Dianne Mathiowetz

Southern Workers School rocks Atlanta

Where could you find dozens of dock workers, nurses, city and state workers, campus workers, fast food workers, sheet metal…

April 27, 2017

Atlanta ‘Concert for the Incarcerated’ held

Hundreds of immigrant detainees and many more people, often imprisoned for minor drug and “quality of life” offenses and unable…

April 27, 2017

Atlanta: ‘Midnight is here’

Sept. 22 -- A multi-hour demonstration titled "Midnight in America"  gathered on the grounds of the National Civil and Human…

September 27, 2016

Atlanta cop indicted for murder

A 23-member Fulton County grand jury unanimously voted on Aug. 3 to indict Atlanta police officer James R. Burns on…

September 8, 2016

Undocumented students take over Regents meeting

Atlanta -- In a bold action, Georgia undocumented youth and their allies entered the meeting room of the Board of Regents…

May 19, 2016

An immigrant detention nightmare

Lumpkin, Ga., May 12 — On April 17, Alaa Ismail Yasin, a 27-year-old Palestinian who has been held in Stewart Detention…

May 18, 2016

Youth protest defies cops, rejects KKK

Stone Mountain, Ga., April 23 — Today, hundreds of anti-racist youth and others met the challenge of a “white power” rally…

April 27, 2016

Atlanta protests murders of Sudanese youth

Close to 100 people, mostly youth, gathered for a vigil in Centennial Olympic Park in downtown Atlanta on March 6…

March 11, 2016

Immigrant students occupy Georgia campus buildings

Atlanta, Feb. 2 -- Undocumented students and their allies staged dramatic building occupations on three Georgia university campuses on Feb. 1…

February 8, 2016

Anthony Hill’s killer cop indicted

Atlanta, Jan. 21 — After a four-day, round-the-clock vigil was held in front of the DeKalb County Courthouse — despite frigid…

January 28, 2016