With the Georgia Primary for Secretary of State only days away, Atlanta Progressive News has learned Democratic Candidate Michael "Scott" Holcomb has accepted campaign contributions from the President of Choicepoint Corporation and the President's wife.

US Congresswoman McKinney (D-GA) wowed a progressive audience here at the packed Push Push Theater during a forum following a screening of the film "American Blackout." "You are like a Malcolm X," one audience member said.

In the wake of the Senate’s failure to approve a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, conservatives are now coalescing around what amounts to their runner-up option. Various conservative and evangelical Christian organizations are now championing the “We the People Act.”

The Supreme Court in an important decision yesterday ruled 5-3 that the Bush administration’s use of "special courts," sanctioned by no one except themselves, to try prisoners held on terrorism charges at Guantánamo, violated both the Uniform Court of Military Justice, which govern U.S. military courts, and the Geneva Convention.

On the heels of a disingenuous Republican effort to block a Democratic plan calling for withdrawal from Iraq, a USA Today poll released yesterday showed that a majority of Americans support the Democratic proposal or one like it.

More steps were taken last week in the Howard Government’s erosion of the democratic processes of Parliament and attempts to force acceptance of its conservative and extreme right-wing policies.

Whereas Section 603 of section LIII of Jefferson’s Rules of the US House rules for the 109th Congress permits the inception of impeachment proceedings by charges transmitted from the legislature of a state...

The Berkeley City Council will vote on whether to include an initiative advocating the impeachment of George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney on the Berkeley municipal ballot in November.

As the November congressional elections approach, extremist positions adopted by the Republican Party are hurting that party’s chances of keeping control of both Houses.

In a case purporting to show how much the Bush administration has been fighting terrorism, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced the arrest and indictment of seven African American men in Miami.

Marcy Winograd may have lost her primary race against Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA), but she vows to keep fighting. She was a bit disappointed after the election, but has already sprung back into action on the issue of questionable electronic voting in the San Diego Busby versus Bilbray race.

Every member of Congress working to create permanent bases in Iraq for unwanted and illegal foreign troops should have two dozen reenactors of the American Revolution occupy their office and live off their campaign funds while endlessly reciting the Declaration of Impeachment

This week, Washington Republicans have made very clear their real agenda for the American people. Washington Republicans are running away from tough decisions and instead are desperately pandering to their base to improve their political standing in November.

A newly formed advocacy coalition VoterGA announced plans to sue the State of Georgia for denying the citizens of Georgia an elections system that will ensure that their votes count. The announcement was made at a downtown press conference at a hotel.

Perhaps the longest-lasting impact of Hurricane Katrina was its environmental damage that, in real terms, has mainly to do with public health.

Michigan voters can’t trust Dick DeVos. He says one thing – about jobs, Michigan schools, and ethics – but his record says another.

The flag represents all that is noble about America. It symbolizes our rights and freedoms, and it should be treated with respect. But it’s merely a symbol.

Contrary to the “catapulted propaganda”, Enron, Haditha, and Abu Ghraib were not isolated incidents or the work of a “few bad apples”. American savagery and oppressive behavior pervades our society and predates our nation’s birth.

DeVos has spent millions on slick TV ads describing himself has a "job-maker." He claims he will bring jobs to the state, but he doesn’t say how. And his record shows something altogether different.

Bamford noted that the government has requested warrants from FISA courts more than 19,000 times and has been refused only five times in their 30-year history. The White House didn’t like these odds apparently.