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2 days ago · The homeless count conducted in 2023 revealed a 33% year-over-year rise in the number of unhoused people living in the Atlanta metro area. Last year, their ranks grew by 7% to nearly 2,900, enough to make Atlanta’s homeless population the 25th largest in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report.. Black people, who constitute about 47% of the city’s population, made up roughly 86% ...

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Chauncey Alcorn is the state and local politics reporter at Capital B Atlanta. He previously worked as a staff writer at CNN Business, the Daily Mail, and Mic. He has also written for theGrio, Fortune.com, Vice News, Salon, and the New York Daily News, among other major publications.

5 days ago · President Donald Trump is moving forward with his plans to crack down on immigration, and Black Atlantans could soon find themselves targeted by a related bill recently passed in Congress.. In conjunction with his mass deportation plan, Trump is soon expected to sign into law the Laken Riley Act, which passed the House and Senate last week.. The legislation would require the Department of ...

Nov 8, 2024 · The dread many Black people in Atlanta feel about Donald Trump’s triumph in the 2024 presidential election isn’t misplaced: He organized his reelection campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris around revenge — around how he and his allies can inflict the greatest amount of suffering on vulnerable groups and on those he considers enemies.

Sep 5, 2024 · The presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump has been dominating headlines, but there’s another important political matchup on the ballot in November that will directly impact everyone living in Atlanta.. Five contenders are vying to be the newest face on Atlanta City Council this fall. Black Futurists Group founder Devin Barrington Ward, civil ...

Oct 8, 2024 · A Black-led organization that was instrumental in turning the red state of Georgia purple – helping Democrats elect President Joe Biden in 2020 and sweep the state’s runoff elections for Senate the following year – is in turmoil.

Jan 10, 2025 · Republicans lawmakers, who have maintained majority control of the state House and the state Senate for two decades, ultimately determine which bills advance and get signed into law by GOP Gov. Brian Kemp.But Democrats, whose base of constituents is disproportionately Black, tend to represent the interests of most Black voters in the state.

Apr 30, 2024 · This spring, our focus is on the May primary election in Georgia. Metro Atlanta residents will cast ballots for candidates running for offices ranging from county commissioner and sheriff to state legislator, judge, congressional representative and more.