and has the audacity to push legislation using

When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth carried out President Donald Trump's will to end "the tyranny of so-called Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies " one initiative in particular - a planned two-day workshop nd performance with gifted high school musicians of color and the U.S. Marine Corps Band - got whacked. The workshop & concert was salvaged, somewhat, thanks in large part to the same CBS News and '60 Minutes' in the Trump FCC crosshairs. [See the full

Yesterday's 'Meet the Press' was DE-pressing for "D" party folks. When Steve Kornacki rolled out the latest NBC News poll, it showed the party with a meager 27% approval rating. It's a three-decades long low, and after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rallied enough Democrat Senate votes to pass a continuing resolution to keep the federal government (somewhat) churning, there's every likelihood a poll number like that could go lower.Lower than an all-time low.If

Gone are the days when teens only worried about homework and who was dating who—now they’re plugged into everything from politics to world events before we’ve even had our first sip of coffee. But do we really know what they’re consuming and how it’s affecting them? This week, we’re discussing the blind spots we have as parents—the apps we don’t understand, the belief that our kids are immune, and the reality that they’re always one step ahead. How do we raise kids who can navigate the world, build

Senator Max Burns grew up attending segregated schools, but deems himself something of an expert on the necessity of deiversity, equity and inclusion in public schools and colleges in the state of Georgia. The fact that he can't even enunciate the word "ethnicity" should already be a 'red flag,' but here we are.Thursday, while struggling to say "ethnicity" correctly (never did), he promoted his unfounded belief that D.E.I. is some form of discrimination versus a means

Remember the four years of noise from the right about Joe Biden being the doddering, senile old man who wasn't really "in charge" of his presidency?So now that we're all aware of the Signal app "klatch" (read the dialogue here) ruminating over clearly classified information (except, "nuh-uh!") the question that came up for me, mostly recently is "where was the President?"Images of Presidents and their inner circle in the "situation room" or a

A Georgia legislator hailing from a county of less than 15,000 people thinks it's a perfectly fine idea to limit early voting to one day and one centralized location per county. Voting rights advocates and Democrats, notably potential gubernatorial candidate Jason Esteves, made a lot of noise in opposition - and dozens more spoke out this afternoon at a Senate subcommittee hearing on the bill targeting voter turnout via early voting. Joining me today to discuss this bill and a host of other