Dianne Mathiowetz

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

Georgia cop to face grand jury

According to research done by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, 184 people have been killed by police in Georgia in the…

January 14, 2016

Atlanta’s ‘wall of solidarity’

Atlanta -- Upwards of 200 people gathered at the Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, a center for immigrant and refugees services on…

December 21, 2015

TPP spells corporate greed

Atlanta was the location for what was billed as the final, “make it or break it” negotiating session of an…

October 7, 2015

Alabama auto workers vote union

On Sept. 23, workers who produce seats for commercial trucks and vehicles at the Commercial Vehicle Group plant in Piedmont,…

October 1, 2015