GONO, Mali - I sat on a palmfrond mat with two friends, waiting for the charcoal stove to bring the tea to a boil as the sun set over a nearby cliff. The call to evening prayer rang out over the village ù an echoing man's voice punctuated only by singsong
The career politicians and the ones using the Illinois State House of Representatives as a stepping stone to a higher office have long held sway in Springfield. But given the state's pitiable condition, it is time for another kind of legislator to join th
When four sisters were discovered dead in a Southeast Washington rowhouse on Jan. 9, the community and city were shocked. According to newspaper reports, the girls' bodies had been decomposing for many weeks before their discovery.
Fulton County’s Board of Assessors approved the new tax assessments, clearing the way for new assessment notices to be sent. County commissioners last month decided to keep residential assessments at 2016 values after an outcry from residents who saw their property values and thus, tax obligation, increase much more than they anticipated. On June 28, […]
On Wednesday, Dec. 7, Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04), ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law which exercises jurisdiction over antitrust laws and competition, called on the Federal Communications Commission to take swift action to address the disproportionate use of surveillance technology against low-income and minority communities. “Such targeted […]
$3.6 Million Will Upgrade and Expand Service in DeKalb County (Atlanta) – The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is receiving a $3.6 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Bus and Bus Facilities Infrastructure Investment Program. MARTA will use the funding to upgrade and replace 40-foot diesel-fueled buses with 60-foot Compressed Natural […]
